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Journey through the periods of the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Industrial Revolution with "Enlightenment Enigmas," documenting the strange occurrences and UFO sightings that marked these transformative eras. As humanity experienced intellectual curiosity and scientific advancements, interpretations of unexplained aerial phenomena evolved. From Renaissance paintings depicting mysterious objects to 18th-century scientific journals reporting unusual sightings, this book explores how these eras' thinkers and artists grappled with the unknown. Discover how the burgeoning fields of astronomy, exploration, and philosophy influenced the understanding of these strange events, blending traditional beliefs with emerging scientific perspectives.
Delve into the enigmatic world of ancient civilizations and their encounters with strange aerial phenomena in "Ancient Mysteries." This book explores the earliest recorded sightings of unidentified flying objects, drawing from historical texts and archaeological findings. Uncover stories that have baffled scholars and intrigued ufologists for centuries, from mysterious lights in the skies of ancient Egypt to strange objects depicted in Sumerian and Mayan artifacts. Discover how these ancient societies interpreted these otherworldly events, often attributing them to gods, spirits, or celestial visitors. Through a careful examination of ancient records and relics, this volume presents a fascinating journey through time, revealing the profound impact these sightings had on early human cultures and beliefs.
Something happened in December of 2017 - something so unusual it hinted at revelations on the way that will rock our world like nothing before in history. On December 16th, the New York Times ran a story about an encounter between two Navy jets and a UFO off the coast of California. Stories about UFOs are nothing new, but this one was decidedly different: First, it came directly from the Pentagon. Second, it included video taken by sophisticated military cameras onboard the aircraft. And third, the usual chorus of official denials and ridicule was entirely absent. The networks ran with it, and for a week, news commentators played the startling films over and over while asking, "What does it mean?" For students of UFO history, the meaning was clear: Denial is out. Disclosure is in. Starting now. Military jets have been taking gun-sight photos of UFOs for decades, but until December of 2017, these films were unacknowledged and off-limits to all but those with the highest security clearances. Suddenly all that secrecy was out the window. Suddenly, the Pentagon had decided that you have a "need to know." That was the message between the lines, and it implies "Brace yourself, because we''re just beginning." "The Top-Ten UFO Riddles" is your antidote to the new age of anxiety that will dawn as we turn the corner between science-fiction and science fact. If you have scientific solutions to the ten most perplexing riddles about alien technology, you will be immunized against extremes of shock and awe. A flying saucer may be a thing of beauty, but it will no longer be a thing of mystery when you understand... * Why it''s a saucer * How it stays up there without making a sound * Why it spins * How it accelerates from zero to Mach 10 in an instant without killing the occupants * Why it flies like a skipping stone and descends like a falling leaf * Why car engines and headlamps flicker and die in its presence * How and why the aliens are making crop circles In the past, science has fallen flat on its face trying to solve these riddles. The only solution they''ve had has been to deny the testimony of tens of thousands of eyewitnesses, not to mention an abundance of radar screen recordings. But one American physicist, Dr. Frederick Alzofon (1919-2012), managed to crack the riddle of gravity control, which is at the heart of all the other mysteries. In "The Top-Ten UFO Riddles" you will peek under the hood of a flying saucer and find out how it works, down to the nuts and bolts. You will also learn how we can duplicate this technology, unleashing a Second Industrial Revolution, while making space travel as common as a trip to the mall. "The Top-Ten UFO Riddles" is partially derived from David Alzofon''s 2017 book, "How to Build a Flying Saucer (And Save the Planet)." Considerable new material has been added, including three new riddles: How UFOs disappear midflight, why saucers are so heavy, and how the aliens walk through walls. Also added: Seven never-before-published UFO case studies, including the author''s encounter with a black triangle the size of a 737 while driving on a lonely stretch of I-5 in California. The science behind the solutions has appeared in refereed journals and is backed by experiment. The author explains the scientific method in depth and shows how to use it as a yardstick to evaluate competing truth claims about UFOs, from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson''s assertion that only stupid aliens would build a flying saucer that spins, to whistle-blower Bob Lazar''s revelations about reverse-engineering at Area 51, to claims made for electrogravitic technology and faster-than-light travel. "The Top-Ten UFO Riddles" not only provides you with the top-ten solutions, it provides you with a set of skeptical scientific criteria that will keep you from being swayed by fake science or fake news in the future -- when the deluge begins.
Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence. These scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face humanity if an information-rich signal emanating from another world is detected. By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come.
Anthony Gottlieb’s landmark The Dream of Reason and its sequel challenge Bertrand Russell’s classic as the definitive history of Western philosophy. Western philosophy is now two and a half millennia old, but much of it came in just two staccato bursts, each lasting only about 150 years. In his landmark survey of Western philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance, The Dream of Reason, Anthony Gottlieb documented the first burst, which came in the Athens of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Now, in his sequel, The Dream of Enlightenment, Gottlieb expertly navigates a second great explosion of thought, taking us to northern Europe in the wake of its wars of religion and the rise of Galilean science. In a relatively short period—from the early 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution—Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all made their mark. The Dream of Enlightenment tells their story and that of the birth of modern philosophy. As Gottlieb explains, all these men were amateurs: none had much to do with any university. They tried to fathom the implications of the new science and of religious upheaval, which led them to question traditional teachings and attitudes. What does the advance of science entail for our understanding of ourselves and for our ideas of God? How should a government deal with religious diversity—and what, actually, is government for? Such questions remain our questions, which is why Descartes, Hobbes, and the others are still pondered today. Yet it is because we still want to hear them that we can easily get these philosophers wrong. It is tempting to think they speak our language and live in our world; but to understand them properly, we must step back into their shoes. Gottlieb puts readers in the minds of these frequently misinterpreted figures, elucidating the history of their times and the development of scientific ideas while engagingly explaining their arguments and assessing their legacy in lively prose. With chapters focusing on Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Pierre Bayle, Leibniz, Hume, Rousseau, and Voltaire—and many walk-on parts—The Dream of Enlightenment creates a sweeping account of what the Enlightenment amounted to, and why we are still in its debt.
Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich--and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In A Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture--not exploitation, geography, or resources--explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Countering the prevailing theory that the Industrial Revolution was sparked by the sudden development of stable political, legal, and economic institutions in seventeenth-century Europe, Clark shows that such institutions existed long before industrialization. He argues instead that these institutions gradually led to deep cultural changes by encouraging people to abandon hunter-gatherer instincts-violence, impatience, and economy of effort-and adopt economic habits-hard work, rationality, and education. The problem, Clark says, is that only societies that have long histories of settlement and security seem to develop the cultural characteristics and effective workforces that enable economic growth. For the many societies that have not enjoyed long periods of stability, industrialization has not been a blessing. Clark also dissects the notion, championed by Jared Diamond in Guns, Germs, and Steel, that natural endowments such as geography account for differences in the wealth of nations. A brilliant and sobering challenge to the idea that poor societies can be economically developed through outside intervention, A Farewell to Alms may change the way global economic history is understood.
“One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades.”—John Gray, New York Times Book Review Hailed as “a magisterial critique of top-down social planning” by the New York Times, this essential work analyzes disasters from Russia to Tanzania to uncover why states so often fail—sometimes catastrophically—in grand efforts to engineer their society or their environment, and uncovers the conditions common to all such planning disasters. “Beautifully written, this book calls into sharp relief the nature of the world we now inhabit.”—New Yorker “A tour de force.”— Charles Tilly, Columbia University
The Industrial Revolution, powered by oil and other fossil fuels, is spiraling into a dangerous endgame. The price of gas and food are climbing, unemployment remains high, the housing market has tanked, consumer and government debt is soaring, and the recovery is slowing. Facing the prospect of a second collapse of the global economy, humanity is desperate for a sustainable economic game plan to take us into the future. Here, Jeremy Rifkin explores how Internet technology and renewable energy are merging to create a powerful "Third Industrial Revolution." He asks us to imagine hundreds of millions of people producing their own green energy in their homes, offices, and factories, and sharing it with each other in an "energy internet," just like we now create and share information online. Rifkin describes how the five-pillars of the Third Industrial Revolution will create thousands of businesses, millions of jobs, and usher in a fundamental reordering of human relationships, from hierarchical to lateral power, that will impact the way we conduct commerce, govern society, educate our children, and engage in civic life. Rifkin's vision is already gaining traction in the international community. The European Union Parliament has issued a formal declaration calling for its implementation, and other nations in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, are quickly preparing their own initiatives for transitioning into the new economic paradigm. The Third Industrial Revolution is an insider's account of the next great economic era, including a look into the personalities and players — heads of state, global CEOs, social entrepreneurs, and NGOs — who are pioneering its implementation around the world.
Western civilization fashioned a capitalism that created a worldwide economic cornucopia and higher standards of living than any other system, yet its legitimacy is often questioned by its beneficiaries. Boston University Emeritus Professor Angelo M. Codevilla, proclaims Donald Devine’s The Enduring Tension between Capitalism and the Moral Order, “the best answer to this question since Adam Smith’s. Like Smith, Devine shows the mutually sustaining nature of morality and economic freedom, and provides a much-needed clearing away of the confusion with which recent authors have befogged this essential relationship.” Devine begins with Karl Marx setting capitalism’s roots in feudalism and the implications of that traditionalist inheritance, finally transformed by Rousseau’s “Christian heresy,” which turned the vision of heavenly perfection into an impossibly perfect ideal for earthly society. To unravel this capitalist enigma, Devine identifies the roots of the confusion, critiques the rationalized responses, and identifies the remedy—the revival of an historical Lockean pluralism able to fuse a moral scaffolding sufficient to hold the walls and preserve the best of capitalist civilization.
"His book...supplant[s] all others, even the immensely successful History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell."—A. C. Grayling Already a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. This landmark study of Western thought takes a fresh look at the writings of the great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions many pieces of conventional wisdom. The book invites comparison with Bertrand Russell's monumental History of Western Philosophy, "but Gottlieb's book is less idiosyncratic and based on more recent scholarship" (Colin McGinn, Los Angeles Times). A New York Times Notable Book, a Los Angeles Times Best Book, and a Times Literary Supplement Best Book of 2001.