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The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.
What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.
But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.
While you wait for your morning coffee to brew, for the bus, the train, or a plane to arrive, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will reveal just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe.
A landmark volume in science writing by one of the great minds of our time, Stephen Hawking's book explores such profound questions as: How did the universe begin—and what made its start possible? Does time always flow forward? Is the universe unending—or are there boundaries? Are there other dimensions in space? What will happen when it all ends?
Told in language we all can understand, A Brief History of Time plunges into the exotic realms of black holes and quarks, of antimatter and "arrows of time," of the big bang and a bigger God—where the possibilities are wondrous and unexpected. With exciting images and profound imagination, Stephen Hawking brings us closer to the ultimate secrets at the very heart of creation.
"Where did the universe come from? What was there before it? What will the future bring? And finally, why is there something rather than nothing?"
One of the few prominent scientists today to have crossed the chasm between science and popular culture, Krauss describes the staggeringly beautiful experimental observations and mind-bending new theories that demonstrate not only can something arise from nothing, something will always arise from nothing. With a new preface about the significance of the discovery of the Higgs particle, A Universe from Nothing uses Krauss's characteristic wry humor and wonderfully clear explanations to take us back to the beginning of the beginning, presenting the most recent evidence for how our universe evolved—and the implications for how it's going to end.
Provocative, challenging, and delightfully readable, this is a game-changing look at the most basic underpinning of existence and a powerful antidote to outmoded philosophical, religious, and scientific thinking.
Experience the cosmos as never before with Brian Cox's Wonders of the Universe, a gorgeously illustrated, full-color companion to his wildly popular miniseries on the Discovery Channel and BBC. Breathtaking images brighten Cox's enthralling exploration of the fascinating science and overwhelming majesty of natural phenomena from ocean currents to black holes. Cox, called "Carl Sagan with a Britpop haircut" by the Los Angeles Times, follows in the footsteps of Stephen Hawking and Brian Greene in this riveting and dynamic tour through the Wonders of the Universe.
Interstellar, from acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan, takes us on a fantastic voyage far beyond our solar system. Yet in The Science of Interstellar, Kip Thorne, the Nobel prize-winning physicist who assisted Nolan on the scientific aspects of Interstellar, shows us that the movie's jaw-dropping events and stunning, never-before-attempted visuals are grounded in real science. Thorne shares his experiences working as the science adviser on the film and then moves on to the science itself. In chapters on wormholes, black holes, interstellar travel, and much more, Thorne's scientific insights—many of them triggered during the actual scripting and shooting of Interstellar—describe the physical laws that govern our universe and the truly astounding phenomena that those laws make possible.
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In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time.
Future generations will look back on our epoch as the time when the human race finally broke into a radically new frontier—space. In Pale Blue Dot, Sagan traces the spellbinding history of our launch into the cosmos and assesses the future that looms before us as we move out into our own solar system and on to distant galaxies beyond. The exploration and eventual settlement of other worlds is neither a fantasy nor luxury, insists Sagan, but rather a necessary condition for the survival of the human race.
"Takes readers far beyond Cosmos . . . Sagan sees humanity's future in the stars."—Chicago Tribune
Kaku skillfully guides us through the latest innovations in string theory and its latest iteration, M-theory, which posits that our universe may be just one in an endless multiverse, a singular bubble floating in a sea of infinite bubble universes. If M-theory is proven correct, we may perhaps finally find answer to the question, "What happened before the big bang?" This is an exciting and unforgettable introduction into the new cutting-edge theories of physics and cosmology from one of the pre-eminent voices in the field.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
America's space program is at a turning point. After decades of global primacy, NASA has ended the space-shuttle program, cutting off its access to space. No astronauts will be launched in an American craft, from American soil, until the 2020s, and NASA may soon find itself eclipsed by other countries' space programs.
With his signature wit and thought-provoking insights, Neil deGrasse Tyson—one of our foremost thinkers on all things space—illuminates the past, present, and future of space exploration and brilliantly reminds us why NASA matters now as much as ever. As Tyson reveals, exploring the space frontier can profoundly enrich many aspects of our daily lives, from education systems and the economy to national security and morale. For America to maintain its status as a global leader and a technological innovator, he explains, we must regain our enthusiasm and curiosity about what lies beyond our world.
Provocative, humorous, and wonderfully readable, Space Chronicles represents the best of Tyson's recent commentary, including a must-read prologue on NASA and partisan politics. Reflecting on topics that range from scientific literacy to space-travel missteps, Tyson gives us an urgent, clear-eyed, and ultimately inspiring vision for the future.
There's no better short book that explains just what Einstein did than Einstein's Cosmos. Keying Einstein's crucial discoveries to the simple mental images that inspired them, Michio Kaku finds a revealing new way to discuss his ideas, and delivers an appealing and always accessible introduction to Einstein's work.
The science classic made more accessible
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Stephen Hawking's worldwide bestseller A Brief History of Time remains a landmark volume in scientific writing. But for years readers have asked for a more accessible formulation of its key concepts—the nature of space and time, the role of God in creation, and the history and future of the universe. A Briefer History of Time is Professor Hawking's response.
Although "briefer," this book is much more than a mere explanation of Hawking's earlier work. A Briefer History of Time both clarifies and expands on the great subjects of the original, and records the latest developments in the field—from string theory to the search for a unified theory of all the forces of physics. Thirty-seven full-color illustrations enhance the text and make A Briefer History of Time an exhilarating and must-have addition in its own right to the great literature of science and ideas.
USAF Colonel Mike Mullane was a member of this astronaut class, and Riding Rockets is his story -- told with a candor never before seen in an astronaut's memoir. Mullane strips the heroic veneer from the astronaut corps and paints them as they are -- human. His tales of arrested development among military flyboys working with feminist pioneers and post-doc scientists are sometimes bawdy, often hilarious, and always entertaining.
Mullane vividly portrays every aspect of the astronaut experience -- from telling a female technician which urine-collection condom size is a fit; to walking along a Florida beach in a last, tearful goodbye with a spouse; to a wild, intoxicating, terrifying ride into space; to hearing "Taps" played over a friend's grave. Mullane is brutally honest in his criticism of a NASA leadership whose bungling would precipitate the Challenger disaster.
Riding Rockets is a story of life in all its fateful uncertainty, of the impact of a family tragedy on a nine-year-old boy, of the revelatory effect of a machine called Sputnik, and of the life-steering powers of lust, love, and marriage. It is a story of the human experience that will resonate long after the call of "Wheel stop."
Welcome to the Universe is a personal guided tour of the cosmos by three of today's leading astrophysicists. Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, and J. Richard Gott taught together at Princeton, this book covers it all—from planets, stars, and galaxies to black holes, wormholes, and time travel.
Describing the latest discoveries in astrophysics, the informative and entertaining narrative propels you from our home solar system to the outermost frontiers of space. How do stars live and die? Why did Pluto lose its planetary status? What are the prospects of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? How did the universe begin? Why is it expanding and why is its expansion accelerating? Is our universe alone or part of an infinite multiverse? Answering these and many other questions, the authors open your eyes to the wonders of the cosmos, sharing their knowledge of how the universe works.
Breathtaking in scope and stunningly illustrated throughout, Welcome to the Universe is for those who hunger for insights into our evolving universe that only world-class astrophysicists can provide.
"One of the year's most entrancing books about science."—The Wall Street Journal
"Clear, elegant...a whirlwind tour of some of the biggest ideas in physics."—The New York Times Book Review
This playful, entertaining, and mind-bending introduction to modern physics briskly explains Einstein's general relativity, quantum mechanics, elementary particles, gravity, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, and the role humans play in this weird and wonderful world. Carlo Rovelli, a renowned theoretical physicist, is a delightfully poetic and philosophical scientific guide. He takes us to the frontiers of our knowledge: to the most minute reaches of the fabric of space, back to the origins of the cosmos, and into the workings of our minds. The book celebrates the joy of discovery. "Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and the beauty of the world," Rovelli writes. "And it's breathtaking."
In this collection of his seven most important essays on physics, Einstein guides his reader step-by-step through the many layers of scientific theory that formed a starting point for his discoveries. By both supporting and refuting the theories and scientific efforts of his predecessors, Einstein reveals in a clear voice the origins and meaning of such significant topics as physics and reality, the fundamentals of theoretical physics, the common language of science, the laws of science and of ethics, and an elementary derivation of the equivalence of mass and energy.
This remarkable collection allows the general reader to understand not only the significance of Einstein's masterpiece, but also the brilliant mind behind it.
This authorized ebook features a new introduction by Neil Berger and an illustrated biography of Albert Einstein, which includes rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
In Wonders of the Solar System – the book of the acclaimed BBC TV series – Professor Brian Cox will take us on a journey of discovery where alien worlds from your imagination become places we can see, feel and visit.
The Wonders of the Solar System – from the giant ice fountains of Enceladus to the liquid methane seas of Titan and from storms twice the size of the Earth to the tortured moon of Io with its giant super-volcanoes – is the Solar System as you have never seen it before.
In this series, Professor Brian Cox will introduce us to the planets and moons beyond our world, finding the biggest, most bizarre, most powerful natural phenomena. Using the latest scientific imagery along with cutting edge CGI and some of the most spectacular and extreme locations on Earth, Brian will show us Wonders never thought possible.
Employing his trademark clear, authoritative, yet down-to-earth approach, Brian will explore how these previously unseen phenomena have dramatically expanded our horizons with new discoveries about the planets, their moons and how
they came to be the way they are.
The authors outline how their positions have further diverged on a number of key issues, including the spatial geometry of the universe, inflationary versus cyclic theories of the cosmos, and the black-hole information-loss paradox. Though much progress has been made, Hawking and Penrose stress that physicists still have further to go in their quest for a quantum theory of gravity.
Ever since Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity burst upon the world in 1915 some of the most brilliant minds of our century have sought to decipher the mysteries bequeathed by that theory, a legacy so unthinkable in some respects that even Einstein himself rejected them.
Which of these bizarre phenomena, if any, can really exist in our universe? Black holes, down which anything can fall but from which nothing can return; wormholes, short spacewarps connecting regions of the cosmos; singularities, where space and time are so violently warped that time ceases to exist and space becomes a kind of foam; gravitational waves, which carry symphonic accounts of collisions of black holes billions of years ago; and time machines, for traveling backward and forward in time.
Kip Thorne, along with fellow theorists Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose, a cadre of Russians, and earlier scientists such as Oppenheimer, Wheeler and Chandrasekhar, has been in the thick of the quest to secure answers. In this masterfully written and brilliantly informed work of scientific history and explanation, Dr. Thorne, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics Emeritus at Caltech, leads his readers through an elegant, always human, tapestry of interlocking themes, coming finally to a uniquely informed answer to the great question: what principles control our universe and why do physicists think they know the things they think they know? Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time has been one of the greatest best-sellers in publishing history. Anyone who struggled with that book will find here a more slowly paced but equally mind-stretching experience, with the added fascination of a rich historical and human component.
Winner of the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science.
A heartfelt and personal journey filled with both humor and drama, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming is the book for anyone, young or old, who has ever imagined exploring the universe—and who among us hasn't?
When and how did the universe begin? Why are we here? What is the nature of reality? Is the apparent "grand design" of our universe evidence of a benevolent creator who set things in motion—or does science offer another explanation? In this startling and lavishly illustrated book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow present the most recent scientific thinking about these and other abiding mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language marked by brilliance and simplicity.
According to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or history. The authors explain that we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the early universe, and show how quantum theory predicts the "multiverse"—the idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature. They conclude with a riveting assessment of M-theory, an explanation of the laws governing our universe that is currently the only viable candidate for a "theory of everything": the unified theory that Einstein was looking for, which, if confirmed, would represent the ultimate triumph of human reason.
There was a time when "universe" meant all there is. Everything. Yet, a number of theories are converging on the possibility that our universe may be but one among many parallel universes populating a vast multiverse. Here, Briane Greene, one of our foremost physicists and science writers, takes us on a breathtaking journey to a multiverse comprising an endless series of big bangs, a multiverse with duplicates of every one of us, a multiverse populated by vast sheets of spacetime, a multiverse in which all we consider real are holographic illusions, and even a multiverse made purely of math--and reveals the reality hidden within each.
Using his trademark wit and precision, Greene presents a thrilling survey of cutting-edge physics and confronts the inevitable question: How can fundamental science progress if great swaths of reality lie beyond our reach? The Hidden Reality is a remarkable adventure through a world more vast and strange than anything we could have imagined.
No one makes sense out of science like Isaac Asimov. Are you puzzled by pulsars? Baffled by black holes? Bewildered by the big bang? If so, here are succinct, crystal-clear answers to more than one hundred of the most significant questions about the essential nature of the universe—questions that have fired the imagination since the beginning of history.
Over the course of this fantastic voyage, the origins, the discoveries, and the stunning achievements of astronomy will unfold before your eyes. You will experience close encounters with giant planets, exploding stars, distant galaxies, and more. For anyone who has ever asked the ultimate questions, who has ever looked up at the sky and asked What in heaven is going on?, Isaac Asimov's unique vision, skill, and authority will bring the big picture into focus.
"A fine introduction to modern astronomical theory."—Library Journal
According to astronomer Philip Plait, the universe is an apocalypse waiting to happen But how much do we really need to fear from things like black holes, gamma-ray bursts, and supernovae? And if we should be scared, is there anything we can do to save ourselves? With humor and wit, Plait details the myriad doomsday events that the cosmos could send our way to destroy our planet and life as we know it. This authoritative yet accessible study is the ultimate astronomy lesson.
Combining fascinating?and often alarming?scenarios that seem plucked from science fiction with the latest research and opinions, Plait illustrates why outer space is not as remote as most people think. Each chapter explores a different phenomenon, explaining it in easy-to-understand terms, and considering how life on earth and the planet itself would be affected should the event come to pass. Rather than sensationalizing the information, Plait analyzes the probability of these catastrophes occurring in our lifetimes and what we can do to stop them. With its entertaining tone and enlightening explanation of unfathomable concepts, Death from the Skies! will appeal to science buffs and beginners alike.
In Neil de Grasse Tyson's delightful tour of the galaxies, his fictional character Merlin responds to popular astronomy questions asked by adults and children alike. Merlin, a visitor from Planet Omniscia in the Andromeda Galaxy, has been friends with many of the most important scientific figures of the past, including da Vinci, Magellan, Doppler, Einstein, and Hubble—and he often recounts his conversations with these historical figures in his explanations. Merlin's illuminating answers feature a unique combination of wit and poetry along with serious science explained in refreshingly clear, reader-friendly language.
Dear Merlin: Can a person cross our galaxy in a spaceship during one human lifespan?
Merlin: In 1905, Merlin's good friend Albert Einstein introduced the "Special Theory of Relativity," which predicts that time will tick slower and slower the faster you travel. Were you to embark on such an adventure you could conceivably age as little as you wish, depending of course, on your exact speed. The problem arises when you return to Earth, which will have moved several hundred thousand years into the future and everyone will have forgotten about you.
A timeless book for lovers of the universe by one of its greatest lights.
Or to look back on Earth from outer space and see the surprisingly precise line between day and night? Or to stand in front of the Hubble Space Telescope, wondering if the emergency repair you're about to make will inadvertently ruin humankind's chance to unlock the universe's secrets? Mike Massimino has been there, and in Spaceman he puts you inside the suit, with all the zip and buoyancy of life in microgravity.
Massimino's childhood space dreams were born the day Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. Growing up in a working-class Long Island family, he catapulted himself to Columbia and then MIT, only to flunk his first doctoral exam and be rejected three times by NASA before making it through the final round of astronaut selection.
Taking us through the surreal wonder and beauty of his first spacewalk, the tragedy of losing friends in the Columbia shuttle accident, and the development of his enduring love for the Hubble Telescope—which he and his fellow astronauts were tasked with saving on his final mission—Massimino has written an ode to never giving up and the power of teamwork to make anything possible.
Spaceman invites us into a rare, wonderful world where science meets the most thrilling adventure, revealing just what having "the right stuff" really means.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
In what will surely become one of the most provocative books ever written on the possibilities of life elsewhere in the universe, the incomparable Isaac Asimov provides chilling, hopeful, and exciting new insights. Here is astounding speculation about where the next giant step for mankind will take us. . . .
Praise for Extraterrestrial Civilizations
"[Isaac] Asimov holds our attention as he builds a meticulous case. We are not alone. It's just a matter of time until we know for sure."—Miami Herald
"Intriguing"—Publishers Weekly
"Bad Astronomy is just plain good! Philip Plait clears up every misconception on astronomy and space you never knew you suffered from." --Stephen Maran, Author of Astronomy for Dummies and editor of The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia
"Thank the cosmos for the bundle of star stuff named Philip Plait, who is the world s leading consumer advocate for quality science in space and on Earth. This important contribution to science will rest firmly on my reference library shelf, ready for easy access the next time an astrologer calls." --Dr. Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for Scientific American, and author of The Borderlands of Science
"Philip Plait has given us a readable, erudite, informative, useful, and entertaining book. Bad Astronomy is Good Science. Very good science..." --James "The Amazing" Randi, President, James Randi Educational Foundation, and author of An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
"Bad Astronomy is a fun read. Plait is wonderfully witty and educational as he debunks the myths, legends, and 'conspiracies that abound in our society. 'The Truth Is Out There' and it's in this book. I loved it!" --Mike Mullane, Space Shuttle astronaut and author of Do Your Ears Pop in Space?
On New Years Day in 1925, a young Edwin Hubble released his finding that our Universe was far bigger, eventually measured as a thousand trillion times larger than previously believed. Hubble's proclamation sent shock waves through the scientific community. Six years later, in a series of meetings at Mount Wilson Observatory, Hubble and others convinced Albert Einstein that the Universe was not static but in fact expanding. Here Marcia Bartusiak reveals the key players, battles of will, clever insights, incredible technology, ground-breaking research, and wrong turns made by the early investigators of the heavens as they raced to uncover what many consider one of most significant discoveries in scientific history.
The Big Bang theory—widely regarded as the leading explanation for the origin of the universe—posits that space and time sprang into being about 14 billion years ago in a hot, expanding fireball of nearly infinite density. Over the last three decades the theory has been repeatedly revised to address such issues as how galaxies and stars first formed and why the expansion of the universe is speeding up today. Furthermore, an explanation has yet to be found for what caused the Big Bang in the first place.
In Endless Universe, Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok, both distinguished theoretical physicists, present a bold new cosmology. Steinhardt and Turok "contend that what we think of as the moment of creation was simply part of an infinite cycle of titanic collisions between our universe and a parallel world" (Discover). They recount the remarkable developments in astronomy, particle physics, and superstring theory that form the basis for their groundbreaking "Cyclic Universe" theory. According to this theory, the Big Bang was not the beginning of time but the bridge to a past filled with endlessly repeating cycles of evolution, each accompanied by the creation of new matter and the formation of new galaxies, stars, and planets.
Endless Universe provides answers to longstanding problems with the Big Bang model, while offering a provocative new view of both the past and the future of the cosmos. It is a "theory that could solve the cosmic mystery" (USA Today).
Short-listed for Physics World's Book of the Year
The Sunday Times (UK) Best Science Book of 2014
A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2014
An NBC News Top Science and Tech Book of 2014
A Politics & Prose 2014 Staff Pick
In the sixteenth century, Nicolaus Copernicus dared to go against the establishment by proposing that Earth rotates around the Sun. Having demoted Earth from its unique position in the cosmos to one of mediocrity, Copernicus set in motion a revolution in scientific thought. This perspective has influenced our thinking for centuries. However, recent evidence challenges the Copernican Principle, hinting that we do in fact live in a special place, at a special time, as the product of a chain of unlikely events. But can we be significant if the Sun is still just one of a billion trillion stars in the observable universe? And what if our universe is just one of a multitude of others-a single slice of an infinity of parallel realities?
In The Copernicus Complex, the renowned astrophysicist Caleb Scharf takes us on a scientific adventure, from tiny microbes within the Earth to distant exoplanets, probability theory, and beyond, arguing that there is a solution to this contradiction, a third way of viewing our place in the cosmos, if we weigh the evidence properly. As Scharf explains, we do occupy an unusual time in a 14-billion-year-old universe, in a somewhat unusual type of solar system surrounded by an ocean of unimaginable planetary diversity: hot Jupiters with orbits of less than a day, planet-size rocks spinning around dead stars, and a wealth of alien super-Earths. Yet life here is built from the most common chemistry in the universe, and we are a snapshot taken from billions of years of biological evolution. Bringing us to the cutting edge of scientific discovery, Scharf shows how the answers to fundamental questions of existence will come from embracing the peculiarity of our circumstance without denying the Copernican vision.
With characteristic verve, Scharf uses the latest scientific findings to reconsider where we stand in the balance between cosmic significance and mediocrity, order and chaos. Presenting a compelling and bold view of our true status, The Copernicus Complex proposes a way forward in the ultimate quest: determining life's abundance, not just across this universe but across all realities.
Sci-fi makes it look so easy. Receive a distress call from Alpha Centauri? No problem: punch the warp drive and you're there in minutes. Facing a catastrophe that can't be averted? Just pop back in the timestream and stop it before it starts. But for those of us not lucky enough to live in a science-fictional universe, are these ideas merely flights of fancy—or could it really be possible to travel through time or take shortcuts between stars?
Cutting-edge physics may not be able to answer those questions yet, but it does offer up some tantalizing possibilities. In Time Travel and Warp Drives, Allen Everett and Thomas A. Roman take readers on a clear, concise tour of our current understanding of the nature of time and space—and whether or not we might be able to bend them to our will. Using no math beyond high school algebra, the authors lay out an approachable explanation of Einstein's special relativity, then move through the fundamental differences between traveling forward and backward in time and the surprising theoretical connection between going back in time and traveling faster than the speed of light. They survey a variety of possible time machines and warp drives, including wormholes and warp bubbles, and, in a dizzyingly creative chapter, imagine the paradoxes that could plague a world where time travel was possible—killing your own grandfather is only one of them!
Written with a light touch and an irrepressible love of the fun of sci-fi scenarios—but firmly rooted in the most up-to-date science, Time Travel and Warp Drives will be a delightful discovery for any science buff or armchair chrononaut.
The Goldilocks Enigma is Paul Davies's eagerly awaited return to cosmology, the successor to his critically acclaimed bestseller The Mind of God. Here he tackles all the "big questions," including the biggest of them all: Why does the universe seem so well adapted for life?
In his characteristically clear and elegant style, Davies shows how recent scientific discoveries point to a perplexing fact: many different aspects of the cosmos, from the properties of the humble carbon atom to the speed of light, seem tailor-made to produce life. A radical new theory says it's because our universe is just one of an infinite number of universes, each one slightly different. Our universe is bio-friendly by accident—we just happened to win the cosmic jackpot.
While this "multiverse" theory is compelling, it has bizarre implications, such as the existence of infinite copies of each of us and Matrix-like simulated universes. And it still leaves a lot unexplained. Davies believes there's a more satisfying solution to the problem of existence: the observations we make today could help shape the nature of reality in the remote past. If this is true, then life—and, ultimately, consciousness—aren't just incidental byproducts of nature, but central players in the evolution of the universe.
Whether he's elucidating dark matter or dark energy, M-theory or the multiverse, Davies brings the leading edge of science into sharp focus, provoking us to think about the cosmos and our place within it in new and thrilling ways.
-How close are we to creating robots that look and act like R2-D2 and C-3PO?
-Can we access a "force" with our minds to move objects and communicate telepathically with each other?
-How might spaceships like the Millennium Falcon make the exhilarating jump into hyperspace?
-What kind of environment could spawn a Wookiee?
-Could a single blast from the Death Star destroy an entire planet?
-Could light sabers possibly be built, and if so, how would they work?
-Do Star Wars aliens look like "real" aliens might?
-What would living on a desert planet like Tatooine be like?
-Why does Darth Vader require an artificial respirator?
Discover the answers to these and many other fascinating questions of physics, astronomy, biology and more, as a noted scientist and Star Wars enthusiast explores The Science of Star Wars.
"In this slight volume, Lightman looks toward the universe and captures aspects of it in a series of beautifully written essays, each offering a glimpse at the whole from a different perspective: here time, there symmetry, not least God. It is a meditation by a remarkable humanist-physicist, a book worth reading by anyone entranced by big ideas grounded in the physical world."
—Peter L. Galison, Joseph Pellegrino University Professor, Harvard University
Fifty years ago, a young astronomer named Frank Drake first pointed a radio telescope at nearby stars in the hope of picking up a signal from an alien civilization. Thus began one of the boldest scientific projects in history, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). After a half-century of scanning the skies, however, astronomers have little to report but an eerie silence—eerie because many scientists are convinced that the universe is teeming with life. Physicist and astrobiologist Paul Davies has been closely involved with SETI for three decades and chairs the SETI Post-Detection Taskgroup, charged with deciding what to do if we're suddenly confronted with evidence of alien intelligence. He believes the search so far has fallen into an anthropocentric trap—assuming that an alien species will look, think, and behave much like us. In this provocative book Davies refocuses the search, challenging existing ideas of what form an alien intelligence might take, how it might try to communicate with us, and how we should respond if it does.
The theory of relativity reveals the speed of light as the cosmic speed limit, the mind-bending ideas of time dilation and curvature of spacetime, and what may be the most famous equation in history: E = mc2. Indeed, the theory of relativity shapes much of our modern understanding of the universe. It is not "just a theory"—every major prediction of relativity has been tested to exquisite precision, and its practical applications include the Global Positioning System (GPS). Amply illustrated and written in clear, accessible prose, Bennett's book proves anyone can grasp the basics of Einstein's ideas. His intuitive, nonmathematical approach gives a wide audience its first real taste of how relativity works and why it is so important to science and the way we view ourselves as human beings.
Dr. Michael Guillen, known to millions as the science editor of ABC's Good Morning America, tells the fascinating stories behind five mathematical equations.
As a regular contributor to daytime's most popular morning news show and an instructor at Harvard University, Dr. Michael Guillen has earned the respect of millions as a clear and entertaining guide to the exhilarating world of science and mathematics.
Now Dr. Guillen unravels the equations that have led to the inventions and events that characterize the modern world, one of which -- Albert Einstein's famous energy equation, E=mc2 -- enabled the creation of the nuclear bomb. Also revealed are the mathematical foundations for the moon landing, airplane travel, the electric generator -- and even life itself.
Praised by Publishers Weekly as "a wholly accessible, beautifully written exploration of the potent mathematical imagination," and named a Best Nonfiction Book of 1995, the stories behind The Five Equations That Changed the World, as told by Dr. Guillen, are not only chronicles of science, but also gripping dramas of jealousy, fame, war, and discovery.
Sixty-six million years ago, an object the size of a city descended from space to crash into Earth, creating a devastating cataclysm that killed off the dinosaurs, along with three-quarters of the other species on the planet. What was its origin? In Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Lisa Randall proposes it was a comet that was dislodged from its orbit as the Solar System passed through a disk of dark matter embedded in the Milky Way. In a sense, it might have been dark matter that killed the dinosaurs.
Working through the background and consequences of this proposal, Randall shares with us the latest findings—established and speculative—regarding the nature and role of dark matter and the origin of the Universe, our galaxy, our Solar System, and life, along with the process by which scientists explore new concepts. In Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Randall tells a breathtaking story that weaves together the cosmos' history and our own, illuminating the deep relationships that are critical to our world and the astonishing beauty inherent in the most familiar things.
Provides an accessible introduction to Einstein's general theory of relativity
Guides readers from Newtonian mechanics to the frontiers of modern research
Emphasizes symmetry and the Einstein-Hilbert action
Covers topics not found in standard textbooks on Einstein gravity
Includes interesting historical asides
Features numerous exercises and detailed appendices
Ideal for students, physicists, and scientifically minded lay readers
Solutions manual (available only to teachers)
A stunning, personal memoir from the astronaut and modern-day hero who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station—a message of hope for the future that will inspire for generations to come.
The veteran of four spaceflights and the American record holder for consecutive days spent in space, Scott Kelly has experienced things very few have. Now, he takes us inside a sphere utterly hostile to human life. He describes navigating the extreme challenge of long-term spaceflight, both life-threatening and mundane: the devastating effects on the body; the isolation from everyone he loves and the comforts of Earth; the catastrophic risks of colliding with space junk; and the still more haunting threat of being unable to help should tragedy strike at home--an agonizing situation Kelly faced when, on a previous mission, his twin brother's wife, American Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was shot while he still had two months in space.
Kelly's humanity, compassion, humor, and determination resonate throughout, as he recalls his rough-and-tumble New Jersey childhood and the youthful inspiration that sparked his astounding career, and as he makes clear his belief that Mars will be the next, ultimately challenging, step in spaceflight.
In Endurance, we see the triumph of the human imagination, the strength of the human will, and the infinite wonder of the galaxy.
From Aristotle's proof that the Earth is round to the 1998 paper that posited an accelerating universe, this book contains 100 entries spanning the history of astronomy. Award-winning science writer Marcia Bartusiak provides enormously entertaining introductions, putting the material in context and explaining its place in the literature. Archives of the Universe is essential reading for professional astronomers, science history buffs, and backyard stargazers alike.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Among his peers, Alex Vilenkin is regarded as one of the most imaginative and creative cosmologists of our time. His contributions to our current understanding of the universe include a number of novel ideas, two of which—eternal cosmic inflation and the quantum creation of the universe from nothing—have provided a scientific foundation for the possible existence of multiple universes.
With this book—his first for the general reader—Vilenkin joins another select group: the handful of first-rank scientists who are equally adept at explaining their work to nonspecialists. With engaging, well-paced storytelling, a droll sense of humor, and a generous sprinkling of helpful cartoons, he conjures up a bizarre and fascinating new worldview that—to paraphrase Niels Bohr—just might be crazy enough to be true.
Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dramatic untold story of the Columbia mission and the brave people who dedicated themselves to help the United States succeed in the age of space exploration. On April 12, 1981, NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral. It was the most advanced, state-of-the-art flying machine ever built, challenging the minds and imagination of America's top engineers and pilots. Columbia was the world's first real spaceship: a winged rocket plane, the size of an airliner, and capable of flying to space and back before preparing to fly again.
On board were moonwalker John Young and test pilot Bob Crippen. Less than an hour after Young and Crippen's spectacular departure from the Cape, all was not well. Tiles designed to protect the ship from the blowtorch burn of re-entry were missing from the heat shield. If the damage to Columbia was too great, the astronauts wouldn't be able to return safely to earth. NASA turned to the National Reconnaissance Office, a spy agency hidden deep inside the Pentagon whose very existence was classified. To help the ship, the NRO would attempt something never done before. Success would require skill, perfect timing, and luck.
Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, Into the Black is a thrilling race against time and the incredible true story of the first space shuttle mission that celebrates our passion for spaceflight.
One of the world's foremost nuclear physicists (celebrated for his theory of radioactive decay, among other accomplishments), George Gamow possessed the unique ability of making the world of science accessible to the general reader.
He brings that ability to bear in this delightful expedition through the problems, pleasures, and puzzles of modern science. Among the topics scrutinized with the author's celebrated good humor and pedagogical prowess are the macrocosm and the microcosm, theory of numbers, relativity of space and time, entropy, genes, atomic structure, nuclear fission, and the origin of the solar system.
In the pages of this book readers grapple with such crucial matters as whether it is possible to bend space, why a rocket shrinks, the "end of the world problem," excursions into the fourth dimension, and a host of other tantalizing topics for the scientifically curious. Brimming with amusing anecdotes and provocative problems, One Two Three . . . Infinity also includes over 120 delightful pen-and-ink illustrations by the author, adding another dimension of good-natured charm to these wide-ranging explorations.
Whatever your level of scientific expertise, chances are you'll derive a great deal of pleasure, stimulation, and information from this unusual and imaginative book. It belongs in the library of anyone curious about the wonders of the scientific universe. "In One Two Three . . . Infinity, as in his other books, George Gamow succeeds where others fail because of his remarkable ability to combine technical accuracy, choice of material, dignity of expression, and readability." — Saturday Review of Literature
Richard Preston's name became a household word with The Hot Zone, which sold nearly 800,000 copies in hardcover, was on The New York Times's bestseller list for 42 weeks, and was the subject of countless magazine and newspaper articles. Preston has become a sought-after commentator on popular science subjects.
This fascinating new volume tells the story of contact between aliens and humans from all across the globe, dating back to 1932, including meetings with military personnel and American presidents such as Eisenhower and Kennedy.
For the first time, a former member of MI6 reveals her conversation with Neil Armstrong at a NASA conference, when she confirmed that there were "other" spacecraft on the moon when Apollo 11 landed in 1969. Armstrong also confirmed that the CIA was behind the cover-up.
In a further admission in December 2012, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev revealed "the president of Russia is given a special top secret folder [that] in its entirety contains information about aliens who have visited our planet. Along with this, the president is given a report of the Special Service that exercises control over aliens in our country. I will not tell you how many of them are among us because it may cause panic."
Every part of the book has been thoroughly overhauled, and many sections have been completely rewritten. Many new topics are covered, including N-body simulation methods, black holes in stellar systems, linear stability and response theory, and galaxy formation in the cosmological context. Binney and Tremaine, two of the world's leading astrophysicists, use the tools of theoretical physics to describe how galaxies and other stellar systems work, succinctly and lucidly explaining theoretical principles and their applications to observational phenomena. They provide readers with an understanding of stellar dynamics at the level needed to reach the frontiers of the subject.
This new edition of the classic text is the definitive introduction to the field.
A complete revision and update of one of the most cited references in astrophysics
Provides a comprehensive description of the dynamical structure and evolution of galaxies and other stellar systems
Serves as both a graduate textbook and a resource for researchers
Includes 20 color illustrations, 205 figures, and more than 200 problems
Covers the gravitational N-body problem, hierarchical galaxy formation, galaxy mergers, dark matter, spiral structure, numerical simulations, orbits and chaos, equilibrium and stability of stellar systems, evolution of binary stars and star clusters, and much more
Companion volume to Galactic Astronomy, the definitive book on the phenomenology of galaxies and star clusters


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This is the first module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum. Activities are self-directed by students or student teams using online videos and data from the SDO satellite to explore, research and build knowledge about... (View More) features of the Sun. Students build vocabulary, apply or demonstrate learning through real world connections, and creating resources to use in their investigations. Each activity comes with both a teacher and student guide with sequential instructions and embedded links to the needed videos and internet resources. Activity 1A: Structure of the Earth's Star takes students through the features and function of the Sun's structures using online videos, completing a "Sun Primer" data sheet using information from the videos, and creating a 3D origami model of the Sun. Students use a KWL chart to track what they have learned. Activity 1B: Observing the Sun has students capture real solar images from SDO data to find and record sunspots and track their movement across the surface of the Sun. Activity 1C has students create a pin-hole camera to use in calculating the actual diameter of the Sun, and then calculate scales to create a Earth-Sun scale model. Students reflect on their learning and results at the end of the module. An internet connection and access to computers are needed to complete this module. See related and supplementary resources for link to full curriculum. The appendix includes an alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
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This is the fourth and culminating module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum. Student teams use information and resources from the other three modules in the project suite to create a 3D interactive solar exhibit to... (View More) educate others about the Sun and how SDO informs scientists about the Sun's activity, structures and features, and Earth-Sun interactions. Students then self-evaluate their team's solar exhibit. Both a teacher and student guide are included, as well as tools for students to self-direct and track project process, and record reflections and information. A computer for student-teams and access to the internet are needed for this module. See related and supplementary resources for link to full curriculum. The appendix includes an alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
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In this lesson, learners will first use computers to research and learn how solar panels convert sunlight into electricity. Next, they will calculate the surface area of solar panels board a satellite and their total power generated in various... (View More) positions of the satellite, given the dimension of the panels. After, learners will organize and write a report summarizing the information about the MMS mission satellites. This activity requires student access to internet accessible computers. This is lesson four of the MMS Mission Educator's Instructional Guide, which uses examples from the mission to introduce mathematics (focusing on geometry) in a real-world context. The lessons use the 5E instructional cycle. Note: MMS launched March 12, 2015. For the latest science and news, visit the MMS Mission Website under Related & Supplemental Resources (right side of this page). (View Less)

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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker College tennis matches scheduled for Wednesday afternoon at home against Francis Marion University have been canceled due to inclement weather. No make-up date is scheduled at this time.
The Cobras will be back on the courts for a pair of home matches on Friday. The men and women will take on West Alabama starting at 2:00 p.m. at the Coker Tennis Courts.


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Lovely Little Lamps
Table lamps can add so much to a room. While a lot of people often don't pay enough attention to how much impact they have — some of us really look forward to purchasing a new one.
Lamps can be a little pricey (unfortunately) but if you find one you really love — it's so worth it. Try to stay as simple and chic to avoid purchasing anything too trendy that would need to be replaced within just a few years (or even months).
Of course, if you find something you ultimately love — does it matter if it's on trend or not? I don't think so! The goal of decorating your home is to love each and every thing you bring into it — lamps included. Here are 5 lovely little lamps I adore:
• Perch Glass Lamp, $69.00 at West Elm
• Round Rope Lamp, $129.00 at West Elm
• Cleo Table Lamp, $319.00 at Crate and Barrel
• Green Line Table Lamp, $99.99 at CB2
• Orange Ochre Table Lamp, $106.19 at Overstock


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Subject: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Date: April 23, 2012
To: Chief Executive Officers and Compliance Officers of All National Banks, Federal Savings Associations, Department and Division Heads, and All Examining Personnel
Description: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Final Rule for Reporting Thresholds
On February 15, 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published in the Federal Register the attached final rule amending the official commentary that interprets the requirements of Regulation C. By this amendment, the CFPB has raised the asset size exemption threshold to $41 million for depository institutions. Thus, institutions with assets of $41 million or less as of December 31, 2011, will not be required to collect Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data in 2012. The previous exemption threshold was $40 million. This revision is mandated by provisions of the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996. The adjustment reflects changes based on the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the 12-month period ending in November 2011.
The adjustment is effective for data collection in 2012. An institution's exemption from collecting data in 2012 does not affect its responsibility to report the data that it was required to collect in 2011.
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The Bisons lost the nightcap 12-10 after losing 8-3 in game one at Shelby Park. The Bisons finished the series 1-2. They are 6-13overall. Belmont is 13-7 overall, 2-4 in the A-Sun.
The second game was a slugfest with the Bisons collecting 12 hits and Belmont getting 14.
The Bisons jumped out to a 6-1 lead with two runs in the first and four in the second. Belmont scored one run in the first and tied the game with five runs in the third.
In the fourth the Bisons took a 10-6 lead with four runs. Belmont answered with four in the fifth to tie the game at 10-10. They took the lead with one run in the sixth. In the eighth Belmont added one more run to seal the game.
Offensively, M.L. Williams led the way for the Bisons with three hits, including a triple. It was the most hits for Williams in a game this season and his fifth multi-hit game and first multi-RBI game of the season. Williams had a hit in game one to give him a team-leading 10-game hitting streak.
T.J. Hoelzer played his second game and once again posted multiple hits and multiple RBIs. He had two hits and two RBI. In those two games he has five hits and six RBI.
Right-hander Davey Hackett started for the Bisons. He pitched 4.2 innings. He gave up nine hits and 10 runs, but only four of the runs were earned. He walked four and struck out two.
Left-hander Alex Ross made his second appearance of the series. In 1.1 innings he gave up three hits and one run. He struck out two and did not walk a batter. He was credited with the loss.
Right-hander Mike Grace pitched one inning. He gave up one hit and struck out one. Right-hander Chad Fromm closed out the game. He allowed one hit and one run. He walked three and struck out two.
In game one the Bisons managed only five hits, all singles, in game one with Kyle Henry accounting for two of them.
Belmont scored one run in the first and another in the second. They added four in the fourth on a grand slam over the left field fence by Nate Woods who led with a total of five runs batted in.
The Bisons cut the lead to 6-3 in the sixth.
Belmont bounced back with two more runs in the sixth.
Right-hander Dannie Strable opened on the mound for the Bisons. He lasted 3.1 innings, giving up five hits and six runs, five earned. He walked five and did not strike out a batter.
Right-hander Josh Cotham threw 3.2 innings. He allowed five hits and two runs, both earned. He walked two and struck out one. Right-hander Matt Bowling pitched one inning. He did not give up a run or a hit.
The Bisons are back in action Tuesday when they make the short trip to Vanderbilt.


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Fly Fusion Pentop Transfers Notes To Computer
Fly Fusion Pentop Transfers Notes To Computer
Last week I got to try out the new Fly Fusion Pentop, which allows you to transfer your notes and doodles to your PC and acts as a homework helper and MP3 player.
The device, which consists of a pen and special Fly Paper notebook costs $79.99, automatically scans and digitizes everything you write or draw in the notebook so when you hook it to your computer you can easily transfer your notes to an e-mail, word document or turn them into a jpg. The notebook and pen combo also allows you to interact with your notes and get feedback and step-by-step help, as well as play MP3s and games. The Fly Fusion was made by Leapfrog and intended for kids ages 10 and up, but I found myself wishing I would have had one in college, where I took hundreds of pages of notes a month.
For more of my review and to watch a video of how it works,
Overall, I thought the pen was really exciting and could be a real time saver for anyone who takes copious notes. The homework help features are great (you can get help solving equations and can help you with language homework by translating words), but I worry they could become a cheating device in the classroom. As a mac girl I was a little bummed the company hasn't come up with a mac compatible pen yet - they claim one is in the works - however, I am sure plenty of PC kids, college students and even professionals that have to take a lot of notes will find it useful. Check out the video below to see how it works.


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University Hospital Würzburg
Department of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (223357)
Rainer H. Meffert
Specialized in: trauma, hand, plastic and reconstructive surgery
The Department of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Department of Surgery II) at the University Hospital of Würzburg under the direction of Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Rainer H. Meffert offers the full range of trauma and reconstructive surgery, plastic and aesthetic, as well as hand surgery. The Department is in the Operative Medicine Center (ZOM).
The Department of Surgery II at the University Hospital of Würzburg is the main part of the Trauma Center, which provides consultations for seriously wounded (polytraumatic) patients. For the postoperative treatment, there is a physiotherapy unit with the latest training equipment, including a thermal pool. The Department also has its private Section of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery.
The University Hospital of Würzburg annually performs over 3,000 operations on both outpatient and inpatient basis, as well as about 15,000 interventions for 8,000 outpatients (emergency and planned treatments).
The focuses of plastic surgery at the University Hospital of Würzburg cover the whole body without any limitations. These include reconstruction of the body surface after accidents / neoplastic diseases, treatment of damaged functional structures, as well as female breast surgery. With the use of special techniques, such as microsurgery, the doctors of the Department provide treatment of the most diverse clinical pictures. With the most sparing surgery, these techniques allow to conceal considerable defects of the skin, soft tissues and bones.
The main treatment focuses of the Department of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery under the direction of Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Rainer H. Meffert are:
- Trauma and reconstructive surgery among others:
- Treatment of patients with multiple / severe injuries in close interdisciplinary cooperation
- Treatment of spine injuries with the use of endoscopic surgical techniques and correction of the incorrect treatment of the vertebral fractures
- Pelvic and acetabular injuries
- Primary and secondary tumors of the musculoskeletal system (especially bone metastases)
- Arthroscopic treatment of joint injuries and lesions (shoulder, knee, elbow and ankle joints)
- Hip and shoulder joint endoprosthetics
- Sports traumas with damaged muscles, tendons and ligaments
- Correction of different leg length and axial deviations due to traumas or genetic background
- Plastic and aesthetic surgery, e.g.:
- Breast reduction, breast lift
- Breast augmentation
- Breast plastic surgery
- Facelift / forehead lift
- Blepharoplasty
- Nose correction
- Ear correction
- Abdominalplasty
- Circular Body Lift (Lockwood)
- Tummy tuck / butt / hip / calf / hand lift
- Liposuction
- Treatment of wrinkles with botulin toxin, biomaterials
- Lip correction
- Own fat transfer
- Hyaluronic acid injections
- Collagen injections
- Dermabrasion / laser treatment
- Hand surgery (the entire spectrum of hand surgery, including replacement and reconstructive surgery)
- Outpatient surgery
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text: Late Farm Photographer Captured Stunning Rural Images March 21, 2014 12:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email Each year, Grant Heilman set a goal of making four trips by car between his home in Colorado and his stock photography company in Lititz, Penn. His mission: Capture stunning images of the countryside, a place close to his heart having lived for years in rural Lancaster County. "He felt that if he got one good marketing image for every 100 that he photographed, that was successful," says Sonia Wasco, owner, Grant Heilman Photography, Inc. "He was a very prolific photographer. We have well over a half-million images in our library, and I would say easily 150,000 are his. He continued to shoot up until just a few years ago." Heilman—whose iconic pictures appeared in advertisements, encyclopedias, billboards and greeting cards for more than 60 years—died Feb. 25, 2014 in Buena Vista, Colo. He was 94. While Heilman graduated with a degree in economics from Swarthmore College, his legacy as a photographer began with his honors thesis, which captured the life of an agricultural Alaskan community established as part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies. He and the woman who would become his third wife, Conrad Nelson, met when Nelson worked at his photography studio as a high school student. "I'd be sitting there in front of this bank of file cabinets with these (photo) transparencies to file, and I would look at them as they would go in the drawer," Nelson recalls. "I would think, 'Now how did he manage to make something spectacular out of something that is so ordinary?' He just had this gift." After serving in covert U.S. Army operations overseas during World War II, Heilman went on to found one of the oldest stock photo libraries in the U.S. in 1948, living for years in Pennsylvania. The location afforded him access to both the country and the major marketing cities of Philadelphia and New York. "They didn't really know what a first-calf heifer was, or how big corn is when you apply a certain type of product," Wasco explains. "So it was important to Grant that somebody here knew how to get customers the types of images that they were looking for and also correspond with our photographers so that we had the right images." The studio's bestselling image, an aerial shot of farmland in Lancaster County, was taken by Heilman. "It just shows the artwork of agriculture," Wasco says. Another iconic Heilman piece is a close-up of a field of wheat that became the cover of a Bible. Heilman authored multiple books during his life, including "Farm" in the late 1980s. The book sold out, got reprinted and sold out again. He published an earlier book, "Farm Town", after purchasing a collection of 6,000 photos taken by a Horton, Kan., resident. He hand-selected the best images to go into his book and interviewed the photographer's widow to write down the stories of the people and places they depicted. Both his first wife, Marjorie, and his second wife, Barbara, died earlier. After moving to Colorado in the 1970s with Barbara, he continued to encourage employees of his company to do what they loved and to come into their own in the business. He believed in quoting customers a fair rate rather than providing overpriced services. Meanwhile, he reconnected with Nelson, who was in college getting a fine arts degree with emphases in printmaking, mixed media and photography. She wanted to move to the Southwest, and Heilman invited her to tour Colorado with him. The two were married and went on to invest heavily in the nearby town of Buena Vista—through the Arts Council that Heilman founded with Barbara; contributions of time and money to a new college and hospital, as well as the educations of multiple local students in college; the establishment of a conservation easement for more than 500 acres of ranchland surrounding their home; and a successful tax mill levy campaign to save the local humane society, among other projects. "We really did make a wonderful team," Nelson says. "I know there was a difference in ages, but that actually worked in our benefit because I'm a real energetic, do-it-all kind of person, and Grant was very laid back. He would calm me down, and I would rev him up." He incorporated the agency in 1987, setting into motion a decades-long legacy plan to hand over the business to the next generation. Wasco remembers him as a mentor who encouraged her to be active in trade associations such as the National AgriMarketing Association and the American Agricultural Editors Association. He stayed on as chairman of the board until 2011, and he continued to go to his office daily up until five days before his death. "It just tells you how much he loved doing what he was doing," Wasco notes. Back to news


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UPDATE May 15, 2015: I have been notified by Julie McMahon that she has been asked in an emailed correspondence, to ask me to remove this post. That's not going to happen. In my never humble opinion, this is simply a further working out of Tony Jones' self-admitted Narcissistic Personality Disorder (admission on Pg 10 of pdf). Only an NPD could believe this to be a reasonable request.
This is from a series of tweets of mine this morning — Tuesday, February 10, 2015 (with a few tweet responses from fellow Canadians, James Forde and Michael Bells) beginning here — note I've done some editing and made additions for clarity to the Tweets.
We need to acknowledge that narcissistic & yes, psychopathic leadership is a problem in the Church — and figure out how to deal with it. This requires educating ourselves to the realities of psychopathy and NPD. Books by Robert Hare & Kevin Dutton are good places to start.
If you've been an unintentional co-conspirator with an NPD/psychopath or a "commender" as my friend Futuristguy Brad Sargent puts it — admit it, apologize & make restitution — learn from your mistakes.
If you aren't a book reader, then at least read this on NPD and this on psychopathy.
Too many Christians are now "dones" because of the actions of leaders with NPD &/or psychopathic traits. This needs to change.
Too many NPD/psychopathic leaders have been protected because of the size of "their ministries". A trail of broken bodies is NOT the Church.
Too many narcissistic/psychopathic theologians have been protected because of their supposed "insights". Victims be damned.
Again, if you're a leader in the church, and have actively promoted an NPD &/or psychopath — acknowledge & repent for the sake of the Church.
James Forde: Most people get swept up in the star gazing that happens and don't see the leader for what they are & end up as a silenced victim! Then when they have the courage &/or support to come out and bring things to light they are either accused of being jealous or nuts and those either under the spell still (or who stand to gain financially or in power) do what they can to protect the leader.
Read this 2009 NYTimes article on Mark Driscoll and ask yourself how rational Church leaders could support this man.
Go to Tony Jones' #WhyTony Scrib site, where he admits he's NPD, and ask yourself how these other "leaders" continue to support him while demonizing Julie, ToJo's ex-wife. (I'm intentionally not linking to ToJo's site.)
The celebrity-driven church actively promotes narcissistic/psychopathic leadership. This is NOT the church of Jesus. Not even a facsimile.
Michael Bells: That "model" is only a cheap plastic 'copy' of the real thing – it's not even close to Jesus' way, 🙁
I am not suggesting all Church leaders are NPD/psychopathic. I don't believe that for a moment. However, far too many are, even if only 1% — that 1% figure is the recognized percentage of psychopaths in society. As well, according to Kevin Dutton's research the #8 position psychopaths end up in is clergy.
And let me end this Tweetablog with an edit of this tweet of mine from yesterday,
Do not be surprised the Church is plagued with many narcissist leaders. Narcissists are attracted to power. This is a problem with the church that promotes "powerfilled" leaders — directly contrary to Jesus' teaching in Matthew 20:25:
"You've observed how godless rulers throw their weight around, how quickly a little power goes to their heads. It's not going to be that way with you. Whoever wants to be great must become a servant. Whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave. That is what the Son of Man has done: He came to serve, not be served—and then to give away his life in exchange for the many who are held hostage." (MSG)
Updated at 1:57 PM EST February 10, 2015
This post was first published by Bill Kinnon @ kinnon.tv


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Vintage Food PSA Posters: Eating and Cooking Tips from Uncle Sam
Remember this Food: Don't Waste It poster that Anjali wrote about back in January? It was created in 1917 by the U.S Food Administration as part of a national effort to get people to reduce their consumption of certain staples during World War I. I've since come across a number of other food public service announcement posters from that time, and it's a fascinating how relevant and, well, modern, some of them sound.
A number of these posters can be found in Eating with Uncle Sam: Recipes and Historical Bites from the National Archives ($24.55 from Amazon). Maria Popova of Brainpicker compiled a selection of them in a recent post, and I'm grateful to her for pointing them out.
Isn't it interesting to see how relevant some of this stuff still is? As Anjali noted back in January, these ideas to conserve, be mindful of sugar, make ingredients go a long way, etc. seem modern to us now, but simply prove that everything comes full circle.
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The New York Mets (0-1) dropped their exhibition opener Friday, 5-4, to the Washington Nationals in Port St. Lucie.
It's just the first game, but the Mets have to be encouraged by the performances of pitchers Rafael Montero and Jacob deGrom, who each threw two perfect innings.
The Mets also got a two-run homer from Ike Davis.
Neither Montero nor deGrom are expected to make the Opening Day roster, but both could be brought up in June. Each is expected to open the season in Triple-A Las Vegas.
The Nationals scored four runs in the final three innings off several pitchers, including Gonzalez German and Jeff Walters. Gonzalez is competing for one of the Mets' seven bullpen spots, but Walters, who saved 38 games last season for Double-A Binghamton, is expected to open in Triple-A.
We should all temper our enthusiasm for Davis, but that being said, it is better than striking out four times. Manager Terry Collins said he wants to give the struggling and often-times frustrated first baseman at least 90 at-bats in spring training.
Wilfredo Tovar left the game in the seventh inning with a right hamstring injury.
On deck: Left-hander John Lannan will start Saturday against Miami's Kevin Slowey. The Mets will also pitch Vic Black, Scott Rice, Kyle Farnsworth and Ryan Reid.


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Global climate change and the relationship between theologians and bishops are the two topics addressed in the latest edition of Origins, the CNS Documentary Service:
- The U.S. Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works invited religious groups to share their views on the moral and ethical dimensions of global climate change. Origins presents the testimony from three of them: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (subscribers: click here), Reform Judaism's Religious Action Center (subscribers: click here), and the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA (subscribers: click here).
- Theologian Daniel Finn, outgoing president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, urges a re-examination of the society's relations with conservative theologians, U.S. bishops and the Vatican in a reflection on the need for a theology of power (subscribers: click here).


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When asked once if she could live her life over, Sandi Swartz said she would still teach, which is one indication why Swartz is going to be inducted into the Redwood Valley Hall of Fame May 7 during the annual Evening of the Stars.
Education has made its mark on Sandi Swartz, and Sandi Swartz has made her mark in education. The long-time English educator in the Red-wood Area School District helped to mold the lives of hundreds of students over the years, and even though she has officially retired from the classroom, Swartz is still making her mark. Swartz, who grew up in Iowa, knew from an early age she was going to be a teacher. Early photos exhibit students sitting under the tutelage of Swartz. "My three sisters were my students," said Swartz. During her formative years in school, Swartz was one who observed other teachers. "I made a list of things I would and would not do as a teacher," she said, adding she wrote down the things she did and did not like about her own teachers. For Swartz, who has set personal goals her entire life, education was at the top of her list of priorities. So, when she graduated from high school she headed north into Minnesota to earn her degree in English education at Mankato State University. Schol-arships, grants and loans helped her achieve that goal.
Swartz said the doctor in Spirit Lake, Iowa, where she graduated from high school, actually cosigned her loan. Swartz, who also earned a degree in speech, did serve as a junior high speech coach, and is called on to speak about education at different events. Today Swartz speaks to aspiring educators as part of the student teacher program at Southwest Minnesota State Univ-ersity in Marshall. In 1989, Swartz took a leave of absence from her job teaching in the local school district to teach at SMSU where she taught courses in the elements of instruction and served as a mentor for student teachers. Swartz actually began her teaching career in Glencoe, just three days after earning her degree, and after her husband, Roger, got out of the service the couple moved to the Redwood area where he got a job in Wabasso and she continued her career teaching in Morgan for about a year. It was in 1975 when she was hired by the Redwood Falls School District, and she spent 34 years teaching English to students of varying ages. "I taught students from Grade 7 all the way through college," said Swartz. During a visit to the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Swartz made a connection with a woman who was a Holocaust survivor. That woman paid three visits to Redwood Falls to speak with students and the community – providing a face to the stories of the Holocaust students were learning about in Swartz's class. It was those types of activities Swartz en-joyed including in her teaching, as she has emphasized the importance of an activity-based classroom. Swartz, who is going to be inducted into the Redwood Valley Hall of Fame May 7 during the annual Evening of the Stars event, admitted she was shocked when the call came letting her know she had been selected for induction. Swartz said she is humbled and honored to be recognized in this way, adding she considers Redwood Falls to be a good place to raise a family. Her two daughters received their education in the local school district. "This is a good community," said Swartz, adding she continues to enjoy being part of it in retirement. Swartz retired from her role in education in 2006, and remains busy in her new career. That Swartz still is involved in education is an indication of the reality for her – education is not just a career it is her passion. When asked once if she could live her life over, Swartz said she would still teach. "I have no regrets," she said, adding she doesn't think she deserves this honor more than anyone else. "There are a lot of good teachers out there."


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A delicious and colorful twist to regular Kobbari Mithai /Coconut Burfi ...
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Keep Ready : A greased tray for pouring burfi.
For Coconut Burfi:
Shredded fresh coconut - 2 cups
Sugar - 1.5 cups
Cardamom - 1 pod (Powder the seeds and keep it ready)
For Carrot Burfi: (alternative : use beetroot)
Grated Carrot - 2 cups
Sugar- 1.5 cups
Method for making both the burfis are same.
1. Measure 1.5 cups of sugar and take it in a thick bottomed pan
2. Add water just to immerse the sugar, say about half a cup
3. On a medium heat, dissolve the sugar and bring it to boil
4. When the sugar syrup reaches soft ball stage add in shredded coconut and keep stirring.
5. At first you can see the mixture getting little diluted because of the moisture content of coconut, but soon it starts thickening
6. At a stage where you see the mixture starts thickening and leaves the sides of the container, quickly add in a big generous pinch of cardamom powder and transfer it to a greased tray.
7. If you over cook, the mixture becomes hard and brittle.
Note : 1. I made coconut burfi twice to sandwich the burfis. Together, I made thrice. 1st round-coconut burfi, 2nd round carrot burfi poured it over previously spread coconut burfi; 3rd round - Coconut burfi again to finish off the sandwich. You may want to find a easier way to do it.
Sincere thanks to Mahanandi blog for Coconut Burfi tips.
Verdict : Burfi tasted yumm and it had a colorful appeal too..


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If you look at exercise video ads, the sell typically works like this: work hard, sweat hard (i.e., suffer), and the prize you get out of it is a killer body. It might be tempting to apply this sort of mentality to discipleship: work hard for the kingdom, suffer, and get the prize of heaven for it. C. S. Lewis rightly points out in The Problem of Pain that this way of approaching discipleship ultimately does not work: "Heaven offers nothing that a mercenary soul can desire. It is safe to tell the pure of heart that they shall see God, for only the pure of heart want to."
Lewis's insight strikes me as a key to the Gospel reading for today. Jesus has just given his disciples the third and final prediction of his passion. Recall that after the first prediction, Peter "rebukes" Jesus (8:31–32). After the second, the disciples argue about who among them is the greatest (9:31–34). Today's reading begins just after the third prediction, with James and John asking to be given places of prestige when Jesus enters his glory. Ultimately, Jesus tells them, these seats are not his to bestow. Their request then occasions another teaching about discipleship: "Those recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave to all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve."
The disciples just don't get it. But do we? Let's face it, most of us value positions of prestige. Doesn't the church itself give out awards and hold honors banquets? One could counter that such honors and awards highlight Christian models and celebrate ministerial blessings. Granted. But even so, it's a thin line that is crossed often. More penetrating, how many of us imagine blessings in this life or heaven in the next as a prize for hard work or suffering endured for the Gospel?
A servant's heart holds the opposite impulse. It does not seek prestige but opportunities to attend to others. It doesn't seek a reward for work done or personal prize to claim. The ideal of embracing a servant's heart seems to me to be the center of Jesus' teaching today. The emphasis should not be on the suffering that Christian discipleship might include, though Jesus reminds James and John that this will be their lot. Nor is it directly about leadership or lording authority over those under us, though this too is important. Discipleship, as Jesus frames it here, is best understood as reorienting one's whole psyche, regardless of whether one suffers much or little, has much authority or little. To embrace true discipleship is to take on the mind of Christ, who took the form of a slave (Phil 2:5–7); it is putting on a new divine nature (Col 3:10); it is becoming conformed to the image of Christ himself (Rom 8:29).
The second reading, from the Letter to the Hebrews, describes the high priesthood of Jesus, who has passed through the heavens (to the eternal temple) and invites us to come to him there. Hebrews wants to remind us that though Jesus bears the stamp of the divine nature (1:3), he is fully human: "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin." Jesus did not sin, not because of his divine nature, but because of his human one, one that was fully actualized. In the same way, our putting on of this new divine nature and being conformed into the image of Christ does not entail leaving behind our human nature. Christian discipleship effects a spiritual renewal that enables us to live our human lives as fully and deeply as possible.
Put it all together: What does it mean to be human? Servant. What does it mean to be Christian? Servant. What does the divine nature look like? Servant. Who belongs in heaven? No mercenaries, just servants.


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