A collection of interviews and conversations with physicists, biologists, and chemists involved in this century's most exciting discoveries in modern scientific thought, originating in a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. radio series. Scientists including Werner Heisenberg and David Joseph Bohm discuss the origins and recent developments of quantum and relativity theories and theoretical biology. Includes a glossary. Accessible to students and general readers. Previously published in 1979 under the title A Question of Physics, this edition adds an overview of advances in the field, plus a new conversation and two new essays. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
With A Vast Knowledge Of Physics, Metaphysics, Biology, Spirituality, Health And Cosmic Laws, De Donno Probes Over 150 Unexplained Mysteries, Providing A Unique Perspective Of Creation, Backed By Persuasive Scientific Data. In Fascinating Details, De Donno Explains Our Highly Complex Connection To The Spiritual Realms, And The Innate Power We Have To Attain Vibrant And Lasting Health, As Well As Happiness And Spiritual Fulfillment. Ignorance, He Says, Is The Only Thing Separating Us From Godliness. And Most Illnesses Are Caused By Nutritional Toxemia A Kind Of Slow Food Poisoning. When We Burn Or Metabolize Food, Says De Donno, We Get Heat, Not Life; Life Is A Different Type Of Energy Altogether. A Fruitarian For The Past Thirteen Years, De Donno Presents A Startling Approach To Health And Longevity, In The Contest Of An Entirely New Perspective Of Our Physical Reality. For Eye-Opening Insight Into The True Nature Of Creation, Our Purpose Within It, And The Means Of Achieving Lasting Happiness And Fulfillment, This Book Is Must-Read, For The Scientist And The Skeptic Alike.Disease Should Be Prevented Rather Than Cured, And There Is Only One Unfailing Way Of Doing That. The Key To Avoiding All Health Problems Is Already Built Within Us It Is Our Own Immune System. The Explanation Of How To Strengthen Our Biological Defense Mechanism Without The Use Of Drugs, So As To Become Virtually Unaffected By Microbes, Bacteria, Fungi, Free Radicals And All Other Forms Of Antigen, Is One Of The Objectives Of This Book. And These Are Not Just Empty Theories. The Principles Presented In This Book Have Been Repeatedly Proven By The Author And Countless Others, Who Have Become Virtually Immune To Disease.Besides Providing A Detailed Explanation Of The Spiritual World, Glimpses Of Reality Answers Many Of Life S Hitherto Unexplained Mysteries, And Is Sure To Appeal To The Rapidly-Growing Number Of Truth Seekers.
" A Glimpse of Reality" will take you on a journey through four very different walks of life. Join a mobster as he plays hide and seek fighting to stay alive and under the radar of his "family." Sit a spell with a group of elderly ladies on their apartment stoop in Brooklyn as they gossip the day away. Encounter a homosexual love affair and a confused woman trying to find herself and her place in life as she experiments along the way. Trail a female transit cop as she faces peril and danger in a mans world. Trying desperately not to lose her sanity in the process. Don't stray off the path , you may miss the next adventure.
Performing this Playlet for the first by the Glasgow Clarion Players. The piece was immediately announced in the London Press as Mr. Shaw's latest, the successor to 'Saint Joan.' An error: it was written in an idle moment as a star turn for Mr. Harley Granville-Barker, was mislaid and forgotten by its author until last year when it came to light in his volume entitled 'Translations and Tomfooleries, ' in which it is the only serious original item
Looks at documented cases of near-death experiences and interviews with survivors, doctors, and scientists, identifying key patterns in near-death experiences and what they imply about an afterlife.
Passion for Nothing offers a reading of Kierkegaard as an apophatic author. As it functions in this book, “apophasis” is a flexible term inclusive of both “negative theology” and “deconstruction.” One of the main points of this volume is that Kierkegaard’s authorship opens pathways between these two resonate but often contentiously related terrains. The main contention of this book is that Kierkegaard’s apophaticism is an ethical-religious difficulty, one that concerns itself with the “whylessness” of existence. This is a theme that Kierkegaard inherits from the philosophical and theological traditions stemming from Meister Eckhart. Additionally, the forms of Kierkegaard’s writing are irreducibly apophatic—animated by a passion to communicate what cannot be said. The book examines Kierkegaard’s apophaticism with reference to five themes: indirect communication, God, faith, hope, and love. Across each of these themes, the aim is to lend voice to “the unruly energy of the unsayable” and, in doing so, let Kierkegaard’s theological, spiritual, and philosophical provocation remain a living one for us today.
Early theorists believed that in science lay the promise of certainty. Built on a foundation of fact and constructed with objective and trustworthy tools, science produced knowledge. But science has also shown us that this knowledge will always be fundamentally incomplete and that a true understanding of the world is ultimately beyond our grasp. In this thoughtful and compelling book, physicist F. David Peat examines the basic philosophic difference between the certainty that characterized the thinking of humankind through the nineteenth century and contrasts it with the startling fall of certainty in the twentieth. The nineteenth century was marked by a boundless optimism and confidence in the power of progress and technology. Science and philosophy were on firm ground. Newtonian physics showed that the universe was a gigantic clockwork mechanism that functioned according to rigid lawsâ€"that its course could be predicted with total confidence far into the future. Indeed, in 1900, the President of the Royal Society in Britain went so far as to proclaim that everything of importance had already been discovered by science. But it was not long before the seeds of a scientific revolution began to take root. Quantum Theory and the General Theory of Relativity exploded the clockwork universe, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that our knowledge was, at best, incompleteâ€"and would probably remain that way forever. There were places in the universe, such as black holes, from which no information at all could ever be obtained. Chaos Theory also demonstrated our inherent limits to knowing, predicting, and controlling the world around us and showed the way that chaos can often be found at the heart of natural and social systems. Although we may not always recognize it, this new world view has had a profound effect not only on science, but on art, literature, philosophy, and societal relations. The twenty-first century now begins with a humble acceptance of uncertainty. From Certainty to Uncertainty traces the rise and fall of the deterministic universe and shows the evolving influences that such disparate disciplines now have on one another. Drawing on the lessons we can learn from history, Peat also speculates on how we will manage our lives into the future.
"How can we build a kinder world for our families, businesses, society and ourselves? Gentle Action explores ways in which we can exercise more effective, creative and non-invasive action from the local to the international level. By using 'gentle actions' businesses can respond more effectively to a changing marketplace, and organizations, policy groups and communities grow more flexible, responsive and sensitive to the world around them." "An invaluable resource for everyone from CEOs, policy makers, community leaders, opinion makers, aid organizations, business groups, consultants and politicians - indeed anyone who is trying to make a difference. Each chapter of Gentle Action concludes with a series of questions and challenges that encourage the reader to enter a period of 'creative suspension' from which truly compassionate action can emerge."--BOOK JACKET.
