Author: L. J. StoppleworthPublisher:
ISBN: 9780842251037
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Everything Is Fine Now That Leonard Isn't Here...
Author: L. J. StoppleworthPublisher:
ISBN: 9780842251037
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A Universe from Nothing
Author: Lawrence Maxwell KraussPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 145162445X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
This is a provocative account of the astounding new answers to the most basic philosophical question: Where did the universe come from and how will it end?
Not Even Wrong
Author: Peter WoitPublisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 046500363X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
At what point does theory depart the realm of testable hypothesis and come to resemble something like aesthetic speculation, or even theology? The legendary physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a phrase for such ideas: He would describe them as "not even wrong," meaning that they were so incomplete that they could not even be used to make predictions to compare with observations to see whether they were wrong or not. In Peter Woit's view, superstring theory is just such an idea. In Not Even Wrong , he shows that what many physicists call superstring "theory" is not a theory at all. It makes no predictions, even wrong ones, and this very lack of falsifiability is what has allowed the subject to survive and flourish. Not Even Wrong explains why the mathematical conditions for progress in physics are entirely absent from superstring theory today and shows that judgments about scientific statements, which should be based on the logical consistency of argument and experimental evidence, are instead based on the eminence of those claiming to know the truth. In the face of many books from enthusiasts for string theory, this book presents the other side of the story.
I, Anatolia and Other Plays
Author: Talat S. HalmanPublisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815609353
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Since the middle of the twentieth century, Turkish playwriting has been notable for its verve and versatility. This two-volume anthology is the first major collection of modern Turkish plays in English—a selection dealing with ancient Anatolian mythology, Ottoman history, contemporary social issues, family dramas, and ribald comedy from Turkey’s cities and rural areas. It also includes several plays set outside Turkey. The second volume, "I, Anatolia” and Other Plays, includes eight major plays from the 1970s through the end of the millennium. Together, both volumes grant to English readers the pleasure of riveting drama in translations that are colloquial as well as faithful. For producers, directors, and actors they provide a wealth of fresh, new material, with characters ranging from Ottoman sultans to a Soviet cosmonaut, from the Byzantine Empress Theodora to a fisherman’s wife, from residents of an Istanbul neighborhood to King Midas, from Montezuma to a Turkish cabinet minister.
Jim Crow Also Lived Here
Author: Leonard Albert ParisPublisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525576682
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Many people believe that racism and discrimination against those of African descent was primarily an American experience. However, this book dispels that myth by recounting Leonard Albert Paris’s first eighteen years (1948–1966), growing up as a Black youth in rural Nova Scotia, Canada, a province that was at the time, home to about 36 percent of Canada’s Black population. Structural racism, community isolation, and generational poverty affected every aspect of his life, creating challenges and misery for him, his family, and the entire Black community—an experience that continues to affect him emotionally many decades later. While not as extreme as it was during the author’s formative years, racism and its effects continue into the present. Leonard wrote Jim Crow Also Lived Here in part to create awareness of this problem and also to inspire change.
Our Young People
Author: The Man in the Corduroy Suit
Author: James WolffPublisher: Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN: 1913394859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
“A wonderful, artful, absorbing espionage novel.” Adam Brookes, author of Night Heron The story of an internal investigation into the past of a British spy suspected of having been turned by Russian agents. British intelligence is in a state of panic. Cracks are appearing, or so a run of disciplinary cases would suggest. To cap it all, Willa Karlsson, a retired secret services officer collapses, the victim of what looks like a Russian poisoning. Leonard Flood is ordered to investigate – and quickly. Notorious for his sharp elbows and blunt manner, Leonard’s only objective is to get the job done, whatever the cost. When Leonard discovers that he is also a suspect in the investigation and that Willa’s story is less a story of betrayal than one of friendship and a deep sense of duty, he must decide whether to hand her to her masters or to help her to escape. The third in the espionage trilogy The Discipline Files, after the acclaimed debut Beside the Syrian Sea, and its follow-on novel How to Betray Your Country. Written by an insider: James Wolff is the pseudonym of a young English novelist who worked for the British government for over ten years before leaving to write spy fiction. Against the backdrop of increasing Russian spying and interference (including assassination) in the UK, this novel explores themes of loyalty and betrayal in modern intelligence work, threatened from the inside by whistle-blowers, serial leakers and Robin Hood hackers. A taut thriller about the thin line between following your conscience and following orders. A fascinating conundrum we have been struggling with for decades. Edward Snowden, hero or traitor?
Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting, in Response to the Resolution of the Senate Dated April 15, 1897, Copy of a Communication Dated March 25, 1897, from Capt. F.D. Baldwin ... and Accompanying Copy of the Proceedings of a Council Held with the Wichita and Affiliated Bands of Indians March 23 and 24, 1897, Relative to the Opening of Their Reservation, the Allotment, and the Original Treaty
Author: Wichita and Affiliated Bands of Indians. CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indian land transfers
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
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