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Scientology

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Oxford University Press | 03-2009 | ISBN-10: 0195331494 | 5 MB | PDF | Retail | 461 pages | English


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Scientology is arguably the most persistently controversial of all contemporary New Religious Movements. The Church of Scientology has been involved in battles over tax issues, a ten-year conflict with the Food and Drug Administration, extended turmoil with a number of European governments, and has even been subjected to FBI raids in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.
Negative publicity, however, has not prevented the Church from experiencing remarkably steady growth. Official national census figures indicate that the number of Scientologists grew significantly in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia throughout the 1990s, and studies show that the Church gained 10,000 members in the United States during that decade. This has led Scientology to begin referring to itself as "The World's Fastest Growing Religion." But despite its highly public profile, recently enhanced by celebrity spokespersons like Tom Cruise and Isaac Hayes, little has been published about the Church, its history, theology, and mission.
The present volume brings together an international group of top scholars on New Religious Movements to offer an extensive and even-handed overview and analysis of all of these aspects of Scientology, including the controversies to which it continues to give rise. The book's six parts take a detailed look at the Church through its similarities to and differences from other religions, conflicts with various groups, overseas missions, and its theology, history, and sociology.
James R. Lewis has assembled an unusually comprehensive anthology, incorporating a wide range of different approaches. This volume is a welcome and long-overdue resource for scholars, students, and others interested in this controversial and little-understood religious movement.

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"The People's Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record of Human Events from Prehistory to the Present", 3rd ed.


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Gale, Cengage Learning Inc. | 2006 | ISBN: 1414401409 | 6957 pages | PDF | 62 Mb



This eBook is intended as a handy reference to historical developments, including many not found in conventional history books. Since its first appearance form more than 25 years ago, the Chronology has come into wide use in U.S., Canadian, British, and Japanese libraries, newsrooms, radio and television news organizations, schools, and offices. Having proved itself as an accurate, reliable, and concise source of information, it has now been completely revised and updated.




This Book is part of the revolutionary Gale Reference Library - extends the scope of this popular print reference, from prehistory through 2004. With nearly 30 percent more entries than the print edition, the Book goes beyond the wars, treatises and political events readily found in traditional history resources.

Each chronological chapter is further organized by era or year, and within each year by standard subject categories.
Almost every year contains entries under the following 33 standard subject categories:

Political Events
Human Rights, Social Justice
Philanthropy
Exploration, Colonization
Commerce
Retail, Trade
Energy
Transportation
Technology
Science
Medicine
Religion
Education
Communications, Media
Literature
Art
Photography
Theater, Film
Music
Sports
Everyday Life
Tobacco
Crime
Architecture, Real Estate
Environment
Marine Resources
Agriculture
Food Availability
Nutrition
Consumer Protection
Food and Drink
Restaurants
Population

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James Edward McClellan, "Science and technology in world history: an introduction".


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Publisher: JHU Press | ISBN: 0801882601 | 2006 edition | PDF | 481 Pages | 9.11 MB

Now in its second edition, this bestselling textbook may be the single most influential study of the historical relationship between science and technology ever published. Tracing this relationship from the dawn of civilization through the twentieth century, James E. McClellan III and Harold Dorn argue that technology as "applied science" emerged relatively recently, as industry and governments began funding scientific research that would lead directly to new or improved technologies.McClellan and Dorn identify two great scientific traditions: the useful sciences, patronized by the state from the dawn of civilization, and scientific theorizing, initiated by the ancient Greeks. They find that scientific traditions took root in China, India, and Central and South America, as well as in a series of Near Eastern empires, during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. From this comparative perspective, the authors explore the emergence of Europe and the United States as a scientific and technological power.


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Understanding Sex - Discovery Channel

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What we are, in large part, depends on our genes. It is the hand we are dealt when we are born, and the cards we play our entire lives. You can study as hard you can, but some people will be smarter. Work out as much as you want. Some people are born to be bigger, or prettier, or more artistic. The hand you get depends upon the luck of the draw. Which genes you get from your mother, which you get from your father, and how they combine to make you a unique individual, is largely a matter of chance. In the game of life, the shuffling of genes to create a new individual is called sex. But life does not have to be this way. We humans believe we are more than that: as much what we think, what we believe, what we imagine and what we hope as what we are physically. And that can transcend the selfishness of our genes, the fight for fertility, and the siren song of sex. Don't call it "love" if you wish, but species other than humans don't seem to experience the idea as we do. The power of love in humans is so striking that it seems love could be the answer to some questions science has not yet asked. Sex, however, is easier to understand. For three billion years sex has been the way of life, shuffling physical characteristics and creating enough diversity to survive whatever hand Nature deals us. Life, sex, may be "in the cards" - in the hand we are dealt - but we humans are notorious for cheating, and perhaps outwitting and transcending, that hand nature has dealt us.


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The Handy Geology Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series)

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Visible Ink Press | ISBN: 1578591562 | 2004-02-01 | PDF | 512 pages | 37 Mb



...offers clear, detailed explanations of the many fascinating and diverse aspects of geology. The book is written in understandable language, but the answers are not over-simplified... – American Reference Books. The award-winning science writers answer such puzzlers as: What is the theory of continental drift? What are polarity reversals? They deliver captivating reading and easy understanding of the complexities that shaped our planet, as they answer nearly 1,000 of the most often asked questions. Tracing the formation of the universe and the planet, investigating the layers of the Earth, and explaining the formation of mountains and bodies of water are just some of the chapters. Questions and answers are also devoted to volcanoes, fault lines, caves, fossil fuels, world morphological features, and even the geology of other planets. Entertaining and informative, Handy Geology combines vivid, clear writing with a great format.


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DNA: The Secret of Life - AUDIOBOOK

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Publisher: Random House Audio | ISBN: 073669336X | edition 2003 | MP3 | 500 mb

What makes DNA different from hordes of competitors purporting to help readers understand genetics is that it is written by none other than James Watson, of Watson and Crick fame. He and his co-author Andrew Berry have produced a clear and easygoing history of genetics, from Mendel through genome sequencing. Watson offers readers a sense of immediacy, a behind-the scenes familiarity with some of the most exciting developments in modern science. He gleefully reports on the research juggernaut that led to current obsessions with genetic engineering and cloning. Watson offers an enthusiastic account of how scientists figured out how DNA codes for the creation of proteins--the so-called "central dogma" of genetics. But as patents and corporations enter the picture, Watson reveals his concern about the incursions of business into the hallowed halls of science.



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Mr. Wizard’s 400 Experiments in Science


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How To Use This Book


In the past hundred years we have learned far more about the nature of our world than was discovered in the half million years before that. Why has there been such rapid growth in reliable knowledge in recent times? The increasing use of scientific experiments is one of the main reasons for this growth.

Many so-called facts had been believed to be true for thousands of years, yet were not true at all. What is new in recent times is the understanding that “facts” are not really facts until they have been tested. And one of the best ways to do that is to design an experiment that tests the truth or falsity of the idea. If the experiment indicates that the idea is false, such evidence becomes far more important than opinions about the facts.

How does one learn to do experiments? By doing many of them, of course. The experiments need not be complicated; in fact, simple ones are best for learning. They need not be original; repeating what others have done before is a good way to learn. The important thing is that the experiments be new to the person doing them and that the person practice observing for themselves rather than always taking the word of others for what is supposed to happen.

Something important occurs when you do experiments yourself and make your own observations. You begin to observe things that are not described in the instructions.
Sometimes these observations are quite puzzling; often they contradict what you learned before. Then you are in the same situation as a scientist facing the unknown. When this happens to you while doing an experiment, don’t drop the puzzle. Face the contradiction squarely. Try to design a new experiment to find out more about the problem and to provide new observations for solving the puzzle.

Don’t just sit back and read about the experiments in this book. Be sure to try them yourself. Of course, you will not have time to do all of them, but do as many as you can.
The order in which you do them is not important. This book is organized into short, four-page chapters, each of which deals with a topic. If you are most interested in a topic at the back of the book, simply start there. Skip around as much as you wish. You will find that the chapters are written in such a way that each stands on its own. You will not need any of the information in earlier chapters to understand the experiments in any chapter in the book.

Finally, remember that science books in the library have far more correct information about our world than you can ever possibly obtain by yourself. If you run into a tough problem while experimenting be sure to read some books on the subject. You will find the combination of reading books and doing your own experiments an exciting way to uncover the mysteries of nature.


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Global Warming 101 (Science 101)


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Greenwood | ISBN: 0313346909 | 2008-06-30 | PDF | 216 pages | 2 Mb

The accelerating pace of global warming is provoking anxiety that the Earth is reaching an ominous threshold, a point of no return. Within a decade or two, various feedbacks may take greenhouse warming past any human ability to contain or reverse it. Carbon-dioxide levels in the atmosphere are rising rapidly, fed by increasing fossil-fuel use world-wide, melting permafrost, slash-and-burn agriculture in Indonesia and Brazil, increasing wildfires, as well as rapid industrialization using dirty coal in China and India. Global warming may well become the most urgent problem the world faces during the 21st Century . Natural variations are no longer the major contribution (or forcing) in Earth's climate. Human contributions became the major factor about 1950.

This book has been prepared as a reference for high-school students, but it also will be useful for anyone who wants a compact, plain-spoken basic guide to the science of global warming. Global Warming 101 begins with an examination of basic issues, followed by important controversies in the field. The book then describes scientific issues related to melting ice, rising seas, and effects on plants and animals, as well as human health. Global Warming 101 concludes with consideration of possible solutions. Global Warming 101 combines a survey of the science of global warming with reporting from around the world, from sinking Pacific islands and thawing Arctic permafrost, which indicate that significant global warming already has begun.


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Know your nutters...... :D

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Entries examine topical essays, recent phenomena, concepts, cults, prominent individuals and personalities, organizations and publications, as well as providing entries tracing the development of occultism and parapsychology in particular countries. In certain controversial areas, the case both for and against has been indicated, with sources noted for further study.


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The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience

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Publisher: ABC-CLIO | ISBN: 1576076539| PDF | 903 pages | 12,4 mb

For decades, the Skeptics Society has been examining supernatural and extrascientific claims and publishing their findings in Skeptic magazine. This two-volume set contains a number of articles from that publication along with new material. In volume one, 59 alphabetical entries introduce the reader to scientific research on phenomena such as crop circles, astrology, the Shroud of Turin, and witchcraft. Twenty-three articles examine more closely such topics as homeopathy, the origins of the pyramids, and the search for Atlantis. Case studies, debates, and a selection of historical documents are found in volume two.



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Paul Benedetti, Wayne MacPhail - Spin Doctors: The Chiropractic Industry Under Examination

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Dundurn Press ISBN: 155002406X | Pages: 296 | PDF | 2.78 MB

Canadians visit chiropractors about thirty million times a year, and surveys show that patients are generally satisfied with their treatment. But studies also show that as many as two hundred Canadians a year suffer strokes brought on by neck manipulation. Spin Doctors takes a hard, dramatic, and spinechilling look into the world of chiropractic medicine. You will be surprised to learn what chiropractors treat and why and how much it costs you as a taxpayer. Most importantly, you'll learn how to protect yourself and your family from dangerous adjustments, practicebuilding tactics, bogus treatments, and misleading information.

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Shadia B. Drury, "Terror and Civilization: Christianity, Politics, and the Western Psyche"

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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 1403964041 | PDF | 228 pages | 1.3 MB

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""Terror and Civilization" is nothing less than a tour de force. Critically examining Christianity's oldest and deepest ideological roots, regardless of our own religious convictions or convictions about religion Drury compels us to reflect on our beliefs for the subtle ways they unwittingly implicate us in the violence we thought we had opposed. Required reading for religious and anti-religious thinkers, moralists and anti-moralists, for truth seekers and critics of truth, for idealists and realists of all persuasions. A fine scholarly work, yet written with a clarity that makes it accessible to audiences outside the academic community."--Morton Schoolman, SUNY Albany


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The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs: Fundamentalism and the Fear of Truth



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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | ISBN: 0195188268 | edition 2008 | PDF | 296 pages | 2,35 mb

The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs is a passionate yet analytical critique of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptural fundamentalists. Schimmel examines the ways in which otherwise intelligent and bright Jews, Christians, and Muslims defend their belief in the divine authorship of the Bible or of the Koran, and other religious beliefs derived from those claims, against overwhelming evidence and argument to the contrary from science, scholarship, common sense, and rational analysis. He also examines the motives, fears, and anxieties of scriptural fundamentalists that induce them to cling so tenaciously to their unreasonable beliefs.
Schimmel begins with reflections on his own journey from commitment to Orthodox Judaism, through doubts about its theological dogmas and doctrines, to eventual denial of their truth. He follows this with an examination of theological and philosophical debates about the proper relationships between faith, reason, and revelation. Schimmel then devotes separate chapters to Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptural fundamentalism, noting their similarities and differences. He analyzes in depth the psychological and social reasons why people acquire, maintain, and protect unreasonable religious beliefs, and how they do so. Schimmel also discusses unethical and immoral consequences of scriptural fundamentalism, such as gender inequality, homophobia, lack of intellectual honesty, self-righteousness, intolerance, propagation of falsehood, and in some instances, the advocacy of violence and terrorism. He concludes with a discussion of why, when, and where it is appropriate to critique, challenge, and combat scriptural fundamentalists. The Tenacity of Unreasonable Beliefs is thoughtful and provocative, written to encourage self-reflection and self-criticism, and to stimulate and to enlighten all who are interested in the psychology of religion and in religious fundamentalism.


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BBC - Noah's Ark: The Real Story
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"A great flood would leave a signature. It would be a very very large signature apparent all over the world. There is no such signature. There's no evidence, in fact there is only overwhelming evidence to the contrary." Ian Plimer, Geologist

According to the Bible, a global flood occurred about 5000 years ago and after the catastrophe, Noah and his family landed in the Mountains of Ararat. Geologically --and logically--, is it possible to believe such a story?

Archaeological datas show that the deluge is a different version of Sumerian epic of Gilgamesh and the king in the story who survived the flood was turned into Noah by the Jewish priests.

This is the true story of a famous epic found in the Bible, the Koran and the Torah.


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Darwin Loves You: Natural Selection and the Re-enchantment of the World - George Levine



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Levine argues persuasively that an understanding of Darwinism can lead to a secular enchantment of the sort experienced by Darwin himself as he worked to make sense of the world around him: "an attitude of awe and love toward the multiple forms of life" in all their extraordinary diversity. Enchantment of this type, Levine explains, is no less important or meaningful than enchantment arising from religion. Levine also offers a textual analysis of Darwin to demonstrate that much writing that claims to derive from Darwin, especially within the realm of politics, does not necessarily follow from his original intent. With polemicists from all portions of the political spectrum attempting to use Darwin to their own advantage, Levine offers a fair warning to readers to be wary of the political extrapolation, because scientific theories themselves have no political content. Publishers Weekly


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HUGE SPACE AND THE UNIVERSE POST >>>>>>

I scooped these up elsewhere, trimmed, and tested them. I know some have been posted elsewhere already, but thought Id stick them together here as a theme...

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BBC Horizon - Are We Alone in the Universe

For fifty years, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence has been scanning the galaxy for a message from an alien civilisation. So far to no avail, but a recent breakthrough suggests they may one day succeed.

Horizon joins the planet hunters who've discovered a new world called Gliese 581 c. It is the most Earth-like planet yet found around another star and may have habitats capable of supporting life. NASA too hopes to find fifty more Earth-like planets by the end of the decade, all of which dramatically increases the chance that alien life has begun elsewhere in the galaxy.



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The Sky at Night - Return to the Moon

With a new era of lunar exploration dawning as more probes are launched to try to unlock the Moon's darkest secrets, Patrick Moore finds out about British ambitions to get there. Dr Chris Lintott travels to NASA to hear about plans to blast a crater in the lunar surface and and meets the astronauts who may be the next men on the Moon.



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PBS Nova - Sputnik Declassified

On October 4, 1957, the Space Age dawned with the red hue of the Communist flag when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite. Sputnik I stunned the world and spurred a surge in science education and innovation that changed our world forever. But was Sputnik I really a shock to America's leaders, and how close was the U.S. to getting into space first? NOVA draws on previously classified documents to tell the real story behind the opening chapter in the space race. "Sputnik Declassified" counters the popular view that President Dwight Eisenhower and the American science and defense establishments were caught completely off guard; and that Eisenhower was so behind the times that even after the success of Sputnik I, he still failed to recognize the importance of space. Interviewed on the program are noted historians such as Roger Launius and Michael Neufeld of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, and R. Cargill Hall, historian emeritus at the National Reconnaissance Office, the super-secret agency that operates U.S. spy satellites.

In "Sputnik Declassified," NOVA probes the prehistory of the Space Age, examining what makes Earth orbit so difficult to achieve; why the superpower rivalry in the wake of World War II made spaceflight attainable for the first time in history; and how a worldwide civilian science effort called the International Geophysical Year served as the occasion for both Sputnik I and the American response."



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Columbia's Final Flight: The True Story

Historical documentary looking at the space shuttle Columbia's final
mission. On February 1, 2003, the flagship of NASA's fleet
disintegrated in the sky above Texas, with the loss of all onboard.
The subsequent investigation found that the accident was caused by a
hole in the shuttle's wing punched by a chunk of falling foam. This
documentary combines dramatic reconstructions with eyewitness
testimony to examine the final hour of the doomed flight.



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NG Naked Science - Killer Asteroid

What is the deadliest threat to the human species? Believe it or not, it's a 200 million ton lump of rock hurtling through space at 50 times the speed of sound. It could slam into the Earth releasing the explosive equivalent of a 100 million mega-tons of TNT. Hear from astronomers who are working 24/7 to predict the trajectories of these asteroids, and from the scientists of the B-12 project who want to find a way to change the orbit of one of these planet killers before it's too late.



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http://rapidshare.com/files/76351426/National.Geographic.Naked.Science.Killer.Asteroid.part8.rarParallel Universes

Everything you're about to read here seems impossible and insane, beyond science fiction. Yet it's all true.

Scientists now believe there may really be a parallel universe - in fact, there may be an infinite number of parallel universes, and we just happen to live in one of them. These other universes contain space, time and strange forms of exotic matter. Some of them may even contain you, in a slightly different form. Astonishingly, scientists believe that these parallel universes exist less than one millimetre away from us. In fact, our gravity is just a weak signal leaking out of another universe into ours.

The same but different

For years parallel universes were a staple of the Twilight Zone. Science fiction writers loved to speculate on the possible other universes which might exist. In one, they said, Elvis Presley might still be alive or in another the British Empire might still be going strong. Serious scientists dismissed all this speculation as absurd. But now it seems the speculation wasn't absurd enough. Parallel universes really do exist and they are much stranger than even the science fiction writers dared to imagine.

Greater dimensions

It all started when superstring theory, hyperspace and dark matter made physicists realise that the three dimensions we thought described the Universe weren't enough. There are actually 11 dimensions. By the time they had finished they'd come to the conclusion that our Universe is just one bubble among an infinite number of membranous bubbles which ripple as they wobble through the eleventh dimension.

A creative touch

Now imagine what might happen if two such bubble universes touched. Neil Turok from Cambridge, Burt Ovrut from the University of Pennsylvania and Paul Steinhardt from Princeton believe that has happened. The result? A very big bang indeed and a new universe was born - our Universe. The idea has shocked the scientific community; it turns the conventional Big Bang theory on its head. It may well be that the Big Bang wasn't really the beginning of everything after all. Time and space all existed before it. In fact Big Bangs may happen all the time.

Of course this extraordinary story about the origin of our Universe has one alarming implication. If a collision started our Universe, could it happen again? Anything is possible in this extra-dimensional cosmos. Perhaps out there in space there is another universe heading directly towards us - it may only be a matter of time before we collide.



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http://rapidshare.com/files/75676622/BBC.Horizon.2002.Parallel.Universes.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75677325/BBC.Horizon.2002.Parallel.Universes.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75677944/BBC.Horizon.2002.Parallel.Universes.part7.rar



The Universe Season 1

Introducing absolutely everything. The beginning of history starts here. There are 50 billion galaxies in the universe. 95% is still uncharted. This series examines the mysteries of everything, from black holes to how our sun functions. Is our planet as insignificant to the cosmos as a drop of water is to the ocean? This series will investigate the uncharted frontiers of space and explore the possible existence of life-supporting worlds beyond our own.

Secrets of the Sun


http://rapidshare.com/files/53366933/The.Universe.S01E01.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/53364244/The.Universe.S01E01.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/53365082/The.Universe.S01E01.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/53365447/The.Universe.S01E01.part4.rarMars: The Red Planet


http://rapidshare.com/files/53386967/The.Universe.S01E02.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/53388011/The.Universe.S01E02.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/53388921/The.Universe.S01E02.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/53389330/The.Universe.S01E02.part4.rarThe End of the Earth: Deep Space Threats To Our Planet

http://rapidshare.com/files/54022381/The.Universe.S01E03.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54023142/The.Universe.S01E03.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54024069/The.Universe.S01E03.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54024484/The.Universe.S01E03.part4.rarJupiter: The Giant Planet

http://rapidshare.com/files/54038804/The.Universe.S01E04.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54039571/The.Universe.S01E04.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54040381/The.Universe.S01E04.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54040756/The.Universe.S01E04.part4.rarThe Moon

http://rapidshare.com/files/54275120/The.Universe.S01E05.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54275968/The.Universe.S01E05.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54276718/The.Universe.S01E05.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54277083/The.Universe.S01E05.part4.rarThe Inner Planets: Mercury & Venus

http://rapidshare.com/files/54663819/The.Universe.S01E07.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54664421/The.Universe.S01E07.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54665098/The.Universe.S01E07.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54665329/The.Universe.S01E07.part4.rarSaturn: Lord of the Rings

http://rapidshare.com/files/54731892/The.Universe.S01E08.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54733393/The.Universe.S01E08.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54734820/The.Universe.S01E08.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54735581/The.Universe.S01E08.part4.rarAlien Galaxies

http://rapidshare.com/files/54922811/The.Universe.S01E09.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54923611/The.Universe.S01E09.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54924382/The.Universe.S01E09.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/54924789/The.Universe.S01E09.part4.rarLife and Death of a Star

http://rapidshare.com/files/55036063/The.Universe.S01E10.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55037223/The.Universe.S01E10.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55038817/The.Universe.S01E10.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55039387/The.Universe.S01E10.part4.rarThe Outer Planets

http://rapidshare.com/files/55159317/The.Universe.S01E11.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55160095/The.Universe.S01E11.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55161182/The.Universe.S01E11.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55161495/The.Universe.S01E11.part4.rarThe Most Dangerous Place in the Universe

http://rapidshare.com/files/55217551/The.Universe.S01E12.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55219115/The.Universe.S01E12.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55220551/The.Universe.S01E12.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55221063/The.Universe.S01E12.part4.rarSearch for ET

http://rapidshare.com/files/55243717/The.Universe.S01E13.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55244490/The.Universe.S01E13.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55245072/The.Universe.S01E13.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55245395/The.Universe.S01E13.part4.rarBeyond the Big Bang



http://rapidshare.com/files/55487170/The.Universe.S01E14.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55491868/The.Universe.S01E14.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55500834/The.Universe.S01E14.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55509172/The.Universe.S01E14.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55516216/The.Universe.S01E14.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55517747/The.Universe.S01E14.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/55519084/The.Universe.S01E14.part7.rar

[snaggletooth]

Continued >>>>>>>>>>>>>>


Horizon 2001 - Death Star

Out in deepest space lurks a force of almost unimaginable power. Explosions of extraordinary violence, are blasting through the Universe every day. If one ever struck our Solar System it would destroy our Sun and all the planets.

http://rapidshare.com/files/34037759/BBC.Horizon.2001.Death.Star.jvt40XviD.avi.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/34038458/BBC.Horizon.2001.Death.Star.jvt40XviD.avi.002
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http://rapidshare.com/files/34042077/BBC.Horizon.2001.Death.Star.jvt40XviD.avi.008
The Cosmos - A Beginner's Guide - 2 - Building the Universe

How do you build a universe? Adam Hart-Davis is 100 metres underground with the team hoping to blast their way back to the Big Bang in the world's largest experiment. They are on the trail of tiny particles not seen since space and time began. There is also the story of Prof. Carlos Frenk who has spent decades attempting to make universes in his computer - but has only recently got the recipe right. And there is a team from Scotland who make stomach-churning anti-gravity flights in an attempt to find out how the planets were formed.



http://rapidshare.com/files/51466186/The.Cosmos-A.Beginner.s.Guide-ep2-Building.the.Universe.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51466797/The.Cosmos-A.Beginner.s.Guide-ep2-Building.the.Universe.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51466974/The.Cosmos-A.Beginner.s.Guide-ep2-Building.the.Universe.part3.rarThe Cosmos: A Beginner's Guide - 3 - Seeing the Universe

How far out into space and back into time can we see? Adam Hart-Davis travels across Chile's Atacama desert to the world's largest telescope to discover how this massive machine is revealing incredible new sights from across the universe. Meanwhile, astronomer and engineer Dr Maggie Aderin visits the strange telescope in Tuscany that will soon reveal the cosmos using gravity waves - predicted by Einstein, but until now too weak to detect. She also joins the team at the Hubble Space Telescope who produce the most famous images of space by mixing art and science.



http://rapidshare.com/files/51867047/The.Cosmos-A.Beginner.s.Guide-ep3-Seeing.the.Universe.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51867895/The.Cosmos-A.Beginner.s.Guide-ep3-Seeing.the.Universe.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/51868196/The.Cosmos-A.Beginner.s.Guide-ep3-Seeing.the.Universe.part3.rarThe Cosmos: A Beginner's Guide - 4 - Space Exploration

Adam Hart-Davis investigates the dream mission to put men on Mars. It will take thirty years, but methods for exploring the red planet are already being tested in the Utah desert. A Californian psychologist is worried about astronauts experiencing 'Earth Out Of View Syndrome', the effect of seeing your home planet from the Martian surface as a just a pinprick of light. And Janet Sumner meets the woman with plans to produce an artificial greenhouse effect to transform the climate on Mars into something humans can tolerate.



http://rapidshare.com/files/52146412/The.Cosmos-A.Beginner.s.Guide-ep4-Space.Exploration.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/52146934/The.Cosmos-A.Beginner.s.Guide-ep4-Space.Exploration.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/52146942/The.Cosmos-A.Beginner.s.Guide-ep4-Space.Exploration.part3.rarThe Time Lords

When Kip Thorne agreed to look over Carl Sagan's first sci fi novel, he had no idea it would lead him to break one of the biggest taboos of modern science - Time Travel. The furore that broke out when he published details of how to build a time machine sent him into hiding. Now, after years of silence, Thorne tells HORIZON how our infinitely advanced descendants might go about doing such a thing.




http://rapidshare.com/files/90132618/BBC-Horizon-The.Time.Lords.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/94925425/BBC-Horizon-The.Time.Lords.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/90133816/BBC-Horizon-The.Time.Lords.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/90134176/BBC-Horizon-The.Time.Lords.part4.rarBBC Horizon - What on Earth is Wrong with Gravity

Particle physicist and ex D:Ream keyboard player Dr Brian Cox wants to know why the Universe is built the way it is. He believes the answers lie in the force of gravity.



http://rapidshare.com/files/88023841/BBC.Horizon.2008.What.on.Earth.is.Wrong.with.Gravity.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/88024396/BBC.Horizon.2008.What.on.Earth.is.Wrong.with.Gravity.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/88024835/BBC.Horizon.2008.What.on.Earth.is.Wrong.with.Gravity.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/88025311/BBC.Horizon.2008.What.on.Earth.is.Wrong.with.Gravity.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/88025874/BBC.Horizon.2008.What.on.Earth.is.Wrong.with.Gravity.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/88026383/BBC.Horizon.2008.What.on.Earth.is.Wrong.with.Gravity.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/88026586/BBC.Horizon.2008.What.on.Earth.is.Wrong.with.Gravity.part7.rarBBC - The Satellite Story

Fifty years ago Sputnik was launched by the Russians, and the space age dawned. Starting with the jubilation, fear and panic that accompanied the launch of "The Red Moon", this documentary explores how satellites have now affected almost every aspect of our lives.



http://rapidshare.com/files/77385638/BBC.The.Satellite.Story.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77386160/BBC.The.Satellite.Story.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77387530/BBC.The.Satellite.Story.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77388497/BBC.The.Satellite.Story.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77401857/BBC.The.Satellite.Story.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77402460/BBC.The.Satellite.Story.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77403187/BBC.The.Satellite.Story.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/77403456/BBC.The.Satellite.Story.part8.rarThe Universe - Season 2

The Universe S0201

http://rapidshare.com/files/75113044/The.Universe.S02E01.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75113540/The.Universe.S02E01.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75114090/The.Universe.S02E01.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75114325/The.Universe.S02E01.part4.rarThe Universe S0202

http://rapidshare.com/files/75115162/The.Universe.S02E02.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75115703/The.Universe.S02E02.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75116176/The.Universe.S02E02.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/75116395/The.Universe.S02E02.part4.rarThe Universe S0203

http://rapidshare.com/files/76127221/The.Universe.S02E03.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76127773/The.Universe.S02E03.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76128338/The.Universe.S02E03.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76128559/The.Universe.S02E03.part4.rarThe Universe S0204

http://rapidshare.com/files/78974292/The.Universe.S02E04.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/78974854/The.Universe.S02E04.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/78975497/The.Universe.S02E04.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/78975810/The.Universe.S02E04.part4.rarThe Universe S0205

http://rapidshare.com/files/82647724/The.Universe.S02E05.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/82648054/The.Universe.S02E05.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/82648426/The.Universe.S02E05.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/82648581/The.Universe.S02E05.part4.rarThe Universe S0206

http://rapidshare.com/files/84392477/The.Universe.S02E06.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84392957/The.Universe.S02E06.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84393447/The.Universe.S02E06.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/84393742/The.Universe.S02E06.part4.rarThe Universe S0207

http://rapidshare.com/files/87937965/The.Universe.S02E07.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/87938980/The.Universe.S02E07.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/87939909/The.Universe.S02E07.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/87940265/The.Universe.S02E07.part4.rarThe Universe S0208

http://rapidshare.com/files/89594075/The.Universe.S02E08.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/89594645/The.Universe.S02E08.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/89595191/The.Universe.S02E08.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/89595480/The.Universe.S02E08.part4.rarThe Universe S0209

http://rapidshare.com/files/91596885/The.Universe.S02E09.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/91597233/The.Universe.S02E09.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/91597470/The.Universe.S02E09.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/91597623/The.Universe.S02E09.part4.rarThe Universe S0210

http://rapidshare.com/files/93459938/The.Universe.S02E10.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/93461090/The.Universe.S02E10.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/93462029/The.Universe.S02E10.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/93462498/The.Universe.S02E10.part4.rarThe Universe S0211

http://rapidshare.com/files/95363264/The.Universe.S02E11.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/95363820/The.Universe.S02E11.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/95364641/The.Universe.S02E11.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/95365154/The.Universe.S02E11.part4.rarThe Universe s02e12
Cosmic Collisions

http://rapidshare.com/files/104493145/The.Universe.S02E12.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/104493687/The.Universe.S02E12.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/104494239/The.Universe.S02E12.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/104494471/The.Universe.S02E12.part4.rarThe Universe s02e13
Colonizing Space

http://rapidshare.com/files/99019126/The.Universe.S02E13.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/99020360/The.Universe.S02E13.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/99021204/The.Universe.S02E13.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/99021751/The.Universe.S02E13.part4.rarThe Universe s02e14
Nebulas

http://rapidshare.com/files/114546947/The.Universe.S02E14.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114546987/The.Universe.S02E14.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114546979/The.Universe.S02E14.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114546879/The.Universe.S02E14.part4.rarThe Universe s02e15
The Wildest Weather in the Cosmos

http://rapidshare.com/files/114546990/The.Universe.S02E15.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114546944/The.Universe.S02E15.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114547003/The.Universe.S02E15.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114546884/The.Universe.S02E15.part4.rarThe Universe s02e16
The Biggest Things in the Universe

http://rapidshare.com/files/114547005/The.Universe.S02E16.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114547004/The.Universe.S02E16.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114546953/The.Universe.S02E16.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114546911/The.Universe.S02E16.part4.rarThe Universe s02e17
Gravity

http://rapidshare.com/files/114546998/The.Universe.S02E17.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114546982/The.Universe.S02E17.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114546980/The.Universe.S02E17.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114546862/The.Universe.S02E17.part4.rarThe Universe s02e18
Cosmic Apocalypse

http://rapidshare.com/files/114547045/The.Universe.S02E18.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114546975/The.Universe.S02E18.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114547046/The.Universe.S02E18.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/114546883/The.Universe.S02E18.part4.rar BBC "Space Race" 4 episode documentary

Episode 1, Race For Rockets, spans 1944-1949

http://rapidshare.com/files/146347753/Space_Race1_-_Race_For_Rockets.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146355293/Space_Race1_-_Race_For_Rockets.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146367222/Space_Race1_-_Race_For_Rockets.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146375891/Space_Race1_-_Race_For_Rockets.part4.rarEpisode 2, Race For Satellites, spans 1953-1958

http://rapidshare.com/files/146564279/Space_Race2_-_Race_For_Satellites.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146578952/Space_Race2_-_Race_For_Satellites.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146594417/Space_Race2_-_Race_For_Satellites.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/146605948/Space_Race2_-_Race_For_Satellites.part4.rarEpisode 3, Race For Survival, spans 1959-1961

http://rapidshare.com/files/148022700/Space_Race3_-_Race_For_Survival.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/148030618/Space_Race3_-_Race_For_Survival.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/148038498/Space_Race3_-_Race_For_Survival.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/148044523/Space_Race3_-_Race_For_Survival.part4.rarEpisode 4, Race To The Moon, spans 1964-1969

http://rapidshare.com/files/148567305/Space_Race4_-_Race_For_The_Moon.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/148575173/Space_Race4_-_Race_For_The_Moon.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/148585749/Space_Race4_-_Race_For_The_Moon.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/148591856/Space_Race4_-_Race_For_The_Moon.part4.rar
This is for Part 1 of "BBC - The Cosmos: A Beginner's Guide"

http://rapidshare.com/files/76438543/Cosmos_01.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438299/Cosmos_01.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438252/Cosmos_01.part3.rarParts 5 and 6 of "BBC - The Cosmos: A Beginner's Guide" as follows:


http://rapidshare.com/files/76438328/Cosmos_05.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438321/Cosmos_05.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438230/Cosmos_05.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438318/Cosmos_06.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438307/Cosmos_06.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/76438402/Cosmos_06.part3.rar

[snaggletooth]

GOD TRUMPS



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God Trumps is a funny and wicked game produced by New Humanist Magazine and devised by Christina Martin. It's freely delivered to new subscribers.


All 24 cards in 1 pack are here. Enjoy!


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Download:
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[snaggletooth]

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A very readable primer aimed at the general public on what is now known about past climate change and how scientists have determined this. In covering this Turney introduces us to many of the pivotal figures that over the centuries have contributed to our knowledge and understanding. Ice Mud and Blood covers the history of the science as well as the science of climate change. The book covers `snowball earth', why earth cooled since the time of the dinosaurs, the discovery of ice ages and the mechanisms that caused them, changes to earths' climate (when the Sahara was green, Medieval Warm Period, Little Ice Age etc) since the end of the last ice age up until present; the roles played by the oceans, ocean currents, volcanoes, tectonic plates, astronomical (Milankovitch) cycles and much else besides. Importantly the author also describes in an easy to understand way how scientists arrived at their findings and conclusions. Turney also explains the role of CO2 and why the current scientific consensus is that higher levels of greenhouse gases will raise earth's temperature with corresponding shifts to climate and weather. One lesson from human history is that we should be asking the question "will climate change mean things get wetter or dryer where I live?" Extremes of climate can have profound effects on human society's ability to support itself.

http://rapidshare.com/files/260400365/0230553826.rar.html

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Without doubt (IMO), the best popular science podcast in the world (and I subscribe to many of them). Funny, interesting, and done in a very cool and well polished manner. Extremely professional, top notch stuff. Ive included the last 5 weekly episodes below to let you see if you like it. Its a great show to stick on your MP3/Ipod player as an alternative to just music. If you like it, there are tons more going back months and months on the link at the bottom. Enjoy! (y)


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DOWNLOAD LINK: http://nakeddiscovery.com/scripts/mp3s/audio/Naked_Scientists_Show_09.07.05.mp3

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DOWNLOAD LINK: http://nakeddiscovery.com/scripts/mp3s/audio/Naked_Scientists_Show_09.06.28.mp3





And all the past shows can be found here:

http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/


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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
In the posthumously published "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion", the Enlightenment philosopher David Hume attacked many of the traditional arguments for the existence of God, expressing the belief that religion is founded on ignorance and irrational fears. Though calm and courteous in tone - at times even tactfully ambiguous - the conversations between Hume's vividly realized fictional figures form perhaps the most searching case ever mounted against orthodox Christian theological thinking and the 'deism' of the time, which pointed to the wonders of creation as conclusive evidence of God's Design. Hume's characters debate these issues with extraordinary passion, lucidity and humor, in one of the most compelling philosophical works ever written.

About the Author
David Hume (1711 - 1776) was a philosopher who wrote A Treatise of Human Nature and considered the nature of religion. JM Bell is Professor of Philosophy at the Manchester Metropolitan University and Head of the Department of Politics and Philosophy.

http://depositfiles.com/en/files/3a0wfszzq

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John D. Barrow “The Infinite Book: A Short Guide to the Boundless, Timeless and Endless"

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Pantheon | 2005-08-02 | ISBN: 0375422277 | 352 pages | Djvu | 4 MB



An examination of Infinity — in history and science — with excursions into literature, philosophy and religion, written by one of the most successful writers of popular science.

Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever thought. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Or is infinity just a label for something that is never reached, no matter how long you go on counting? Can you do an infinite number of things in a finite amount of time? Is the universe infinite?

But infinity is also the place where things happen that don’t. All manner of strange paradoxes and fantasies characterize an infinite universe. So what is it like to live in a Universe where nothing is original, where you can live forever, where anything that can be done, is done, over and over again?
These are some of the deep questions that the idea of the Infinite pushes us to ask. Throughout history, the Infinite has been a dangerous idea.

Many have lost their lives, their careers, or their freedom for talking about it. The Infinite Book will take you on a tour of these dangerous questions and the strange answers that scientists, mathematicians, philosophers, and theologians have come up with to deal with its threats to our sanity.


http://depositfiles.com/files/5itqwiw7g

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BBC - The Story of God (3 of 3) The God of the Gaps (http://atheistmovies***************/2009/07/bbc-story-of-god-3-of-3-god-of-gaps.html)

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The last episode focuses on the struggle between science and religion.

Galileo discovered that his observations contradicted the Bible and in the middle of 19 century Darwin pushed back God with his theory of evolution.

Robert Winston meets Richard Dawkins and Dean Hamer who claimed that he found God gene (VMAT2).

Then he visits a creationist museum and debates with creationist Ken Ham in a radio show (the most interesting part of the episode).

The episode ends at the CERN laboratory.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/261231638/BBC.The.Story.of.God.3of3.The.God.of.the.Gaps.TVcap.XviD.UKNova.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/261352976/BBC.The.Story.of.God.3of3.The.God.of.the.Gaps.TVcap.XviD.UKNova.part4.rar BBC - The Story of God (2 of 3) No God but God (http://atheistmovies***************/2009/07/bbc-story-of-god-2-of-3-no-god-but-god.html)

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In the second episode, Lord Winston makes a journey to the tomb of Abraham which keeps the followers of the two faiths apart. He researches the golden calf myth, God's first massacre, and the Book of Exodus. Later he goes down the pagan side beneath modern Rome and joins Shi'a Muslims' brutal remembrance ceremonies for the martyrdom of Imam Hussain.

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http://rapidshare.com/files/261116758/BBC.The.Story.of.God.2of3.No.God.but.God.TVcap.XviD.UKNova.part3.rar
BBC - The Story of God (1 of 3) Life, the Universe and Everything (http://atheistmovies***************/2009/07/bbc-story-of-god-1-of-3-life-universe.html)

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Three-part video series presented by the physician Professor Robert Winston explores the nature of our beliefs, the understanding of God in different times and different cultures, and what it means to be human.

He begins his search in the depths of the caverns in south-west France. The mysterious hand prints on the cave walls establish a connection between the supernatural powers thought to be inside the rocks.

Then he visits Teotihuacan, one of the largest ancient cities in the world. and the great temple where human sacrifice was practiced by the Aztec priests.

He meets a Buddhist priest to understand Buddhism and how its teachings are similar atheism.

The last stop in this episode is Iran, the birth place of Zoroastrianism that is possibly the source of monotheistic religions.



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http://rapidshare.com/files/260645605/BBC.The.Story.of.God.1of3.Life.the.Universe.and.Everything.TVcap.XviD.UKNova.part3.rar

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"American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21stCentury"

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Publisher: Viking Adult | 2006 | ISBN 067003486X | PDF | 462 pages | 3.8 MB

From America’s premier political analyst, an explosive examination of the axis of religion, politics, and borrowed money that threatens to destroy the nation
In his two most recent New York Times bestselling books, American Dynasty and Wealth and Democracy, Kevin Phillips established himself as a powerful critic of the political and economic forces that are ruling—and imperiling—the United States. Now, Phillips takes an uncompromising view of the political coalition, led by radical religion, that is driving America to the brink of disaster. From Ancient Rome to the British Empire, Phillips demonstrates that every world-dominating power has been brought down by a related set of causes: a lethal combination of global over- reach, militant religion, resource problems, and ballooning debt. It is this same axis of ills that has come to define America’s political and economic identity in the past decade. Military miscalculations in the Middle East, the surge of fundamentalist religion, the staggering national debt, the costs of U.S. oil dependence—together these factors are undermining our nation’s security, solvency, and standing in the world. If left unchecked, the same forces will bring a debt- bloated, preachy, energy-starved America to its knees. With an eye on the past and a searing vision of the future, Phillips has written a book that no American can afford to ignore.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QYZLAYQA

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Nietzsche: The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols: And Other Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press | ISBN: 0521816599| PDF | 340 pages | 10.2 mb

Nietzsche's late works are brilliant and uncompromising, and stand as monuments to his lucidity, rigor, and style. This volume combines, for the first time in English, five of these works: The Antichrist, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche contra Wagner, and The Case of Wagner. Nietzsche takes on some of his greatest adversaries in these works: traditional religion, contemporary culture, and above all, his one-time hero, Richard Wagner. His writing is simultaneously critical and creative, revealing his alternative philosophical vision, which, after more than a hundred years, still retains its audacious originality.


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LPCP9MFR

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A Concealed God: Religion, Science, and the Search for Truth

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Product Description

Review
"If there is a God, then it is unlikely that only one religion is right about God and all others are wrong. The Truth is likely to be found in what unites religions."

Synopsis
A highly concealed god poses two intriguing questions? Does god truly exist? If so, is the concept of god logical and in agreement with the knowledge of the world that science has provided to date? The god presented by most religions doesn't make sense in today's world; we have little room for miracles. Furthermore, there are irreconcilable aspects in the world's religions. Must we abandon our faith or belief in god? Perhaps not, says popular Swedish thinker Stefan Einhorn. We can behave as scientists do when they run experiments only to obtain contradictory results. They ask themselves whether there might not be a logical conclusion that binds all the results together and leads to the most probable explanation. Einhorn hypothesises that if god truly exists, then many different religions would have discovered this. He finds a common denominator in the concept of a hidden god in seven major religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. But even with this shared belief, can we know if god exists? Did humankind create the idea of god to answer the unexplainable?

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NJPE5E1Q

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BBC Horizon - A War on Science


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English | 49 minutes | 528 x 304 | DivX | MP3 - 88kbps | 350 MB

The theory of evolution is under attack from a controversial new idea called intelligent design. But is it science? When Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution nearly 150 years ago, he shattered the dominant belief of his day that humans were the product of divine creation. Through his observations of nature, Darwin proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection. This caused uproar. After all, if the story of creation could be doubted, so too could the existence of the creator. Ever since its proposal, this cornerstone of biology has sustained wave after wave of attack. Now some scientists fear it is facing the most formidable challenge yet: a controversial new theory called intelligent design.

In the late 1980s Phillip Johnson, a renowned lawyer and born-again Christian, began to develop a strategy to challenge Darwin. To Johnson, the evidence for natural selection was poor. He also believed that by explaining the world only through material processes was inherently atheistic. If there was a god, science would never be able to discover it.

Johnson recruited other Darwin doubters, including biochemist Professor Michael Behe, mathematician Dr William Dembski, and philosopher of science Dr Stephen Meyer. These scientists developed the theory of intelligent design (ID) which claims that certain features of the natural world are best explained as the result of an intelligent being. To him, the presence of miniature machines and digital information found in living cells are evidence of a supernatural creator.
Throughout the 90s, the ID movement took to disseminating articles, books and DVDs and organising conferences all over the world.

To its supporters, intelligent design heralds a revolution in science and the movement is fast gaining political clout. Not only does it have the support of the President of the United States, it is on the verge of being introduced to science classes across the nation. However, its many critics, including Professor Richard Dawkins and Sir David Attenborough, fear that it cloaks a religious motive to replace science with god.
Throughout the 20th century Christian groups resisted the theory of evolution. Many US states did not teach it until 1968 when the Supreme Court ruled that banning the teaching of evolution contravened the first amendment of the constitution of America, the separation of church and state. It was however still legal to teach religion as part of science class until the Edwards vs. Aguillard case in 1987, where mentioning a theory called 'creation science' in biology lessons was also deemed unconstitutional. This left evolution as the only theory of biological origin that science teachers were allowed to teach.

In 2005, the school board of Dover, a small farming community in western Pennsylvania, became the first in America to adopt the theory of intelligent design. The move divided the community and the small town became the centre of national attention. The school board voted to teach the ninth grade biology class that there are gaps and problems with the theory of evolution and to present intelligent design as an alternative. Dover science teacher Bryan Rehm and his wife Christy believed that this new policy was not only anti-science, but religious and therefore unconstitutional.
By promoting religion it was a violation of the law passed in 1987. The Rehms and nine other parents and teachers filed a law suit against the school board. Neighbour was pitted against neighbour in the first legal challenge to intelligent design.

After 40 days of trial, Judge John E Jones III ruled against the school board, stating: "We have addressed the seminal question of whether ID is science. We have concluded that it is not, and moreover that ID cannot uncouple itself from its creationist, and thus religious, antecedents."

Evolution supporters heralded this victory as the damning blow to the intelligent design movement. However, as history shows, law suits have little effect on the support for creationism in a country where over 50% of citizens believe that God created humans in their present form, the way the bible describes it.

http://rapidshare.com/files/26895041/BBC.Horizon.2006.A.War.on.Science.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/26895433/BBC.Horizon.2006.A.War.on.Science.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/26895860/BBC.Horizon.2006.A.War.on.Science.part3.rar
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When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | ISBN: 019530635X | edition 2007 | PDF | 272 pages | 1,14 mb

Relying on religious traditions that are as old as their faith itself, many devout Christians turn to prayer rather than medicine when their children fall victim to illness or injury. Faith healers claim that their practices are effective in restoring health - more effective, they say, than modern medicine. But, over the past century, hundreds of children have died after being denied the basic medical treatments furnished by physicians because of their parents' intense religious beliefs. The tragic deaths of these youngsters have received intense scrutiny from both the news media and public authorities seeking to protect the health and welfare of children. When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law is the first book to fully examine the complex web of legal and ethical questions that arise when criminal prosecutions are mounted against parents whose children die as a result of the phenomenon known by experts as religion-based medical neglect. Do constitutional protections for religious liberty shield parents who fail to provide adequate medical treatment for their sick children? Are parents likewise shielded by state child-neglect faith laws that seem to include exemptions for healing practices? What purpose do prosecutions really serve when it's clear that many deeply religious parents harbor no fear of temporal punishment? Peters offers a review of important legal cases in both England and America from the 19th century to the present day. He devotes special attention to cases involving Christian Science, the source of many religion-based medical neglect deaths, but also considers cases arising from the refusal of Jehovah's witnesses to allow blood transfusions or inoculations. Individual cases dating back to the mid-19th century illuminate not only the legal issues at stake but also the profound human drama of religion-based medical neglect of children. Based on a wide array of primary and secondary source materials - among them judicial opinions, trial transcripts, police and medical examiner reports, news accounts, personal interviews, and scholarly studies - this book explores efforts by the legal system to balance judicial protections for the religious liberty of faith-healers against the state's obligation to safeguard the rights of children.

(Personally, I think parents who let their children die because of the filth that is their "religion", should be charged with manslaughter. No exceptions!)

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Sam Harris - The View from the End of the World (Audio) (http://atheistmovies***************/2008/12/sam-harris-view-from-end-of-world.html)


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This is an audio record from Sam Harris' Seminar About Long-term Thinking.



Total Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes
Total MP3 Size: 18,9 MB

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Dis-Enclosure: The Deconstruction of Christianity


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Christian Monotheist and Atheist? Nancy ingeniously dismantles these two structures which are typically opposed to one another, detailing their common provenance in (or as) Western culture. The questions and insights which Nancy raises are stirring and merit much reflection. Nancy's project does not take place in a strict philosophical confine. He is careful to glean from the ongoing status and conflict in the world around---while still being mindful of his own European roots.

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Feynman’s Lost Lecture: The Motion of Planets Around the Sun




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Richard Feynman, the rock star of theoretical physics, has left an image that belies his nerdy side. Not many bongo-playing surfer beatniks would have spent hours of their spare time proving Newton’s law of elliptical planetary motion using only plane geometry. But Feynman’s Lost Lecture: The Motion of Planets Around the Sun shows that the great man did just that. Originally delivered to an introductory physics class at Caltech in 1963, this 76-minute CD and book set contains everything the math-savvy listener needs to savor the pleasures of applied math. Caltech physicist David L. Goodstein and archivist Judith R. Goodstein found the notes and tape amid another professor’s papers and set to work making sense of them; unfortunately, photographs of the blackboard drawings didn’t survive. The book briefly covers their find and recovery work, then presents the proof as reconstructed–crucial reading if one is to follow the lecture. There’s nothing easy about it, as Feynman acknowledges in the lecture:
I am going to give what I will call an elementary demonstration. “Elementary” means that very little is required to know ahead of time in order to understand it, except to have an infinite amount of intelligence.
He means, instead, that he is strictly using geometrical methods to reach his destination, which explains why it was so difficult to reconstruct without his diagrams. His charming Brooklyn accent and good humor show through in this lecture, even if the material is quite a bit drier than his fans might expect. Still, those interested in adding a new dimension to their understanding of this brilliant scientist–and those with a deep interest in Newtonian physics–will find The Motion of Planets Around the Sun a rare and unexpected treat.

I apologise that the below link is a Hotfile one. I know its rubbish, but not my original post


http://hotfile.com/dl/9577318/2442b4c/0393319954_Feynmans_Lost_Lecture_audio.rar.html

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For The Bible Tells Me So


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An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.

We meet five Christian families, each with a gay or lesbian child. Parents talk about their marriages and church-going, their children's childhood and coming out, their reactions, and changes over time. The stories told by these nine parents and four adult children alternate with talking heads - Protestant and Jewish theologians - and with film clips of fundamentalist preachers and pundits and news clips of people in the street. They discuss scripture and biblical scholarship. A thesis of the film is that much of Christianity's homophobia represents a misreading of scripture, a denial of science, and an embrace of quack psychology.


http://rapidshare.com/files/260704031/For.the.Bible.Tells.Me.So.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/260723585/For.the.Bible.Tells.Me.So.part2.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/260989623/For.the.Bible.Tells.Me.So.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/261009089/For.the.Bible.Tells.Me.So.part8.rar

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BBC - Life on Earth [1979] [Complete 13 Episodes]


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DVDRip | 00:53:44 | 496x384 | XviD 1668 Kbps | AC3 128 Kbps | 698.1 MB/ep | 9.64GB Total



Life on Earth (1979) is an epic 13-programme series, presented by David Attenborough, offering a chronological account of the flora and fauna of planet Earth over a period of 3,500 million years. Whether recounting the first journey from the sea to the land, the development of insects and flowers, or "The First Forests" and "The Lords of the Air", Attenborough's enthusiasm is infectious. He guides us through "The Infinite Variety" of life from microbes to marsupials, via an unforgettable meeting with mountain gorillas, to conclude with "The Compulsive Communicators", mankind itself.

Three years in the making, involving 1.5 million miles of travel and featuring some of the most beautiful, breathtaking and ambitious photography then seen on television, Life on Earth was the first natural history blockbuster. It redefined TV by showing that an epic, serious wildlife documentary could be a massive success. As such, it remains a true television landmark and paved the way for Attenborough's The Living Planet and further entries in what became known as his "Life" series.


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Episode 1: Infinite Variety
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http://rapidshare.com/files/261578469/LOE-01.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/261589836/LOE-01.part3.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/261579443/LOE-01.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/261593584/LOE-01.part8.rar

Episode 2: Building Bodies
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http://rapidshare.com/files/261581591/LOE-02.part2.rar
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Episode 3: The First Forests
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http://rapidshare.com/files/261590590/LOE-03.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/261585469/LOE-03.part8.rar

Episode 4: The Swarming Hordes
http://rapidshare.com/files/261586394/LOE-04.part1.rar
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Episode 5: The Conquest of the Waters
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Episode 6: Invasion of the Land
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http://rapidshare.com/files/261589220/LOE-06.part7.rar
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Episode 7: Victors of the Dry Land
http://rapidshare.com/files/261580392/LOE-07.part1.rar
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Episode 8: Lords of the Air
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Episode 9: The Rise of the Mammals
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Episode 10: Theme and Variations
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Episode 11: The Hunters and the Hunted
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Episode 12: Life in the Trees
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Episode 13: The Compulsive Communicators
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[thesenutswin]

snaggletooth, Thank you very much for keeping this thread alive and constantly adding new stuff. Greatly appreciated..

[dipsao]

exactly, respect

[snaggletooth]

Thanks millions guys. Im glad this thread is doing its little bit to bring sense, science, rationality, and wonder to Katz and beyond. I have to say I never tire myself of reading how our planet, life, and the Universe works and how each human being in it is almost like a small self contained planet of life themselves. No mystical statement is being made here, because what is backed up with EVIDENCE, is much more amazing, interesting, and downright astounding than any fictional creed of religious nonsense could ever dream up. A day bearly goes by without me finding something out that leaves me wide eyed (even at 42 years of age). I have a little baby boy now whos 10 months old, and I just cant wait to amaze him with all the stuff that amazes me too. :w00t: <3

[snaggletooth]

Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein

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Product Description

IDEAS AND OPINIONS contains essays by eminent scientist Albert Einstein on subjects ranging from atomic energy, relativity, and religion to human rights, government, and economics. Previously published articles, speeches, and letters are gathered here to create a fascinating collection of meditations by one of the world's greatest minds.

http://rapidshare.com/files/263613996/ideas_and_opinions_by.einstein.rar

[snaggletooth]

Biology and the Riddle of Life



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Charles Birch considers fundamental questions about Life and the relationship between science and religion. Questions such as: What is Life? What does it mean to be alive? Is God necessary? Birch shows that viewing the world as a realm of experience rather than as a collection of objects allows one to come to a naturalistic understanding of God which is very different from traditional religious notions.


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[thesenutswin]

Thanks millions guys. Im glad this thread is doing its little bit to bring sense, science, rationality, and wonder to Katz and beyond. I have to say I never tire myself of reading how our planet, life, and the Universe works and how each human being in it is almost like a small self contained planet of life themselves. No mystical statement is being made here, because what is backed up with EVIDENCE, is much more amazing, interesting, and downright astounding than any fictional creed of religious nonsense could ever dream up. A day bearly goes by without me finding something out that leaves me wide eyed (even at 42 years of age). I have a little baby boy now whos 10 months old, and I just cant wait to amaze him with all the stuff that amazes me too. :w00t: <3

well said, thanks to your books i have opened my eyes wider then ever before and i`m enjoying the ride. I was never religious even though i grew up in a catholic family that does follow the bible. I`ve always been a skeptic and never believed in these fictional stories, and until i found your thread i did not really care , but many of these books and videos have helped me realized how ridiculous the religious claims are. I`ve become an agnostic and i`m getting closer to the atheist side day by day. The more i think about the whole picture in general the more i see how GOD is such a man made character, but the religious family upbrigning is still in the back my head and stops me from letting go the idea that GOD maybe does exist. I think it is very hard for someone who was once brought up in a religious environment to completely say "YES , GOD DOES NOT EXIST".. all the brainwashing did the damage, and I can only say that I`m an agnostic. Although i feel like that being agnostic is just being an atheist in the closet. Anyway, MANY thanks for all this material and as always keep them coming!!

[snaggletooth]

Even the atheist king Mr Richard Dawkins admits that he can never be 100% certain that there is no God (of some kind). But, that as a scientist, he relies solely on evidence to make a case for or against it. Therefore, based on all of the many facets of our daily human lives, and the evidential evolution of Darwin, he (and myself) have come to the (99%?) conclusion that there cannot be a divine being watching over us and the Universe. Meaning, theres at least as much chance that fairies, leprechauns, dragons, and unicorns exist as well. If all of us had lived at the time of the ancient greeks, most certainly very few of us could fathom the idea that maybe Zeus, Poseidon, and Apollo etc might not exist. But it would take a brave (crazy?) person to believe in their existence today.

Like you Thesenutswin, I too was brought up in a strict Catholic family, I always felt something wasnt just right there however. And, in my late teens I came across "The Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine (written in the 18th Century) and I think I became a Deist overnight. From there (against all the rules of the garden of Eden lol) I ate some more apples from the tree of knowledge, and eventually moved to Agnostic, and then finally Atheist. That is where I am today, and it would almost take the second coming to change my mind from that opinion now. ;)

[snaggletooth]

Deadly Companions: How Microbes Shaped Our History

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | ISBN: 0192807196 | PDF | 256 pages | 2,61 mb

Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself influenced the evolutionary path of microbes. Dorothy H. Crawford here shows that one cannot be truly understood without the other. Beginning with a dramatic account of the SARS pandemic at the start of the 21st century, she takes us back in time to follow the interlinked history of microbes and man, taking an up-to-date look at ancient plagues and epidemics, and identifying key changes in the way humans have lived - such as our move from hunter-gatherer to farmer to city-dweller - which made us vulnerable to microbe attack. Showing how we live our lives today - with increasing crowding and air travel - puts us once again at risk, Crawford asks whether we might ever conquer microbes completely, or whether we need to take a more microbe-centric view of the world. Among the possible answers, one thing becomes clear: that for generations to come, our deadly companions will continue to shape human history.


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[snaggletooth]

Fundamentals of the Stem Cell Debate: The Scientific, Religious, Ethical, and Political Issues

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Publisher: University of California Press | ISBN: 0520252128| PDF | 226 pages | 1,16 mb

Few recent advances in science have generated as much excitement and controversy as human embryonic stem cells. The potential of these cells to replace diseased or damaged cells in virtually every tissue of the body heralds the advent of an extraordinary new field of medicine. Controversy arises, however, because current techniques required to harvest stem cells involve the destruction of the human blastocyst. This even-handed, lucidly written volume is an essential tool for understanding the complex issues--scientific, religious, ethical, and political--that currently fuel public debate about stem cell research. One of the few books to provide a comprehensive overview for a wide audience, the volume brings together leading scientists, ethicists, political scientists, and doctors to explain this new scientific development and explore its ramifications.

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[snaggletooth]

Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman (audiobook)

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Audiobook | English | Novel | Unabridged | Audio Literature| ISBN: 1558008543 | MP3 44100 Hz 160 kbps | 3 hours | 193 Mb


In this visionary novel, Alan Lightman explores what Einstein's dreams about the nature of time must have been like, imagining worlds in which time might be circular, or flow backwards, or flow down at higher altitudes, or take the form of a nightingale. But one theory seems the most compelling and possible for our own world.


The novel fictionalizes Albert Einstein as a young scientist who is troubled by dreams as he works on his theory of relativity in 1905. The book consists of 30 chapters, each exploring one dream about time that Einstein had during this period. The framework of the book consists of a prelude, three interludes, and an epilogue. Einstein's friend, Michele Besso, appears in these sections. Each dream involves a conception of time. Some scenarios may involve exaggerations of true phenomena related to relativity, and some may be entirely fantastical. The book demonstrates the relationship each human being has to time, and thus spiritually affirms Einstein's theory of relativity.


Einstein's Dreams was an international bestseller and has been translated into thirty languages.



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[snaggletooth]

Virus of the Mind: The New Science of the Meme

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Amazon.com Review

If you've ever wondered how and why people become robotically enslaved by advertising, religion, sexual fantasy, and cults, wonder no more. It's all because of "mind viruses," or "memes," and those who understand how to plant them into other's minds. This is the first truly accessible book about memes and how they make the world go 'round.


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[snaggletooth]

Handbook of Evolution, Volume 1: The Evolution of Human Societies and Cultures

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This two-volume handbook is unique in spanning the entire field of evolution, from the origins of life up to the formation of social structures and science and technology. The author team of world-renowned experts considers the subject from a variety of disciplines, with continuous cross-referencing so as to retain a logical internal structure. The uniformly structured contributions discuss not merely the general knowledge behind the evolution of life, but also the corresponding development of language, society, economies, morality and politics. The result is an overview of the history and methods used in the study of evolution, including controversial theories and discussions. A must for researchers in the natural sciences, sociology and philosophy, as well as for those interested in an interdisciplinary view of the status of evolution today.


http://rapidshare.com/files/261819570/3527308393.rar.html

[snaggletooth]

The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

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Resistance to malaria. Blue eyes. Lactose tolerance. What do all of these traits have in common? Every one of them has emerged in the last 10,000 years.

Scientists have long believed that the “great leap forward” that occurred some 40,000 to 50,000 years ago in Europe marked end of significant biological evolution in humans. In this stunningly original account of our evolutionary history, top scholars Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending reject this conventional wisdom and reveal that the human species has undergone a storm of genetic change much more recently. Human evolution in fact accelerated after civilization arose, they contend, and these ongoing changes have played a pivotal role in human history. They argue that biology explains the expansion of the Indo-Europeans, the European conquest of the Americas, and European Jews' rise to intellectual prominence. In each of these cases, the key was recent genetic change: adult milk tolerance in the early Indo-Europeans that allowed for a new way of life, increased disease resistance among the Europeans settling America, and new versions of neurological genes among European Jews.

Ranging across subjects as diverse as human domestication, Neanderthal hybridization, and IQ tests, Cochran and Harpending's analysis demonstrates convincingly that human genetics have changed and can continue to change much more rapidly than scientists have previously believed. A provocative and fascinating new look at human evolution that turns conventional wisdom on its head, The 10,000 Year Explosion reveals the ongoing interplay between culture and biology in the making of the human race.


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[snaggletooth]

Dr. Gerald Edelman Ph.D., "Wider than the Sky: The Phenomenal Gift of Consciousness"

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Yale University Press | 2004-03-10 | ISBN: 0300102291, 0300107617 | 224 pages | PDF | 1,2MB

How does the firing of neurons give rise to subjective sensations, thoughts, and emotions? How can the disparate domains of mind and body be reconciled? The quest for a scientifically based understanding of consciousness has attracted study and speculation across the ages. In this direct and non-technical discussion of consciousness, Dr. Gerald M. Edelman draws on a lifetime of scientific inquiry into the workings of the brain to formulate answers to the mind-body questions that intrigue every thinking person. Concise and understandable, the book explains pertinent findings of modern neuroscience and describes how consciousness arises in complex brains. Edelman explores the relation of consciousness to causation, to evolution, to the development of the self, and to the origins of feelings, learning, and memory. His analysis of the brain activities underlying consciousness is based upon recent remarkable advances in biochemistry, immunology, medical imaging, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, yet the implications of his book extend farther--beyond the worlds of science and medicine into virtually every area of human inquiry.

http://rapidshare.com/files/261332668/0300102291_Wider_Than_the_Sky.rar.html

[snaggletooth]

A little comic relief from a fellow Irishman :D He died in 2005 aged 68. These are 6 TV shows from the early 1970s.


PS. And he was an Atheist.

Dave Allen At Large

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For many years Dave Allen was known to British and Irish audiences for his one man shows, whereupon he sat on a stool with a glass of whiskey (later water) and told irreverent jokes about religion. His television shows Dave Allen Tonight and Dave Allen at Large were huge hits with audiences. Dave Allen is credited with having been a ground breaker amongst stand-up comedians. He was sharp and had a very strong sense of the absurd. Talents that endeared him to the comedy watching public.
He was also one of the first comedians to swear on National television and one of his routines even led to questions being asked in parliament.
Dave Allen was one of the finest comedians of his generation - and of those that followed. In may ways he was the first 'alternative' comedian and it would not be unfair to say that many contemporary comics, such as Eddie Izzard, Dylan Moran and the whole swaith of comedians that later on appeared at clubs like the Comedy Store, owe him a great comic debt.

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[snaggletooth]

Peter Atkins “Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science"


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Oxford University Press, USA| ISBN: 0198609418 | 415 pages | Djvu | 29,8 MB

Why Galileo's finger? Galileo, one of whose fingers is preserved in a vessel displayed in Florence, provided much of the impetus for modern science, pointing the way out of medieval ignorance. In this brilliant account of the central ideas of contemporary science, Peter Atkins celebrates the effectiveness of Galileo's symbolic finger for revealing the nature of our universe, our world, and ourselves.
Galileo's Finger takes the reader on an extraordinary journey that embraces the ten central ideas of current science. "By a great idea," writes Peter Atkins, "I mean a simple concept of great reach, an acorn of an idea that ramifies into a great oak tree of application, a spider of an idea that can spin a great web and draw in a feast of explanation and elucidation." With wit, charm, and patience, Atkins leads the reader to an understanding of the essence of the whole of science, from evolution and the emergence of complexity, to entropy, the spring of all change in the universe; from energy, the universalization of accountancy, to symmetry, the quantification of beauty; and from cosmology, the globalization of reality, to spacetime, the arena of all action.
"My intention is for us to travel to the high ridges of science," Atkins tells us. "As the journey progresses and I lead you carefully to the summit of understanding, you will experience the deep joy of illumination that science alone provides."
Galileo's Finger breaks new ground in communicating science to the general reader. Here are the essential ideas of today's science, explained in magical prose.

http://rapidshare.com/files/159086632/GalFing.rar

[snaggletooth]

Jonathan Hodge, Gregory Radick, "The Cambridge Companion to Darwin (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)"

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Cambridge University Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0521884756 | 562 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB

The naturalist and geologist Charles Darwin (1809-82) ranks as one of the most influential scientific thinkers of all time. In the nineteenth century his ideas about the history and diversity of life - including the evolutionary origin of humankind - contributed to major changes in the sciences, philosophy, social thought and religious belief. The Cambridge Companion to Darwin has established itself as an indispensable resource for anyone teaching or researching Darwin's theories and their historical and philosophical interpretations. Its distinguished team of contributors examines Darwin's main scientific ideas and their development; Darwin's science in the context of its times; the influence of Darwinian thought in recent philosophical, social and religious debate; and the importance of Darwinian thought for the future of naturalist philosophy. For this second edition, coverage has been expanded to include two new chapters: on Darwin, Hume and human nature, and on Darwin's theories in the intellectual long run, from the pre-Socratics to the present.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GABQGFM9

[snaggletooth]

The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory (AudioBook)


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Blackstone Audio | 2009 | ISBN: 1433275589 | 9 Hours 36 Minutes | mp3 | 344 MB

Product Description


The aim of this new revolution is to develop a theory of everything a set of laws of physics that will explain all that can be explained, ranging from the tiniest subatomic particle to the universe as a whole.


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[snaggletooth]

"Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun"

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Alpha | 2003 | ISBN: 1592570747 | 368 pages | Djvu | 18,9 MB

Everything revolves around it...and now skywatchers and armchair scientists can learn all about the origin and history of the sun. With information on the sun's physical properties; how solar flares, sunspots, and winds on its surface affect Earth's atmosphere and environment; solar and lunar eclipses, transits, and occultations, and early astronomers' discoveries about the sun, including Galileo, Copernicus, Francis Bailey, and the Mayans.


http://rapidshare.com/files/264643112/GuideSun.djvu

[snaggletooth]

Richard Dawkins on Real Time With Bill Maher

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"When I'm on my deathbed, I'm going to have a tape recorder switched on. Because people like me are the victims of malicious stories after their death people saying they had a deathbed conversion when they didn't. There is a story that even Darwin had a deathbed conversion, just a complete lie. But it is widely believed by creationists and it happens it again and again. So I'm going to have witnesses and I'm going to have a tape recorder switched on." Richard Dawkins

(The full program) where Bill Maher interviews Richard Dawkins.

Broadcast April 11, 2008.


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[snaggletooth]

"The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil"



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Random House| ISBN: 1400064112, 0812974441 | 576 pages | PDF | 6 MB

What makes good people do bad things? How can moral people be seduced to act immorally? Where is the line separating good from evil, and who is in danger of crossing it?

Renowned social psychologist Philip Zimbardo has the answers, and in The Lucifer Effect he explains how–and the myriad reasons why–we are all susceptible to the lure of “the dark side.” Drawing on examples from history as well as his own trailblazing research, Zimbardo details how situational forces and group dynamics can work in concert to make monsters out of decent men and women.

Zimbardo is perhaps best known as the creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment. Here, for the first time and in detail, he tells the full story of this landmark study, in which a group of college-student volunteers was randomly divided into “guards” and “inmates” and then placed in a mock prison environment. Within a week the study was abandoned, as ordinary college students were transformed into either brutal, sadistic guards or emotionally broken prisoners.

By illuminating the psychological causes behind such disturbing metamorphoses, Zimbardo enables us to better understand a variety of harrowing phenomena, from corporate malfeasance to organized genocide to how once upstanding American soldiers came to abuse and torture Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib. He replaces the long-held notion of the “bad apple” with that of the “bad barrel”–the idea that the social setting and the system contaminate the individual, rather than the other way around.

This is a book that dares to hold a mirror up to mankind, showing us that we might not be who we think we are. While forcing us to reexamine what we are capable of doing when caught up in the crucible of behavioral dynamics.


http://rapidshare.com/files/259020342/1400064112.rar.html

[snaggletooth]

Freedom Evolves


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Viking Adult | ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0670031860 | 2003-02-10 | 368 Pages | PDF | 3.31mb

Daniel C. Dennett is a brilliant polemicist, famous for challenging unexamined orthodoxies. Over the last thirty years, he has played a major role in expanding our understanding of consciousness, developmental psychology, and evolutionary theory. And with such groundbreaking, critically acclaimed books as Consciousness Explained and Darwin's Dangerous Idea (a National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist), he has reached a huge general and professional audience.

In this new book, Dennett shows that evolution is the key to resolving the ancient problems of moral and political freedom. Like the planet's atmosphere on which life depends, the conditions on which our freedom depends had to evolve, and like the atmosphere, they continue to evolve-and could be extinguished. According to Dennett, biology provides the perspective from which we can distinguish the varieties of freedom that matter. Throughout the history of life on this planet, an interacting web and internal and external conditions have provided the frameworks for the design of agents that are more free than their parts-from the unwitting gropings of the simplest life forms to the more informed activities of animals to the moral dilemmas that confront human beings living in societies.

As in his previous books, Dennett weaves a richly detailed narrative enlivened by analogies as entertaining as they are challenging. Here is the story of how we came to be different from all other creatures, how our early ancestors mindlessly created human culture, and then, how culture gave us our minds, our visions, our moral problems-in a nutshell, our freedom.


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[snaggletooth]

People and Nature: An Introduction to Human Ecological Relations


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Wiley-Blackwell | ISBN: 1405105712 | 2006-02-10 | PDF | 232 pages | 7 Mb

Evidence of climate change, loss of biological diversity, tropical deforestation, and an impending crisis in potable water prompt the question: how have we created a situation where our planet—our very future—is at risk? In People and Nature: An Introduction to Human Ecological Relations, noted environmental scientist Emilio Moran provides a lively introduction to ecological anthropology, environmental geography, and human ecology. He examines the evolving relations between human communities and nature, and, by thoughtful analysis, offers a vision of what we must do to have a future worth living.

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[snaggletooth]

I havent read this book yet, but as Im all for experiencing what mother nature creates for us on this planet, I thought this book might be interesting..... Ahem, all in the pursuit of scientific discovery of course ;):D


"Higher Wisdom: Eminent Elders Explore The Continuing Impact Of Psychedelics"

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State University of New York Press | 2005-08-04 | ISBN: 0791465179, 0791465187 | 267 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB

Psychedelics have been a part—often a central and sacred part—of most societies throughout history, and for half a century psychedelics have rumbled through the Western world, seeding a subculture, titillating the media, fascinating youth, terrifying parents, enraging politicians, and intriguing researchers. Not surprisingly, these curious chemicals fascinated some of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century, fourteen of whom were interviewed for this book. Higher Wisdom offers their fascinating anecdotes, invaluable knowledge, and hard-won wisdom—the culmination of fifty years of research and reflection on one of the most intriguing and challenging topics of our time.


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[snaggletooth]

"Language of the Earth: A Literary Anthology, 2nd edition"

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Wiley-Blackwell | 2008-05-19 | ISBN: 1405160675 | 344 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB

Man’s complex relationship to planet Earth is explored in this second edition of the landmark anthology edited by Frank Rhodes and Bruce Malamud. This volume provides a portrait of the planet as experienced not just by scientists, but by artists, aviators, poets, philosophers, novelists, historians, and sociologists as well.


# A unique collection that bridges the gap between science and humanities

# Contains writings by scientists, artists, aviators, poets, philosophers, novelists, historians, and sociologists including Charles Darwin, Dane Picard, Rachel Carson, John Muir, Mark Twain and Archibald Geikie

# Represents the human experience over the centuries, covering a span of 2,500 years

# Reflects the planet’s extraordinary physical diversity

# The previous edition was voted one of the 25 ‘Great Books of Geology’ by readers of the Journal of Geological Education


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[snaggletooth]

Mean Markets and Lizard Brains: How to Profit from the New Science of Irrationality

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Conventional wisdom about investing suggests that people are basically rational, markets are basically efficient, and nobody can earn a reward without some risk. One corollary of this conventional wisdom is that individual investors ought to own stocks. Individual investors have been acting conventionally wise - but that may be exactly the wrong thing to do. Author Terry Burnham draws on the relatively new science of behavioral economics - informed by insights into human reasoning that have been discovered by cognitive researchers - and offers investment advice dramatically at odds with conventional wisdom. Burnham, a former Harvard professor with ample experience in finance, puts his thoughts in pop language, drawing not on market studies but on movies and other references to current culture, to make many of his most salient points. What he loses in 'gravitas', he gains in entertainment value. We find that this investment book manages to be fun to read, while providing the grain of salt readers should take to temper more conventional economic advice.

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[snaggletooth]

Unhastening Science: Autonomy and Reflexivity in the Social theory of Knowledge


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Publisher: Liverpool University Press | ISBN: 0853236380| PDF | 284 pages | 2,8 mb

This book offers a new account of what makes science special among other human pursuits, critically engaging with a variety of approaches, especially constructivist and relativist studies of science and technology. It focuses on the studied "lack of haste" of science, its relative freedom from stress and its socially sanctioned withdrawal from the swift pace of ordinary life. Unhastening Science offers a balanced and thoughtful argument which emphasizes the dangers of cosseting science from the "scourge" of internal competition while at the same time highlighting the need for "distance" between the process of scientific thought and the faster machinery of politics, business, sports, and the media.

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Science: A Closer Look, Grade 3 (Student Edition)

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Macmillan/Mcgraw-Hill School | 2005 | ISSN: 0022871977 | PDF | 324 pages | 55,7 MB

Science: A Closer Look (Grade 3) provides a variety of engaging, hands-on experiences that build understanding of science content. Each lesson is supported by a wealth of vibrant visuals designed to motivate pupils.
Reading age for native speakers: Primary School pupils (3rd grade)

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: Plants
Lesson 1 What Living Things Need
Lesson 2 Plants Make New Plants
Lesson 3 How Plants Are Alike and Different

CHAPTER 2: Animals
Lesson 1 Animal Groups
Lesson 2 Animals Grow and Change
Lesson 3 Staying Alive

CHAPTER 3: Looking at Habitats
Lesson 1 Places to Live
Lesson 2 Food Chains and Food Webs
Lesson 3 Habitats Change

CHAPTER 4: Earth in Space
Lesson 1 Day and Night
Lesson 2 Why Seasons Happen
Lesson 3 The Moon and Stars

CHAPTER 5: Observing Weather
Lesson 1 Weather
Lesson 2 The Water Cycle
Lesson 3 Changes in Weather

CHAPTER 6: Energy
Lesson 1 Sound
Lesson 2 Light


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"Bracing for Armageddon?: The Science and Politics of Bioterrorism in America"


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Oxford University Press, USA | 2008 | ISBN: 0195336216 | 224 pages | PDF | 1 MB

Since September 11th, the threat of a bioterrorist attack--massive, lethal, and unpreventable--has hung in the air over America. Bracing for Armageddon? offers a vividly written primer for the general reader, shedding light on the science behind potential bioterrorist attacks and revealing what could happen, what is likely to happen, and what almost certainly will not happen.
The story opens with a riveting account of a bioterrorism scenario commissioned by the U.S. government. Using this doomsday tableau as a springboard, Clark reviews a host of bioterrorist threats (from agroterrorism to a poisoning of the water supply) and examines not only the worst-case menace of genetically engineered pathogens, but also the lethal agents on the CDC's official bioterrorism list, including Smallpox, Anthrax, Plague, Botulism, and Ebola. His overview of attempted bioterrorist attacks to date--such as the failed Aum Shinrikyo attempts in 1995 in Japan and the Anthrax attack in the US following 9/11--bolstered by interviews with a range of experts--shows why virtually all of these attempts have failed. Indeed, he demonstrates that a successful bioterrorism attack is exceedingly unlikely, while a major flu epidemic (such as the deadly epidemic of 1918 that killed millions worldwide) is a virtual certainty. Given the long odds of a bioterrorist attack, Clark asks, has the more than $40 billion the United States has dedicated to the defense against bioterrorism really been well spent? Is it time to move on to other priorities?
In contrast to the alarmist fears stoked by the popular media, William Clark here provides a reassuring overview of what we really need to worry about--and what we don't.


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"CliffsNotes Parent's Crash Course Elementary School Science Fair Projects"

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Cliffs Notes | 2005 | ISBN: 0764599348 | 256 pages | PDF | 5,3 MB


When the science project is due, this book comes to the rescue

With the trend toward hands-on learning, millions of elementary students have to do science projects. Typically, they mention this to their parents the night before the project is due. This book helps busy parents help their children create last-minute science projects using materials commonly found around the house. It features chapter breakouts grouped by science project subject, two-page spreads devoted to specific science projects, and factoids to get kids interested in the subject. Parents can quickly pick an appropriate project and spur their future scientists toward success!

Faith Hickman Brynie (Bigfork, MT) is a writer specializing in science and health; she holds a PhD in science education, curriculum, and instruction and is a frequent writer for the children's science magazine Odyssey, as well as the editor of various elementary school science textbooks.

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"California Science Grade 2"

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Hmh School | 2007 | ISBN: 0153471182 | 293 pages | PDF | 53,3 MB

"California Science" develops science concepts through purposeful, hands-on activities, compelling reading content, and dynamic visuals and graphics. It provides pupils with accurate, standards-based content designed to create scientifically-literate citizens. Pupils learn through rich, readable content, strong visual connections, and hands-on activities.
Reading age for native speakers: Elementary School pupils (2nd grade)

CONTENTS

Be a Scientist
- What Is Science?
- Inquiry Skills
- Scientific Method

LIFE SCIENCE
CHAPTER 1 Plant Life Cycles
Lesson 1 Plants and Their Parts
Lesson 2 Flowers and Fruits
Lesson 3 Plants Grow and Change
Lesson 4 Plants and Their Environments

CHAPTER 2 Life Cycles of Animals
Lesson 1 Kinds of Animals
Lesson 2 Mammals
Lesson 3 Animals from Eggs
Lesson 4 Animal Traits

EARTH SCIENCE
CHAPTER 3 Earth’s Materials
Lesson 1 Rocks
Lesson 2 Rocks Change
Lesson 3 Soil

CHAPTER 4 Earth’s Past
Lesson 1 Fossils
Lesson 2 Finding Clues in Fossils
Lesson 3 Fossils of California

CHAPTER 5 Earth’s Resources
Lesson 1 Natural Resources
Lesson 2 Plant and Animal Resources
Lesson 3 Resources of California

PHYSICAL SCIENCE
CHAPTER 6 Objects in Motion
Lesson 1 Position
Lesson 2 Motion
Lesson 3 Pushes and Pulls
Lesson 4 Changing Motion

CHAPTER 7 Forces at Work
Lesson 1 Tools and Machines
Lesson 2 Gravity
Lesson 3 Magnets Push, Magnets Pull
Lesson 4 Sound

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"California Science: Grade 1 (Student Edition)"


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McGraw-Hill | 2008 | ISBN: 0022843752 | 365 pages | PDF | 95,3 MB

"California Science" develops science concepts through purposeful, hands-on activities, compelling reading content, and dynamic visuals and graphics. It provides pupils with accurate, standards-based content designed to create scientifically-literate citizens. Pupils learn through rich, readable content, strong visual connections, and hands-on activities.
Reading age for native speakers: Elementary School pupils (1st grade)

CONTENTS

Be a Scientist
- What Is Science?
- Inquiry Skills
- Scientific Method

LIFE SCIENCE
CHAPTER 1 Plants and Their Needs
Lesson 1 Plants Everywhere
Lesson 2 What Plants Need
Lesson 3 Parts of Plants

CHAPTER 2 Animals and Their Needs
Lesson 1 Animals Everywhere
Lesson 2 What Animals Need
Lesson 3 How Animals Get Food

CHAPTER 3 Plants and Animals Together
Lesson 1 Land Habitats
Lesson 2 Water Habitats
Lesson 3 Plants and Animals Need Each Other

EARTH SCIENCE
CHAPTER 4 Weather
Lesson 1 Describe Weather
Lesson 2 The Warmth of the Sun
Lesson 3 Measure Weather

CHAPTER 5 Seasons
Lesson 1 Winter
Lesson 2 Spring
Lesson 3 Summer
Lesson 4 Fall

PHYSICAL SCIENCE
CHAPTER 6 Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Lesson 1 Describing Matter
Lesson 2 Solids
Lesson 3 Liquids
Lesson 4 Gases

CHAPTER 7 Changing Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Lesson 1 Heating Matter
Lesson 2 Cooling Matter
Lesson 3 Mixing Matter


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"Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness"

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Hill and Wang | 2009 | ISBN: 0809074656 | 232 pages | PDF | 85 MB

Alva Noë is one of a new breed—part philosopher, part cognitive scientist, part neuroscientist—who are radically altering the study of consciousness by asking difficult questions and pointing out obvious flaws in the current science. In Out of Our Heads, he restates and reexamines the problem of consciousness, and then proposes a startling solution: Do away with the two hundred-year-old paradigm that places consciousness within the confines of the brain.

Our culture is obsessed with the brain—how it perceives; how it remembers; how it determines our intelligence, our morality, our likes and our dislikes. It’s widely believed that consciousness itself, that Holy Grail of science and philosophy, will soon be given a neural explanation. And yet, after decades of research, only one proposition about how the brain makes us conscious—how it gives rise to sensation, feeling, and subjectivity—has emerged unchallenged: We don’t have a clue.

In this inventive work, Noë suggests that rather than being something that happens inside us, consciousness is something we do. Debunking an outmoded philosophy that holds the scientific study of consciousness captive, Out of Our Heads is a fresh attempt at understanding our minds and how we interact with the world around us.

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"Hallucinogens and Shamanism"

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Oxford University Press, USA | 1973 | ISBN: 0195016491 | 224 pages | PDF | 35,1 MB



It is high time (ahem) this collection of writings receive the praise it is due. Offerings on this subject have proliferated in recent decades, but far too many of them have little to offer those seeking genuine knowledge and understanding. Here, packed in one volume, is an assortment of excellent articles exploring various aspects of how hallucinogenic plants and fungi figure in ritual uses across culture. This is a work of anthropology, not lightweight stuff for those who want to beat their own drum playing "New Age shaman"

One of the most fascinating and informative pieces in this book is Harner's article on the use of belladonna and related plants by peasant herbalists accused of witchcraft in medieval Europe.

The selections in this volume are generally well written, although in the scholarly-academic sense, i.e., with the intention of informing, not merely entertaining, the reader. A favorite, unique highlight herein is "The Mushrooms of Language," which astutely interprets Mazatec Indian customs concerning psilocybin mushrooms. The final section of the book raises an interesting question, of the extent to which experiences with hallucinogenic drugs may tap into something beyond cultural soft-wiring of perception, although none of the evidence offered could be described as conclusive, only suggestive.

This book came out in the early 1970's, before the discussion and exploration of this subject got derailed by "New Agey" influences. It is founded not upon exploitation and sensationalism, but intellectually open-minded curiosity and a desire to explore and learn with feet planted firmly on the ground. "Hallucinogens and Shamanism" is baby without dirty bathwater, and as such is highly recommended for those with serious interest.

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"Science: A Closer Look - Grade 6"

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Macmillan/Mcgraw-Hill School; Student ed | 2008 | ISBN: 0022841393 | 712 pages | PDF | 146,5 MB



"Science: A Closer Look" (Grade 6) provides a variety of engaging, hands-on experiences that build understanding of science content. Each lesson is supported by a wealth of vibrant visuals designed to motivate pupils.
Reading age for native speakers: 6th grade pupils

CONTENTS

Be A Scientist

LIFE SCIENCE
Unit A: Diversity of Life
Chapter 1: Classifying Living Things
- Lesson 1: Classifying Plants and Animals
- Lesson 2: Plants
- Lesson 3: Animals
- Lesson 4: Animal Systems
- Lesson 5: Plant and Animal Adaptations

Chapter 2: Cells
- Lesson 1: Cell Theory
- Lesson 2: Plant and Animal Cells
- Lesson 3: Cell Division
- Lesson 4: Microorganisms

Unit B: Patterns of Life
Chapter 3: Genetics
- Lesson 1: How Traits Are Controlled
- Lesson 2: Human Genetics
- Lesson 3: Modern Genetics
- Lesson 4: Genetic Change over Time

Chapter 4: Ecosystems
- Lesson 1: Earth’s Ecosystems
- Lesson 2: Food Chains, Webs, and Pyramids
- Lesson 3: Comparing Ecosystems
- Lesson 4: Changes in Ecosystems

EARTH SCIENCE
Unit C: Earth and Its Resources
Chapter 5: Changes over Time
- Lesson 1: Features of Earth
- Lesson 2: Earth’s Moving Continents
- Lesson 3: Forces That Build the Land
- Lesson 4: Forces That Shape Earth
- Lesson 5: Changes in Geology over Time

Chapter 6: Conserving Our Resources
- Lesson 1: Minerals and Rocks
- Lesson 2: Air and Water
- Lesson 3: Other Land Resources


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[snaggletooth]

I enjoy watching live debates on TV, especially when it concerns a topic I feel strongly about. But time after time I find it frustrating that a better point could have been made and I feel I want to jump into my TV and throw in my tuppence worth. Guess thats not just me though? Anyway, here one from a few days ago on a UK TV channel. Faith it seems is a marvellous thing. The basic premise being, that if you believe something to be true, then it is.

I believe Im a millionaire. I believe Im a millionaire. I believe....... :D



IS ATHEISM AN INTOLERABLE BELIEF?

Broadcast on August 2, 2009, BBC One.

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[thesenutswin]

I agree , there are plenty of videos of debates i saw that i wanted to jump in and say something that should have been said. One of the latest ones was Thunderf00t and Ray Comfort. Thunderf00t should have destroyed him so many times, as he does it so well in his videos, yet he was unable to even get his point across most of the time.

[donniehorse]

Thank you Buttfish for starting this thread and to everyone who contributed to it. God;)! It's nice to know there are rational human beings on this forum. (For those who may not be human, I did not mean to offend you.)

[snaggletooth]

Well, they say that atheists rate in the top 4% on intelligence tests, so does this mean that religion is therefore kinda stupid (lol)? Watching the debate show above I don't have much trouble accepting that idea. And after all, we have people like Hawking, Einstein, Darwin, Dawkins etc on our side. Not much competition against us then. B-)


"Evolution vs. Creationism"

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Greenwood | 2008 | ISBN: 0313344272 | 376 pages | PDF | 1,8 MB

The evolution versus creationism conflict is here to stay. Even after their devastating defeat in the Kitzmiller v. Dover decision, advocates of intelligent design and other forms of creationism continue to revise their strategies for undermining the teaching of evolution-and thus of science in general-in American schools. In this revision of Evolution vs. Creationism, Eugenie Scott, one of the leading proponents of teaching evolution in the schools, describes these ever-changing efforts to undermine science education and shows what students, parents, and teachers should be aware of to help ensure that American science education prepares our students to compete in the 21st century.

This second edition of Evolution vs. Creationism will help readers better understand the issues involved in these debates. It expands and updates the original work with an insider's look at the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, a new selection of primary source documents on the Creationism/Evolution controversy in the media, and an up-to-date analysis of the most recent creationist challenges across the country.

The revision also expands and updates the collection of primary source documents that address cosmology, law, education, popular culture, and religious issues from all sides of the debate, as well as the resources for further information.

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[snaggletooth]

BBC - Human all too Human - Nietzsche

The prescient seeds of thought disseminated by Friedrich Nietzsche in the 19th century prefigured the pivotal 20th-century concepts of existentialism and psychoanalysis. In this program, interviews with Nietzsche biographers Ronald Hayman and Leslie Chamberlain, archivist Dr. Andrea Bollinger, translator Reg Hollingdale, writer Will Self, and philosopher Keith Ansell Pearson probe Nietzsche’s life and elucidate his writings.


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[snaggletooth]

"Annals of Gullibility: Why We Get Duped and How to Avoid It"

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Praeger | 2008-12-30 | ISBN: 0313362165 | 224 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB

The first book to provide a comprehensive look at the problem of gullibility, this groundbreaking work covers how and why we are fooled in areas that range from religion, politics, science, and medicine, to personal finance and relationships. First laying the groundwork by showing gullibility at play in the writings of historic authors we all know, developmental psychologist Stephen Greenspan follows with chapters that describe social duping across the gamut of human conduct. From people who pour bucks into investment scams, to those who follow the faith of scientologists, believe in fortunetellers, or champion unfounded medicine akin to snake oil, we all know someone who has been duped. A lot of us have been duped ourselves, out of naive trust. It's not a matter of low intelligence that moves us to, without evidence, believe the words of politicians, salesmen, academics, lawyers, military figures, or cult leaders, among others. Greenspan shows us the four broad reasons we become drawn into gullible behavior, and he presents ways people can become less gullible.

Greenspan takes us into the vast realm of gullibility from the fictional Pied Piper to the historical Trojan Horse, then through modern-day military maneuvers, political untruths, police and criminal justice scams, and financial and love lies. While there have been earlier books focused on liars and manipulators of all sorts, this is the first to focus on the gullible who are their victims, and how the gullible can become less likely to be taken again.

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[the buttfish]

I know I said I was going to reupload The Root of All Evil forever ago but I uploaded it and then went on vacation last week and wanted to wait till I got back to upload the image previews because that's important to me. I uploaded these special for you guys, I uploaded them all at 200mbs each and I uploaded each episode individually and both in one archive. So if you already have one episode you can download the other or if you're more comfortable downloading one ep at time or if you need both you can download the whole chunk. Each episode is avi format about 48 minutes each.


Ep 1: The God Delusion

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http://rapidshare.com/files/264200857/God_De.part4.rarEp 2: The Virus of Faith

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http://rapidshare.com/files/264533969/VI_Faith.part4.rarand here they are all together

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http://rapidshare.com/files/264891524/lesser_of_two_evils.part8.rarAs always the password is soup!

[snaggletooth]

The Living Clock: The Orchestrator of Biological Rhythms By John D. Palmer

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | ISBN: 019514340X | PDF | 176 pages | 7,8 mb

This book is an introduction to a basic property of life, one mostly unknown to science and the public until the latter half of the last century: Humans, plants, and animals have within their bodies a kind of clock that synchronizes much of what they do throughout their lives to the time of day and the seasons, and in the case of the sea-dwelling organisms, the tides. This timepiece performs its service autonomously - it rules silently within us without us giving a thought to it. Three chapters are devoted to the human clock: its disruptive action in transmeridional travel and shift work, its oversight in most every aspect of our physiology, and how doctors being aware of its action can save lives. Other major subjects describe the role in piloting birds in homing and migration, guiding the seasonal reproduction of plants and animals, and its influence on shore dwellers. The book closes with a description of the clockworks' escapement.

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Eureka!: The Birth of Science By Andrew Gregory

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Publisher: Totem Books| 192 Pages | ISBN: 1840463740 | PDF | 2 MB

That man ever managed to develop a scientific attitude to the natural world is one of the true wonders of human thought. And answering the question of where and how this attitude began can help us better understand the world we live in and the science that governs it.

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[snaggletooth]

"Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History"

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University of California Press | English | 2005-02-01 | ISBN: 0520244761 | 664 pages | PDF | 27,5 MB


An introduction to a new way of looking at history, from a perspective that stretches from the beginning of time to the present day, Maps of Time is world history on an unprecedented scale. Beginning with the Big Bang, David Christian views the interaction of the natural world with the more recent arrivals in flora and fauna, including human beings.
Cosmology, geology, archeology, and population and environmental studies--all figure in David Christian's account, which is an ambitious overview of the emerging field of "Big History." Maps of Time opens with the origins of the universe, the stars and the galaxies, the sun and the solar system, including the earth, and conducts readers through the evolution of the planet before human habitation. It surveys the development of human society from the Paleolithic era through the transition to agriculture, the emergence of cities and states, and the birth of the modern, industrial period right up to intimations of possible futures. Sweeping in scope, finely focused in its minute detail, this riveting account of the known world, from the inception of space-time to the prospects of global warming, lays the groundwork for world history--and Big History--true as never before to its name.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5LH6O6MZ

[snaggletooth]

God Wants You Dead


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This book is about the past, present and future evolution of human ideas. Its primary emphasis is on parasitic collectivist ideologies. It examines where they come from, how they harm us and how we can remove them from our own minds and from the culture around us. Finally, it tells us the amazing things that will become possible for humanity when they are gone. Not only religions, but also nation states, racial groups, corporations and other collectives are targeted for clear minded observation and criticism.


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[snaggletooth]

J. B. Zirker, "Sunquakes: Probing the Interior of the Sun"

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The Johns Hopkins University Press | 2003-10-29 | ISBN: 080187419X | 296 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB

"A great read! Zirker has done a masterful job in conveying the science and telling the exciting story behind the discovery that we can 'see' beneath the opaque surface of the Sun. Having made fundamental contributions to the field himself, he is very well placed to synthesize the science and the essential, human side of the story right up to the present. His very accessible style will lead the reader to understand what a generation ago was unimaginable -- daily CT scans of this prototype of all stars and the source of our life and environment." -- John Leibacher, National Optical Astronomy Observatory

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5ZRDO23T

[snaggletooth]

So, after hundreds of posts here, do any of you believers out there still think that being an non-theist is a cold and empty existence? Personally, I think its quite possible to have a deep sense of human "spirituality" without subscribing to any of mankinds fictional religions. Hopefully some of the material here makes folk realise that the more you immerse yourself in the true (and amazing) nature of our world and the Universe, the more you feel connected to something much larger and more wonderful than the old books written by our ancient uninformed, flat-earthers. I am in awe of scientists who understand all of this much more than I do. To have that insight into how we got to where we are today (over millions of years), must make everyday a delight and a joy to be able to probe it further. I remember reading somewhere about a atheistic scientist being asked by a Christian how he could look at a beautiful flower and not see the wonder of "Gods creation". To which the scientist (smiling) replied: "Ah, but I do not see just a flower, I marvel at its structure, its root system, how it developed to survive where it does, how it emits light in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum which only bees can see to provide it with cross-pollination, and of course, how we as humans share a tiny percentage of our DNA with it". That I say, is truly appreciating life on Earths universal value. Who needs fake religion, when true (and evidence based) awe like this is all around us? ;)

[snaggletooth]

Well, I gotta admit my estimation of Mr Pitt certainly gained a few points after watching this interview. It takes balls to have outspoken opinions on the issues he raises while being such a big star. I wasnt aware he was an atheist, and with the showbiz industry full of wackos like Travolta, Cruise, Madonna etc its nice to see someone with their feet firmly on the ground....


Brad Pitt on Real Time with Bill Maher (2009.08.14)


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Brad Pitt expresses his views on religion, drug legalisation & gay marriage etc




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Download:
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[snaggletooth]

"The Tao of Chemistry and Life: A Scientific Journey"

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Oxford University Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0195369637 | 432 pages | PDF | 2 MB

Engagingly written, linking examples from real life with "how things work", this text explains the basis for life in a way everyone can enjoy, understand and learn from. From high school students to college professors. Topics range from what vitamins are and how they work, to an updated view of the "central dogma" of molecular biology and genomics, to such specific issues as "steroids, sex and other good things" to the brain, including "good and not-so-good things". Should be essential reading for an informed public

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2ZDPD7V3

[snaggletooth]

"Your Body: The Missing Manual"
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Pogue Press | 2009 | ISBN: 0596801742 | 303 pages | PDF | 5 MB

What, exactly, do you know about your body? Do you know how your immune system works? Or what your pancreas does? Or the myriad -- and often simple -- ways you can improve the way your body functions?

This full-color, visually rich guide answers these questions and more. Matthew MacDonald, noted author of Your Brain: The Missing Manual, takes you on a fascinating tour of your body from the outside in, beginning with your skin and progressing to your vital organs. You'll look at the quirks, curiosities, and shortcomings we've all learned to live with, and pick up just enough biology to understand how your body works. You'll learn:

That you shed skin more frequently than snakes do
Why the number of fat cells you have rarely changes, no matter how much you diet or exercise -- they simply get bigger or smaller
How you can measure and control fat
That your hair is made from the same stuff as horses' hooves
That you use only a small amount of the oxygen you inhale
Why blood pressure is a more important health measure than heart rate -- with four ways to lower dangerously high blood pressure
Why our bodies crave foods that make us fat
How to use heart rate to shape an optimal workout session -- one that's neither too easy nor too strenuous
Why a tongue with just half a dozen taste buds can identify thousands of flavors
Why bacteria in your gut outnumbers cells in your body -- and what function they serve
Why we age, and why we can't turn back the clock

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q8B73D6I

[snaggletooth]

"Survival Skills for Scientists"

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Imperial College Press | 2006 | ISBN: 1860946402 | 205 pages | PDF | 10,1 MB

This book provides young scientists, from physicists through to sociologists, the counsel and tools that are needed to be their own agents and planners, to survive and succeed, hopefully even thrive in science. Making a good career based on peer-reviewed science means navigating many stressful phases from graduate school through to permanent employment. Performing artists pay agents to help them in this effort. In effect, this book is designed to allow you to act as your own agent. You are counseled to analyze yourself deeply to know clearly what you want and whether you can live with it, how to make career choices and what you should then keep in mind, when to fight and when to yield. The unwritten rules of the science game are explained, including how to become published and known, the pitfalls of peer review and how to evade them, papers and posters, job interviews and getting your science funded. Interspersed with this are illustrative anecdotes and a fair amount of humor. While the book is aimed at young scientists, from graduate students and beyond, more senior scientists will benefit from seeing the world from the point of view of rising scientists and become aware of the preoccupations of people in a system which has changed much from when the present senior scientists were rather younger.

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[snaggletooth]

"The Harvest of a Century: Discoveries in Modern Physics in 100 Episodes"


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Oxford University Press, USA | 2009 | ISBN: 0199544697 | 512 pages | PDF | 16,5 MB

Physics was the leading science of the twentieth century and the book retraces important discoveries, made between 1895 and 2001, in 100 self-contained Episodes. Each is a short story of the scientists involved, their time and their work. Together, they formed a mosaic of modern physics: formulating relativity and quantum mechanics, finding the constituents of matter and unravelling the forces between them, understanding the working of conductors and semiconductors, discovering and explaining macroscopic quantum effects (superconductivity, superfluidity, quantum Hall effect), developing novel experimental techniques like the Geiger counter and particle accelerators, building revolutionary applications like the transistor and the laser, and observing astonishing features of our cosmos (expanding universe, cosmic background radiation). The text is intended for easy reading. Occasionally, a more thorough discussion of experimental set-ups and theoretical concepts is presented in special boxes for readers interested in more detail. Episodes contain extensive references to biographies and original scientific literature. The book is richly illustrated by about 600 portraits, photographs and figures.

http://rapidshare.com/files/261039207/HarvestCentury100Episodes.rar

[snaggletooth]

"Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief"

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AMACOM | 2009 | ISBN: 0814410960 | 288 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

" Praised by Newsweek as -a compelling read- and Library Journal as -accessible and down-to-earth,- Dale McGowan-s Parenting Beyond Belief offered freethinking parents everywhere a compassionate introduction to raising caring, ethical children without religious guidance. Now, for the more than 40 million people in the United States who identify themselves as nonreligious, Raising Freethinkers offers solutions to the unique challenges secular parents face and provides specific answers to common questions, as well as over 100 activities for both parents and their children. This book covers every important topic nonreligious parents need to know to help their children with their own moral and intellectual development, including advice on religious-extended-family issues, death and life, secular celebrations, wondering and questioning, and more. Complete with reviews of books, DVDs, curricula, educational toys, and online resources relevant to each chapter topic, Raising Freethinkers helps parents raise their children with confidence. "

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[TNTBW]

Well, I gotta admit my estimation of Mr Pitt certainly gained a few points after watching this interview. It takes balls to have outspoken opinions on the issues he raises while being such a big star. I wasnt aware he was an atheist, and with the showbiz industry full of wackos like Travolta, Cruise, Madonna etc its nice to see someone with their feet firmly on the ground....


Brad Pitt on Real Time with Bill Maher (2009.08.14)


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Brad Pitt expresses his views on religion, drug legalisation & gay marriage etc


I completely agree it takes balls to speak out as he did, and I fear for his reputation in the U.S. if he continues speaking out.
We've already seen how fast a superstar can fall from grace because of their actions and/or affiliations, two names that come to mind are Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise. One was associated with anti-semitism, and the other joined a religion with different ideas, Scientology.
I personally don't care what these actors believe in as long as they can act, and all three have proven to be among the best of our time, but arguably, Pitt is the best of the three, IMO.


Anyway, I would like to thank all who have contributed to this post, especially Snaggletooth and Buttfish, great work guys.
I grew up in a very religious family, was sent to a Christian school, and it wasn't until I became an adult, that I had any chance of finding the truth about God, or the lack thereof. Oh I still remember the fun of being spanked in front of my class for not memorizing Bible versus, they literally beat religion into us.
Thanks to the internet and posts like this, people can free their minds of the propaganda that was spoon fed to us as children.

On a funny note, nowadays when I run across a religious nut, I ask a question that blows their mind:
"What if you found out that the God you worship is truly the evil one and Satan is the real way to salvation?"
Is it completely implausible that God is truly the evil one, considering all the horrible acts that have been committed in his name over time? Just maybe, Satan was cast out because he was a free thinker and wanted God to use his powers to benefit man, not punish them.
Don't take me too seriously here, I just love a good conspiracy theory, and this would be the biggest one of mankind.

Satan and God: who is the good guy?...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9FKn4rKXEY

The Bible: Evidence that God is evil?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6twSN8ZS_VA&feature=related

[snaggletooth]

:D LOL. Yeah, a great point TNTBW, and one Ive never actually considered before. Of course, I believe that both the Christian God and the Christian Satan are both non-existent, mythological entities, but certainly, in a court of modern law (or maybe Judge Judy lol) Id say the guy with the pitchfork gets a pretty raw deal.

[snaggletooth]

Seven Life Lessons of Chaos: Spiritual Wisdom from the Science of Change


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Product Description

Synopsis
Explores the implications of chaos theory on life, spirituality, and the nature of the universe.

Amazon reviews:

Seven Life Lessons of Chaos is the only book I have ever finished and begun again. This is not a "how to" book, but a piece of literature -- one that does not end, but continues to begin again. I began this book expecting "lessons" in the ordinary sense. Thinking I would be "shown how to do something," I braced myself for the pointer and the lectern and the maps. A non-scientist (to say the least), my only understanding of chaos was "messy and disordered." But like any good student, I waited for Briggs and Peat to teach me, in an orderly, structured way, their "lessons." What happened, though, was something else entirely. Instead, by using chaos theory as a metaphor, Briggs and Peat offered a series of overlapping and merging lenses through which I began to see the world in new ways. Like a great piece of literature, the words began to fall away and as I glanced to watch them tumble, the world appeared in sometimes fleeting, sometimes sustained glimpses -- a world that is at once more chaotic and more possible to be with. This is not a book that "tells you" how to give up control, but one that offers shifting glances into the relieving realization that you didn't have it in the first place. In the end (which is also the beginning), what remains is an oddity so beautiful you will want to touch it. And when you do, you will realize it is your life.


Briggs & Peat have done what needed to be done; write a book which connects a powerful scientific theory to reality which does not require mathematics to "get it". That's not to say that the math is not important, but, rather that a physical theory can be significantly grasped and experienced in a relativly non abstract manner. Fractal time, especially, was a tour de force in moving away from linear time perceptions. I didn't think it could ever be done. Well done, John and David! Lawrence Hudetz

I read this book in one day, and I keep going back to it. It changes the way you look at everything: your relationships, your job, your community... It's like a cross between The Artist's Way, Flow, and the Tao Te Ching. It is truly amazing!

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[snaggletooth]

"How to Think Like Einstein: Simple Ways to Break the Rules and Discover Your Hidden Genius" (AUDIOBOOK)


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Listen & Live Audio | 2001 | ISBN: 1885408579 | 3 Hours 20 Minutes | mp3 | 65,6 MB

Albert Einstein was successful because he had a radical way of thinking, simply put, he broke the rules! Einstein was one of the world's most natural rule breakers. His willingness to bend rules and see beyond a problem being at the core of his genius. Now you too can learn how to think like Einstein - and it's not all rocket science. Honest! Simply invest in three hours of listening and expand your mind to limits you didn't know you had.

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[the buttfish]

Hmmm never knew or even suspected that Brad Pitt might be an atheist. Score 1 for us.

[snaggletooth]

How Evolution Is Scientific DVD
(http://atheistmovies***************/2009/08/how-evolution-is-scientific-dvd.html)
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This is a six part video series debunking the arguments of a creationist article claiming that evolution is not scientific. The video is presented on DVD as well as available on YouTube. This DVD includes the subtitles also.




This production is free to copy, distribute, display and perform the work for non-commercial purposes.

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[snaggletooth]

Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Audiobook + E-book) (http://atheistmovies***************/2009/08/infidel-ayaan-hirsi-ali-audiobook.html)

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali was born in Somalia, raised Muslim and came to the Netherlands as a refugee due to an unwanted marriage. After earning her collage degree in political science, she worked for a labour party. Reading The Atheist Manifesto (Atheistisch Manifest) by philosopher Herman Philipse and the Quran pushed her to renounce Islam and become atheist. Now she is a controversial political figure who is against Islamic culture.

This is her astonishing story.



Download [E-book - 2.16 MB]:
http://rapidshare.com/files/269416933/Infidel-Ayaan.Hirsi.Ali.htm

Download [Audiobook - 398 MB]:
http://rapidshare.com/files/269105769/Infidel-Ayaan.Hirsi.Ali.2007.Audiobook.part1.rar
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[snaggletooth]

God and the State - Mikhail Bakunin (http://atheistmovies***************/2009/08/god-and-state-mikhail-bakunin.html)

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Real Bakunin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Bakunin), the Russian anarchist, anti-theologist and the writer of this famous phrase: "If God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish Him."



"The Bible, which is a very interesting and here and there very profound book when considered as one of the oldest surviving manifestations of human wisdom and fancy, expresses this truth very naively in its myth of original sin. Jehovah, who of all the good gods adored by men was certainly the most jealous, the most vain, the most ferocious, the most unjust, the most bloodthirsty, the most despotic, and the most hostile to human dignity and liberty-Jehovah had just created Adam and Eve, to satisfy we know not what caprice; no doubt to while away his time, which must weigh heavy on his hands in his eternal egoistic solitude, or that he might have some new slaves. He generously placed at their disposal the whole earth, with all its fruits and animals, and set but a single limit to this complete enjoyment. He expressly forbade them from touching the fruit of the tree of knowledge. He wished, therefore, that man, destitute of all understanding of himself, should remain an eternal beast, ever on all-fours before the eternal God, his creator and his master. But here steps in Satan, the eternal rebel, the first freethinker and the emancipator of worlds. He makes man ashamed of his bestial ignorance and obedience; he emancipates him, stamps upon his brow the seal of liberty and humanity, in urging him to disobey and eat of the fruit of knowledge."



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[snaggletooth]

How to get rid of rats in your wall, by introducing them to religion.... :D



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[snaggletooth]

And can I just let you know if you werent already aware of it, Richard Dawkins is about to release a new book called The Greatest Show On Earth on Sept 9th. Cant wait to read it! Im sure Im not the only one based on the huge success of The God Delusion. ;) A summary of what its about is on the link below...

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http://www.richarddawkins.net/thegreatestshowonearth

[snaggletooth]

Almost Everyone’s Guide to Science (Audiobook)

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Orion| ISBN: 0752839748 | Audio CD | mp3 | 39,3 MB

John Gribbin, one of the world’s great popularizers of science, is that rare creature, a scientist blessed with the ability to explain complex subject matter in a way which is comprehensible to non-scientists. Almost Everyone’s Guide to Science is an essential book for the reader who is interested in science but doesn’t know where to start. Gribbin gives a broad overview of physics and biology, starting with the atom before building up to larger objects: humans, the earth, the solar systemand the universe. He also explains how scientific concepts are linked together–what evolutionary theory has to say about the way we think, how chaotic uncertainty and quantum uncertainty affect each other, and how sub-atomic particles came into being in the big bang.

If you’ve been baffled by the debates between Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Dawkins, or Daniel Dennett and Roger Penrose, then this is the book to read. Gribbin, a Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex, will show you where the world finds itself 400 years after Gallileo. As Einstein said in 1936: "The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility."

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[snaggletooth]

A little light relief.......

"Why Girls Can’t Throw: …and Other Questions You Always Wanted Answered"

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Harper Paperbacks | 2006 | ISBN: 0060835184 | 192 pages | PDF | 10,2 MB



Warning: the truth can be shocking, seductive, offensive, outrageous…even disgusting!

Are you perplexed by the mysteries of the universe, confounded by the workings of the human body, prone to pondering the great imponderables? At long last, the answers are here for every inquiring mind that’s not afraid to face up to the cold, hard facts of life. The author who brought you That Book . . . of Perfectly Useless Information now addresses the quirky, the eclectic, and the essential conundrums of our age in Why Girls Can’t Throw . . . and Other Questions You Always Wanted Answered, including:

What’s the kindest way to tell a friend he has halitosis?
Is it cheaper to send yourself as a package to Australia rather than fly on an airplane?
Are there any benefits to smoking?
Is it true that Keith Richards used to regularly replace all the blood in his body?

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[snaggletooth]

"Questions of Modern Cosmology: Galileo's Legacy"


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Springer | 2009 | ISBN: 3642007910 | 560 pages | PDF | 6,7 MB

Are we living in the 'golden age' of cosmology? Are we close to understanding the nature of the unknown ingredients of the currently most accepted cosmological model and the physics of the early Universe? Or are we instead approaching a paradigm shift? What is dark matter and does it exist? How is it distributed around galaxies and clusters? Is the scientific community open to alternative ideas that may prompt a new scientific revolution - as the Copernican revolution did in Galileo's time? Do other types of supernovae exist that can be of interest for cosmology? Why have quasars never been effectively used as standard candles? Can you tell us about the scientific adventure of COBE? How does the extraction of the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy depend on the subtraction of the various astrophysical foregrounds? These, among many others, are the astrophysical, philosophical and sociological questions surrounding modern cosmology and the scientific community that Mauro D'Onofrio and Carlo Burigana pose to some of the most prominent cosmologists of our time. Triggered by these questions and in the spirit of Galileo's book "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" the roughly 40 interview partners reply in the form of essays, with a critical frankness not normally found in reviews, monographs or textbooks.

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[snaggletooth]

"The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life"

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Free Press | 2009 | ISBN: 1416541993 | 400 pages | Djvu | 20,7 MB

Your every significant choice -- every important decision you make -- is determined by a force operating deep inside your mind: your perspective on time -- your internal, personal time zone. This is the most influential force in your life, yet you are virtually unaware of it. Once you become aware of your personal time zone, you can begin to see and manage your life in exciting new ways.

In The Time Paradox, Drs. Zimbardo and Boyd draw on thirty years of pioneering research to reveal, for the first time, how your individual time perspective shapes your life and is shaped by the world around you. Further, they demonstrate that your and every other individual's time zones interact to create national cultures, economics, and personal destinies.

You will discover what time zone you live in through Drs. Zimbardo and Boyd's revolutionary tests. Ask yourself:

• Does the smell of fresh-baked cookies bring you back to your childhood?

• Do you believe that nothing will ever change in your world?

• Do you believe that the present encompasses all and the future and past are mere abstractions?

• Do you wear a watch, balance your checkbook, and make to-do lists -- every day?

• Do you believe that life on earth is merely preparation for life after death?

• Do you ruminate over failed relationships?

• Are you the life of every party -- always late, always laughing, and always broke?

These statements are representative of the seven most common ways people relate to time, each of which, in its extreme, creates benefits and pitfalls. The Time Paradox is a practical plan for optimizing your blend of time perspectives so you get the utmost out of every minute in your personal and professional life as well as a fascinating commentary about the power and paradoxes of time in the modern world.

No matter your time perspective, you experience these paradoxes. Only by understanding this new psychological science of time zones will you be able to overcome the mental biases that keep you too attached to the past, too focused on immediate gratification, or unhealthily obsessed with future goals. Time passes no matter what you do -- it's up to you to spend it wisely and enjoy it well. Here's how.

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[snaggletooth]

"Radioactivity"

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Chelsea House Publications | 2009 | ISBN: 1604130164 | 124 pages | PDF | 6,9 MB

Almost everyone and everything in the world is radioactive, from bananas in the kitchen to the bricks and concrete in homes, as well as most things that can be eaten, worn, played with, or touched every day. Radiation can be found everywhere since the universe began and Earth first formed. But what does 'radioactive' really mean? "Radioactivity" explains the science behind radiation, from the radiation in the body to the radiation in the environment; how radiation can create energy and cause destruction; and, how it saves lives every day.

http://rapidshare.com/files/257179957/Radioactivity_Chelsea.rar

[snaggletooth]

Louann Brizendine M.D., "The Female Brain"

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Broadway | 2006 | ISBN: 0767920090 | 304 pages | PDF | 1 MB

From Publishers Weekly
This comprehensive new look at the hormonal roller coaster that rules women's lives down to the cellular level, "a user's guide to new research about the female brain and the neurobehavioral systems that make us women," offers a trove of information, as well as some stunning insights. Though referenced like a work of research, Brizedine's writing style is fully accessible. Brizendine provides a fascinating look at the life cycle of the female brain from birth ("baby girls will connect emotionally in ways that baby boys don't") to birthing ("Motherhood changes you because it literally alters a woman's brain-structurally, functionally, and in many ways, irreversibly") to menopause (when "the female brain is nowhere near ready to retire") and beyond. At the same time, Brizedine is not above reviewing the basics: "We may think we're a lot more sophisticated than Fred or Wilma Flintstone, but our basic mental outlook and equipment are the same." While this book will be of interest to anyone who wonders why men and women are so different, it will be particularly useful for women and parents of girls.

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[penguard]

A fool has said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly. They have done abominable actions. There is not a doer of good.

Because that which is known of God is manifest among them, for God did manifest it to them, for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead--to their being inexcusable; because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened, professing to be wise, they were made fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles. Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves; who did change the truth of God into a falsehood, and did honour and serve the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed to the ages. Amen.
Because of this did God give them up to dishonourable affections, for even their females did change the natural use into that against nature; and in like manner also the males having left the natural use of the female, did burn in their longing toward one another; males with males working shame, and the recompense of their error that was fit, in themselves receiving. And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly; having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers, evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, unintelligent, faithless, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful; who the righteous judgment of God having known--that those practising such things are worthy of death--not only do them, but also have delight with those practising them.

[snaggletooth]

:D

If you'd care to give me that in modern day English I'll certainly respond. But as it is, copy and paste jobs from ancient mythological texts just aint worth an effort from me.



Ps. Oh, and btw Mr Christian, Erm, Commandment No.8. Should you be here? Wont Jebus be annoyed at what youre doing here? And the thanks youve given in your other posts for that which is not yours? LMFAO! Bloody hypocrite. TUT!

[snaggletooth]

"The Handy Science Answer Book"
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Visible Ink Press | 2002 | ISBN: 1578591406 | 680 pages | Djvu | 40,2 MB

Presenting a fun and educational way to explore the wonders of the world of science this guide collects more than 1,300 the most commonly asked and interesting questions in a succinct, fun, and educational manner. Children and adults alike will enjoy uncovering some of life’s greatest mysteries, including how does a fax machine works, which color car is the safest, the difference between male and female lobsters, and what city have the record for most snowfall. With straightforward writing, more than 100 photographs, and dozens of graphs and tables, this guidebook is the perfect reference for solving the mysteries of science.

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[snaggletooth]

No, "God" did not place dinosaur bones on our planet to test our faith. They actually existed!


(Oh, and the planet isnt less than 10,000 years old either)

School Specialty Publishing, "The Complete Book of Dinosaurs"

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American Education Publishing | 2002 | ISBN: 1577686063 | 352 pages | JPG | 26 MB

The Complete Book of Our Solar System takes young learners on a journey to the stars! Appealing illustrations, easy-to-understand text, and varied creative activities, will make learning about outer space fun and easy. Features include passages about black holes, space exploration and travel, cut-out planet fact cards, and directions for making space oriented crafts.

http://rapidshare.com/files/254826220/CompleteBookDinosaurs.rar

[snaggletooth]

Charles W. Fox, Derek A. Roff, Daphne J. Fairbairn, "Evolutionary Ecology: Concepts and Case Studies"

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Oxford University Press| ISBN: 019513155X | 448 pages | PDF | 28,9 MB

Evolutionary Ecology simultaneously unifies conceptual and empirical advances in evolutionary ecology and provides a volume that can be used as either a primary textbook or a supplemental reading in an advanced undergraduate or graduate course. The focus of the book is on current concepts in evolutionary ecology, and the empirical study of these concepts. The editors have assembled a group of prominent biologists who have made significant contributions to this field. They both synthesize the current state of knowledge and identity areas for future investigation. Evolutionary Ecology will be of general interest to researchers and students in both ecology and evolutionary biology. Researchers in evolutionary ecology that want an overview of the current state of the field, and graduate students that want an introduction the field, will find this book very valuable. This volume can also be used as a primary textbook or supplemental reading in both upper division and graduate courses/seminars in Evolutionary Ecology.

http://rapidshare.com/files/251861194/EvolutionaryEcology.rar

[snaggletooth]

"Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps: How We're Different and What to Do About It"

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Broadway | 2001 | ISBN: 0767907639 | 272 pages | PDF | 2,5 MB

Ever wonder why women can brush their teeth while walking and talking on various subjects while men generally find this very difficult to do? Why 99 percent of all patents are registered by men? Why stressed women talk? Why so many husbands hate shopping? According to Barbara and Allan Pease, science now confirms that "the way our brains are wired and the hormones pulsing through our bodies are the two factors that largely dictate, long before we are born, how we will think and behave. Our instincts are simply our genes determining how our bodies will behave in given sets of circumstances." That's right: socialization, politics, or upbringing aside, men and women have profound brain differences and are intrinsically inclined to act in distinct--and consequently frustrating--ways.

The premises behind Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps is that all too often, these differences get in the way of fulfilling relationships and that understanding our basic urges can lead to greater self-awareness and improved relations between the sexes. The Peases spent three years researching their book--traveling the globe, talking to experts, and studying the cutting-edge research of ethnologists, psychologists, biologists, and neuroscientists--yet their work does not read a bit like "hard science." In fact, the authors go to considerable lengths to point out that their book is intended to be funny, interesting, and easy to read; in short, this is a book whose primary purpose is to talk about "average men and women, that is, how most men and women behave most of the time, in most situations, and for most of the past."

Why Men Don't Listen, therefore, deals largely in generalizations, and this is bound to alienate some readers. "We don't beat around the bush with suppositions or politically correct clichés," the Peases claim. Those up for an irreverent and unapologetic take on why men and women just can't help themselves sometimes may just decide to read on.

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[the buttfish]

:D

If you'd care to give me that in modern day English I'll certainly respond. But as it is, copy and paste jobs from ancient mythological texts just aint worth an effort from me.



Ps. Oh, and btw Mr Christian, Erm, Commandment No.8. Should you be here? Wont Jebus be annoyed at what youre doing here? And the thanks youve given in your other posts for that which is not yours? LMFAO! Bloody hypocrite. TUT!


Yeah I couldn't bring myself to read all that either. I think the gist of it is we're all evil. No such thing as turn the other cheek with christians. And did you get a load of that signature? And the mods say mine is bad. Its one thing to say we're wrong for not believing in god its another to say Darwin was wrong.

[snaggletooth]

Well, to discard the scientific proof that is available to us in 2009 is hilarious. I just find it bizarre, that otherwise intelligent people can attach themselves to the hocus pocus that is religion and try to declare it like its some kind of proven fact :D. Not everything that your parents told you might be true IS TRUE folks (no really). And I know my little boy will be instructed to question everything he is told whilst reviewing the available evidence. The Atheist manifesto is never to tell a child WHAT to think, but HOW to think. That is all thats needed to eradicate the garbage that is religion.

[thesenutswin]

A fool has said in his heart, `God is not;' They have done corruptly. They have done abominable actions. There is not a doer of good.




Hahaha, you know what? For days I've been surprised that not even one religious person came here to post their nonsense.. well this day has come... here we go, we've got one of the cult followers here posting nonsense.. I just cant wait when the day will come when everyone will realize that religion is the biggest bullshit ever created by humans.

[snaggletooth]

[AudioBook] The Denial of Death: Library Edition by Ernest Becker


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REVIEWS:

Horrifying and enthralling at the same time, one of the most plausible dissections of why humans are the way they are... Recommended to anyone, that is interested in the building blocks behind personal reality.

Influential -and with great explanatory power-in the understanding the roots of human social behavior. Along with "Escape from Evil," it points to a sub-conscious fear of death as the basis for human evil.

For anyone who enjoys psychology, philosophy, anthropology - the study of mankind - the book will fascinate you. Ernest Becker is brilliant. By writing of man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality, he sheds light on the nature of humanity. An amazing book despite it's harsh title.

The Denial of Death is an extraordinary work that challenges us to reach beneath the trivialities of our pathetic human character defenses and confront the true reality of the human condition. Our human creativity is the only method that promises us deliverance from the confines of the evolutionary process, and yet such creativity in many ways aims to fulfill the ultimate goal of human evolution from the human perspective: immortality.

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[snaggletooth]

Will to Power - The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (Audio)


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Among shapers of contemporary thought—including Darwin, Marx, and Freud—Friedrich Nietzsche is perhaps the most mysterious and least understood. His aphorisms are widely quoted, but as both man and thinker he remains an enigmatic figure, “philosophizing with a hammer” and hurling unsettling challenges to some of our most cherished beliefs. This audio tapes provide a context within which we can better understand Nietzsche’s life and work. Taught by Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins


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[snaggletooth]

Lewis Dartnell, “Life in the Universe” (A beginners Guide)

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Oneworld Publications | 2007-04 | ISBN: 1851685057 | 225 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB



Astrobiology, the study of life and its existence in the universe, is now one of the hottest areas of both popular science and serious academic research, fusing biology, chemistry, astrophysics, and geology. In this masterful introduction, Lewis Dartnell explores its latest findings, and delves into some of the most fascinating questions in science. What actually is ‘life’? Could it exist on other planets? Could alien cells be based on silicon rather than carbon, or need ammonia instead of water? Introducing some of the most extreme lifeforms on Earth - those thriving in boiling acid or huddled around deep-sea volcanoes - Dartnell takes us on a tour of the universe to reveal how deeply linked we are to our cosmic environment, and shows why the Earth is so uniquely suited for the development of life.

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[snaggletooth]

“The Big Bang Theory”

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Wiley | 2002-03-01 | ISBN: 0471394521 | 224 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB


This compelling book describes how the Big Bang theory arose, how it has evolved, and why it is the best theory so far to explain the current state of the universe. In addition to understanding the birth of the cosmos, readers will learn how the theory stands up to challenges and what it fails to explain. Karen Fox provides clear answers to some of the hardest questions including: Why was the Big Bang theory accepted to begin with? Will the Big Bang theory last into the next century or even the next decade? Is the theory at odds with new scientific findings? One of the most well-known theories in modern science, the Big Bang is the most accurate model yet devised in humanity’s tireless serach for the ultimate moment of creation. The Big Bang Theory is the first title in a planned series on the major theories of modern science.

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[snaggletooth]

Roger Penrose “The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe”


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Vintage | 2007-01-09 | ISBN: 0679776311 | 1136 pages | PDF | 12,3 Mb


Amazon.com Review

If Albert Einstein were alive, he would have a copy of The Road to Reality on his bookshelf. So would Isaac Newton. This may be the most complete mathematical explanation of the universe yet published, and Roger Penrose richly deserves the accolades he will receive for it. That said, let us be perfectly clear: this is not an easy book to read. The number of people in the world who can understand everything in it could probably take a taxi together to Penrose's next lecture. Still, math-friendly readers looking for a substantial and possibly even thrillingly difficult intellectual experience should pick up a copy (carefully--it's over a thousand pages long and weighs nearly 4 pounds) and start at the beginning, where Penrose sets out his purpose: to describe "the search for the underlying principles that govern the behavior of our universe." Beginning with the deceptively simple geometry of Pythagoras and the Greeks, Penrose guides readers through the fundamentals--the incontrovertible bricks that hold up the fanciful mathematical structures of later chapters. From such theoretical delights as complex-number calculus, Riemann surfaces, and Clifford bundles, the tour takes us quickly on to the nature of spacetime. The bulk of the book is then devoted to quantum physics, cosmological theories (including Penrose's favored ideas about string theory and universal inflation), and what we know about how the universe is held together. For physicists, mathematicians, and advanced students, The Road to Reality is an essential field guide to the universe. For enthusiastic amateurs, the book is a project to tackle a bit at a time, one with unimaginable intellectual rewards

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[snaggletooth]

Sam.Harris.on.Real.Time.with.Bill.Maher.2009.08.21.avi


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Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris_(author (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Harris_%28author))

Atheist, skeptic, and science lover Sam Harris, is interviewed on the Bill Maher show a few days ago. Hes author of the books End of Faith and Letter To A Christian Nation.

Total Size (MB) ....: 103,02 MB
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Resolution .........: 624 x 352
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Audio Bitrate ......: 128 KB/s (CBR)
Channels ...........: 2 Ch
Sampling Rate ......: 44100 Hz

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[snaggletooth]

Expensive book time again.... ;)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Encyclopedia-Time-Science-Philosophy-Theology/dp/1412941644

Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture (Three Volume Set)

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Sage Publications, Inc | 2009 | ISBN: 1412941644 | 1632 pages | PDF | 37 MB

Surveying the major facts, concepts, theories, and speculations that infuse our present comprehension of time, the Encyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture explores the contributions of scientists, philosophers, theologians, and creative artists from ancient times to the present. By drawing together into one collection ideas from scholars around the globe and in a wide range of disciplines, this Encyclopedia will provide readers with a greater understanding of and appreciation for the elusive phenomenon experienced as time.


Features

Surveys historical thought about time, including those ideas that emerged in ancient Greece, early Christianity, the Italian Renaissance, the Age of Enlightenment, and other periods
Covers the original and lasting insights of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin, physicist Albert Einstein, philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, and theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Discusses the significance of time in the writings of Isaac Asimov, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Francesco Petrarch, H. G. Wells, and numerous other authors
Contains the contributions of naturalists and religionists, including astronomers, cosmologists, physicists, chemists, geologists, paleontologists, anthropologists, psychologists, philosophers, and theologians
Includes artists’ portrayals of the fluidity of time, including painter Salvador Dali’s The Persistence of Memory and The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, and writers Gustave Flaubert’s The Temptation of Saint Anthony and Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Quo Vadis
Provides a truly interdisciplinary approach, with discussions of Aztec, Buddhist, Christian, Egyptian, Ethiopian, Hindu, Islamic, Navajo, and many other cultures’ conceptions of time


Key Themes

Biography
Biology/Evolution
Culture/History
Geology/Paleontology
Philosophy
Physics/Chemistry
Psychology/Literature
Religion/Theology
Theories/Concepts

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[snaggletooth]

"The Quantum Revolution: A Historical Perspective (Greenwood Guides to Great Ideas in Science)"

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Greenwood Press | 2007 | ISBN: 031333448X | 240 pages | PDF | 2,5 MB

Quantum mechanics is one of the great success stories of modern physics, making sense of the very small just as Einstein's theory of relativity made sense of the very large. But, for most students, the ideas that make quantum mechanics powerful can be confusing and counterintuitive. This volume in the Greenwood Guides to Great Ideas in Science series provides a history of quantum mechanics from the early breakthroughs of Planck and Einstein, at the beginning of the 20th century, to the present frontiers of quantum computing and quantum gravity. The approach is entirely non-technical, and is aimed at the general reader who may not have much mathematical background but who has a strong curiosity about some of the most important developments in modern science. Quantum Mechanics: A Historical Perspective traces the history of this powerful theory, including: BLThe early discoveries by Max Planck and Albert Einstein regarding the quantization of radiation BLThe "early quantum theory," including Neils Bohr's theory of the atom BLThe birth of modern quantum mechanics through the work of Heisenberg, Schrodinger, Born, Dirac and others BLApplications of quantum mechanics in chemistry, nuclear physics, electronics, and many other areas BLRecent work in quantum computation and quantum information theory The book emphasizes the fact that despite the great success of quantum mechanics, many exciting intellectual frontiers remain open for further researchers to explore. It includes a glossary, a timeline, and a bibliography of accessible resources for further research.

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[snaggletooth]

Obviously Im not condoning Islam by posting this (!) but I thought Id stick it in for anyone who might be interested in this religions stance on Science.

"Science and Islam"

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“Scientist, Islamic scholar, novelist, and poet Iqbal first explains why the two-entity model of science and religion developed to analyze Western Christianity does not apply to Islam. Then he explores such questions as what was Islamic in Islamic science, whether there were tensions within the Islamic tradition that may have inhibited the full blossoming of scientific activity, how Islamic scientific knowledge was passed to Europe, and what new facets of the relationship between science and Islam have appeared in the post-Scientific Revolution era.”–SciTech Book News


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[snaggletooth]

Science, dont you love it? LOL :D

"Beer in Health and Disease Prevention"

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Chapman | 2008 | ISBN: 0123738911 | 336 pages | PDF | 8,7 MB

Presenting both the concerns and problems of beer consumption as well as the emerging evidence of benefit, Handbook of Beer Health and Disease Prevention offers a balanced view of today's findings and the potential of tomorrow's research.
From a beverage of warriors to a cheap and affordable commodity, beer has been a part of our consumption for nearly 8000 years. Like most alcoholic drinks it has been prone to abuse and in some counties the per capita consumption of beer has led to considerable health risks.
However, just as wine in moderation has been proposed to promote health, research is showing that beer -- and the ingredients in beer -- can have similar impact on improving health, and in some instances preventing disease. For example, some cancers like bladder cancers and the incidence of cardiovascular disease are reported to be lower in moderate beer drinkers. Furthermore there is a considerable body of emerging evidence to show that the anti-oxidant capacity of beers is high. It has been argued by some that the total antioxidants ingested in some beer drinkers equates that consumed by red wine drinkers.
The key to this, of course, is understanding and this volume presents a collection of the most current writings on the subject of beer and it's potential in health.

Key Features:
*The most comprehensive coverage of the broad range of topics related to the role of beer and beer ingredients in health
*Addresses the impact of beer and beer ingredients on cancers, cardiovascular disease, anti-oxidant benefits, and other health related concerns
Presents a holistic view from beer brewing to the isolation of beer-related compounds.
*Appropriate for scientists and researchers from a variety of fields and industries from beer production to health-care professionals
*Consistent organization of each chapter provides easy-access to key points and summaries
*Self-contained chapters written by subject matter experts

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[snaggletooth]

"Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior"
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SAGE Publications | 2004 | ISBN: 0761923608 | 1016 pages | PDF | 5,6 MB

The current level of popular interest in health and behavior reinforces the urgent need for better information so practitioners, academics, and the public can perform research and make lifestyle choices based on sound science. From adherence to a doctor’s advice, to emotions and health, to obesity treatment and prevention, to women’s health and all topics in between, the Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior comprehensively covers all aspects of what has become the dynamic domain of behavioral medicine. This A-to-Z Encyclopedia was designed with the overarching goal to collect together in a single resource the knowledge generated by this interdisciplinary field, highlighting the links between science and practice. In it, scholars, health care practitioners, and the general public will find a wealth of information on topics such as physical activity, stress and health, smoking, pain management, social support and health, cardiovascular health, health promotion, and HIV/AIDS. This two-volume set includes over 200 entries on topics covering all aspects of health and behavior. In addition, the Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior includes a comprehensive set of additional resources with both entries on selected organizations and an appendix with a detailed annotated listing of such organizations as well as Web sites of interest.
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[snaggletooth]

"The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness"

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Wiley-Blackwell| ISBN: 1405160004 | 768 pages | PDF | 6,5 MB

With fifty-five peer reviewed chapters written by the leading authors in the field, The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness is the most extensive and comprehensive survey of the study of consciousness available today.

Provides a variety of philosophical and scientific perspectives that create a breadth of understanding of the topic
Topics include the origins and extent of consciousness, different consciousness experiences, such as meditation and drug-induced states, and the neuroscience of consciousness


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[snaggletooth]

"The Science of Leonardo: Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance"

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Anchor | 2008 | ISBN: 1400078830 | 352 pages | PDF | 8,7 MB

Capra, author of the classic The Tao of Physics, makes the case in this fascinating intellectual biography for the great artist Leonardo being the unsung father of modern science. Drawing on approximately 6,000 pages and 100,000 drawings surviving from Leonardo's scattered notebooks, Capra explores the groundbreaking research of this quintessential Renaissance man. Illegitimate, born in a Tuscan village in 1452, Leonardo did not receive a classical education, a fact that, Capra notes, later freed him from the intellectual conventions of his time and allowed him to develop his own holistic, empirical approach to science. Apprenticed with Verrocchio in Florence around the age of 15, Leonardo became an independent artist when he was 25, but his intellectual appetites demanded more. He taught himself Latin and began the famous notebooks, a record of his artistic and scientific explorations. The recurring patterns he saw in nature led him to create what Capra calls a science of wholeness, of movement and transformation. Capra expresses his own intellectual kinship with Leonardo's multidisciplinary perspective on science, one that recognizes the fundamental interdependence of all natural phenomena—a view he sees as particularly relevant today. Illus. (Oct. 30)

Review

“A brilliant and sound assessment of Leonardo's approach to science, viewed in the cultural context of his time, and through the development of scientific thought in the succeeding centuries. Both deep and new, it is a bold and successful exploration of the working of Leonardo's mind.”

—Carlo Pedretti, Armand Hammer Chair of Leonardo Studies, UCLA

Praise for Tao of Physics

"A brilliant best-seller."— New York Magazine

"A pioneering book of real value and wide appeal."— Washington Post

“I have been reading the book with amazement and the greatest interest, recommending it to everyone I meet. . . .[Capra has] done a magnificent and extremely important job.”


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[snaggletooth]

"Encyclopedia of Biology"

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Facts on File | 2004 | ISBN: 0816048592 | 400 pages | PDF | 6 MB

Encyclopedia of Biology is a definitive reference that provides current, authoritative information on the subject for high school and college students. The encyclopedia contains approximately 800 A-to-Z entries, nine prose essays on important topics, 80 line illustrations, and 75 black-and-white photographs. Comprehensive coverage of leading discoveries in biology along with general biology definitions, thought-provoking essays, and biographies of notable biologists present a wide range of valuable information compiled into a single source. Written in an easy-to-understand format, the book helps explain the importance of biology to society, and includes summaries of notable events throughout history related to the discipline. An emphasis on "hot" topics combined with detailed coverage of the fundamental issues, figures, ideas and concepts, experiments, and history of biology make the encyclopedia current and relevant to student interests. The book guides readers to the latest websites and most recent resources on the Internet that relate to biology. Appendixes include all Nobel Prize winners in biology, a review of biology-related computer software, and the complete Periodic Table of Elements.

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[snaggletooth]

What's Science Ever Done For Us: What the Simpsons Can Teach Us About Physics, Robots, Life, and the Universe"

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Review

"A hugely entertaining celebration of the science behind the cartoon silliness."
(The Guardian Review, Saturday 18th August 2007)

"...a book that can be enjoyed by all ages." (Physics World, December 2007)

"[The book] is a fun introduction to some aspects of science that will appeal to anyone curious about some common science..." (concatenation.org, Wednesday 16th January 2008)

"A hugely entertaining celebration of the science behind the cartoon silliness." -- Guardian, August 18, 2007

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[snaggletooth]

PENN & TELLER - BULLSHIT - THE VATICAN


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EP 7.10 The Vatican

Penn and Teller take on the secretive inner world of The Vatican, the holy city of Catholicism and home of the Pope.




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[snaggletooth]

"Inside Your Brain"
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Prepare yourself for a journey to a world filled with sights,
sounds, tastes, and smells. You will not need a suitcase or ticket
for your travels, but you should be prepared for unexpected adventures.
Your journey will take you to the world inside your brain.
There are many good reasons to learn about the brain. The brain
controls all of your thoughts, emotions, and actions. The wonder of
this fantastic three-pound organ should fascinate us all. There are
also practical reasons to study the brain. Damage to the brain may
cause severe problems such as the inability to move, talk, and feel.
Someone you know may have a brain disorder such as epilepsy,
depression, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease, or Alzheimer’s
disease. The people (and their friends and relatives) affected by
these disorders pay a high physical, emotional, and financial price.
We must understand how the brain works so we can develop
new treatments and cures for these disorders.
This book is for anyone interested in learning about the
brain and nervous system. Each chapter starts with background
information to give you an overview of the chapter
topic. The background information is followed by experiments,
games, and demonstrations to help you understand
these new ideas.

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Science, Religion, and the Human Experience

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Oxford University Press, USA | ISBN: 0195175336 | 2005-04-01 | PDF | 348 pages | 1.25 Mb


The relationship between science and religion is generally depicted in one of two ways. In one view, they are locked in an inevitable, eternal conflict in which one must choose a side. In the other, they are separate spheres, in which the truth claims of one have little bearing on the other.This collection of provocative essays by leading thinkers offers a new way of looking at this problematic relationship. The authors begin from the premise that both science and religion operate in, yet seek to reach beyond, specific historical, political, ideological, and psychological contexts. How may we understand science and religion as arising from, yet somehow transcending, human experience? The volume is divided into four sections. The first takes a fresh look at the relationship between science and religion in broad terms: as spheres of knowledge or belief, realms of experience, and sources of authority. The other three sections take on topics that have been focal points of conflict between science and religion: the nature of the cosmos, the origin of life, and the workings of the mind. Ultimately, the authors argue, by seeing science and religion as irrevocably tied to human experience we can move beyond simple either/or definitions of reality and arrive at a more rich and complex view of both science and religion.

http://rapidshare.com/files/46096941/proct0195175328.rar

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"A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society)"

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Publisher: University of California Press| 255 Pages | ISBN: 0520238052 | PDF | 1.1 MB

What do UFO believers, Christian millennialists, and right-wing conspiracy theorists have in common? According to Michael Barkun in this fascinating yet disturbing book, quite a lot. It is well known that some Americans are obsessed with conspiracies. The Kennedy assassination, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the 2001 terrorist attacks have all generated elaborate stories of hidden plots. What is far less known is the extent to which conspiracist worldviews have recently become linked in strange and unpredictable ways with other "fringe" notions such as a belief in UFOs, Nostradamus, and the Illuminati. Unraveling the extraordinary genealogies and permutations of these increasingly widespread ideas, Barkun shows how this web of urban legends has spread among subcultures on the Internet and through mass media, how a new style of conspiracy thinking has recently arisen, and how this phenomenon relates to larger changes in American culture. This book, written by a leading expert on the subject, is the most comprehensive and authoritative examination of contemporary American conspiracism to date.
Barkun discusses a range of material--involving inner-earth caves, government black helicopters, alien abductions, secret New World Order cabals, and much more--that few realize exists in our culture. Looking closely at the manifestions of these ideas in a wide range of literature and source material from religious and political literature, to New Age and UFO publications, to popular culture phenomena such as The X-Files, and to websites, radio programs, and more, Barkun finds that America is in the throes of an unrivaled period of millennarian activity. His book underscores the importance of understanding why this phenomenon is now spreading into more mainstream segments of American culture.


Amazon Review
"Millennial dreams, apocalyptic nightmares populated by agents of the Antichrist, space aliens, and acolytes of the New World Order--with a calm approach and scrupulous academic bearings, Barkun navigates through the reefs of conspiracist allegation from the cosmic to the comic, from Biblical prophecy to Internet alerts."

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[snaggletooth]

Forgive me if some of these are reposts (I hope not), but after hundreds of posts from many locations, Im losing track a little bit 8-)

[snaggletooth]

A very old book this, but Im posting it as a historical guide to those ladies with the green faces and broomsticks we see at Halloween. Woooooo!


"Roots of Witchcraft"
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Lyle Stuart | January 1975 | ISBN: 0806504447 | 220 pages | PDF | 1,8 MB

This book is unique in the literature of witchcraft. Many volumes record the tortures, confessions and executions of the witch trials; Few examine the origin and beliefs of this remarkable subterranean cult which has survived almost unchanged through the centuries. Michael Harrison, unrivalled in the field of historical detection, gives convincing answers to questions which other writers on witchcraft have persistently dodged-What part did man's earliest organiesed religion, the Old Fertility Cult, play in the development of witchcraft? Where did the evil side of Fertility Cult Diabolism-evolve, and how and when did it enter Europe?

But the most important revelation in this book is the author's achievement in translating the ancient 'language of the covens', the 'gibberish' of the Witch-Trial records, the lost language whose identification holds the key to the very Roots of Witchcraft.

http://rapidshare.com/files/180874266/ebc_0806504447.rar

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The Future of Human Nature

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Review
"Habermas' thoughtful and self-critical contribution reads like the start of an important conversation...."
Jon Turney, Times Higher Education Supplement

"Thoughtful and stimulating."

Times Literary Supplement

"We are fortunate to have Jurgen Habermas writing about bioethics. His intelligence, moral seriousness and intellectual sophistication make him an exemplary figure on the Left"

Mark Blitz, Claremont Review of Books

"A rich introduction to current ethical thinking in Europe and to the relevance of philosophy to society."

Canadian Medical Association Journal

Product Description
Recent developments in biotechnology and genetic research are raising complex ethical questions concerning the legitimate scope and limits of genetic intervention. As we begin to contemplate the possibility of intervening in the human genome to prevent diseases, we cannot help but feel that the human species might soon be able to take its biological evolution in its own hands. 'Playing God' is the metaphor commonly used for this self-transformation of the species, which, it seems, might soon be within our grasp.

http://www.uploading.com/files/X04X77YE/FOHF.rar.html

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George Carlin - There Is No God”(MP3 Audio)


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HBO | 1999 | MP3 128kbps | 10.2 MB

George Dennis Carlin (born May 12, 1937 in New York, New York)[2] is a Grammy-winning American stand-up comedian, actor, and author. Carlin is especially noted for his irreverent attitude and his observations on language, psychology, and religion along with many taboo subjects. In fact, Carlin and his \"Seven Dirty Words\" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation,

Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed. Results like these do not belong on the résumé of a Supreme Being. This is the kind of shit you'd expect from an office temp with a bad attitude. And just between you and me, in any decently-run universe, this guy would've been out on his all-powerful ass a long time ago. And by the way, I say "this guy", because I firmly believe, looking at these results, that if there is a God, it has to be a man.

No woman could or would ever fuck things up like this. So, if there is a God, I think most reasonable people might agree that he's at least incompetent, and maybe, just maybe, doesn't give a shit. Doesn't give a shit, which I admire in a person, and which would explain a lot of these bad results.

http://rapidshare.com/files/181877119/GeorgeCarlin_ThereIsNoGod.rar

[snaggletooth]

A vile, sick, and disgusting practice, and all perfectly fine because its for "religious reasons". The child involved has no say in the matter, and if an adult were to carry this kind of bodily assault on another, non-consenting adult, theyd probably end up in jail. Perfectly ok to inflict it on kids though...

"Circumcision and Human Rights"

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Springer | ISBN: 1402091664 | January 1, 2009 | 288 pages | PDF | 16.5MB


"There is hardly a reason to circumcise a little boy for medical reasons because those medical reasons don’t exist," said Dr. Michael Wilks, Head of Ethics at the British Medical Association, who admitted that doctors have circumcised boys for "no good reason."
In the United States, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and in the Muslim world, 13.3 million infant boys and 2 million girls have part or all of their external sex organs cut off for reasons that defy logic and violate basic human rights. Doctors, parents, and politicians have been misled into thinking that circumcision is beneficial, necessary, and harmless.
In Circumcision and human rights, internationally respected experts in the fields of medicine, science, politics, law, ethics, sociology, anthropology, history, and religion present the latest research on this tragedy, as a part of the worldwide campaign to end sexual mutilation. They outline steps for eradicating this abusive practice to enable males and females the dignity of living out their lives with all the body parts with which they were born.

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[snaggletooth]

Personally, I dont mind escaping from Planet Earth myself on the odd occasion...

Hallucinogens and Culture =)


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Chandler & Sharp Publishers | ISBN 0883165171 | 1976 | PDF | 161 pages | 1.4 MB

“Dr. Furst demonstrates with a wealth of cross-cultural and historical data and some of his own first-hand experiences the often decisive role hallucinogens have sometimes played, and continue to play, in the maintenance of social systems in the traditional world, and their positive role in rituals of religion or initiation, mythology and symbolism, and in art, as well as in psychotherapy and curing of physical ills.

http://rapidshare.com/files/172908654/Furst__Peter_T._-_Hallucinogens_And_Culture.rar

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“Banned Books: Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds"

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Facts On File| ISBN: 0816062692 | 464 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

Censorship of religious and philosophical speculation is as old as history and as current as today's headlines. Many of the world's major religious texts, including the Bible, the Talmud, the Koran, and others, have been suppressed, condemned, or proscribed at some time. Works of secular literature touching upon religious belief or reflecting dissenting views have also been suppressed. "Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, Revised Edition" profiles the censorship of many such essential works of civilization. The 14 entries new to this edition include extensive coverage of the "Harry Potter" series, which has been frequently banned in the United States on the grounds that it promotes witchcraft, as well as entries on two popular textbook series, "The Witches" by Roald Dahl, "Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran", and more. Also included are updates to such entries as "The Satanic Verses" by Salman Rushdie and "On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin. New and updated entries include: "The Advancement of Learning" (Francis Bacon); "The Age of Reason" (Thomas Paine); "The Analects" (Confucius); The Bible; "The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution" (Roger Williams); "The Book of Common Prayer" (Thomas Cranmer); "Children of the Alley" (Naguib Mahfouz); "The Critique of Pure Reason" (Immanuel Kant); "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" (Galileo Galilei); "Discourse on Method" (Rene Descartes); "Don Quixote" (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra); "The Harry Potter" series (J. K. Rowling); The Koran; "The Last Temptation of Christ" (Nikos Kazantzakis); "On the Origin of Species" (Charles Darwin); "Popol Vuh"; "The Red and the Black" (Stendhal); "The Satanic Verses" (Salman Rushdie); "Shivaji: Hindu King in Islamic India" (James W. Laine); "The Talmud"; "Voyages to the Moon and the Sun" (Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac); and, "Zhuan Falun: The Complete Teachings of Falun Gong" (Li Hongzhi).

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[snaggletooth]

One for the kids....


"Janice VanCleave's Super Science Models"
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Wiley| ISBN: 0471252212 | 128 pages | PDF | 1,9 MB


Learn a lot about science as you make models showing how things work!
A spectacular model of an active volcano . . . a fascinating representation of the solar system . . . scale reproductions of atoms and molecules . . . In Janice VanCleave's Super Science Models, America's favorite science teacher shows you how to make these and other eye-catching science models that will help you show what you know in class or at a science fair!

Inside, you'll find easy-to-follow instructions for 25 great models that reveal the worlds of astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics. You'll also get helpful hints on displaying your models, including advice on backboards, scale models, stands, and other clever techniques. As with all of Janice VanCleave's books, every project can be created at home or in the classroom with safe, inexpensive materials. Through models of Earth's layers, the states of matter, an electric circuit, and much more, you'll discover how scientists use models to make it easier to describe things and share their ideas. So get ready to have a great time and impress others with what you've learned making these fun, fabulous models!

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"Nature's Clocks: How Scientists Measure the Age of Almost Everything"

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University of California Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0520249755 | 288 pages | PDF | 1,7 MB

From Publishers Weekly

When most people read about dating an ancient artifact, we think of carbon-14 dating. But as earth scientist Macdougall (Frozen Earth) tells readers, carbon dating works only if the object contains carbon, and then it can't be more than about 50,000 years old. Many other elements are radioactive, allowing, for example, for a potassium-argon dating system of volcanic and Precambrian rocks, and other applications in studying archeology and human evolution. Macdougall says that scientists have used these various radiometric dating systems for research as far-flung as dating the age of the solar system, figuring out when humans immigrated to the North America and when the Neanderthals died out, determining that a huge tsunami was created by a massive earthquake off the Northwest Pacific Coast in 1700 and nailing down the age of the Shroud of Turin (it dates to the Middle Ages, though controversy persists). Science buffs from all fields along with general readers will find this a helpful handbook on how we are now able to travel to the distant past. B&w photos, line drawings, map. (June)

Review
"A helpful handbook on how we are now able to travel to the distant past."--Publishers Weekly

"The heart of the book reveals ingenious science."--Library Journal

"For time-conscious readers, Nature's Clocks provides satisfaction beyond measure."--Washington Post Book World

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"The Void"
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Oxford University Press, USA | 2008 | ISBN: 0199225907 | 176 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB


Aristotle famously wrote that nature abhors a vacuum, but as Oxford physicist Close illustrates in this concise study, that depends on what you mean by a vacuum or a void. Greek and medieval philosophers gave philosophical arguments against the existence of the void, but an artificial vacuum was finally created in 1643 and quickly used to investigate atmospheric pressure. Scientific exploration of a vacuum's properties and applications took off in the 19th century, although ancient ideas like the concept of an ether that pervaded empty space masqueraded as serious science until Einstein explained them away via relativity. Close (Lucifer's Legacy) is a particle physicist at heart, and he hits his stride as he explains why scientists now don't think a void is really empty at all, but is teeming with particles popping in and out of existence and pervaded by a contemporary version of the ether, called the Higgs field. Close misses opportunities to make this a more rewarding interdisciplinary study that would attract a broader readership, and science buffs will find it redundant with other books in their collections. The moral of Close's book should be, as Nietzsche said, that when you look into the void, it really is looking back at you. 20 b&w illus.

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"Evolution in Health and Disease"
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Oxford University Press, USA; 2 ed | 2008 | ISBN: 0199207453 | 368 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB


In this fully revised and updated edition, the editors have integrated a completely new set of contributions from the leading researchers in the field to describe the latest research in evolutionary medicine, providing a fresh summary of this rapidly expanding field 10 years after its predecessor was first compiled. It continues to adopt a broad approach to the subject, drawing on medically relevant research from evolutionary genetics, human behavioral ecology, evolutionary microbiology (especially experimental evolution of virulence and resistance), the evolution of aging and degenerative disease, and other aspects of biology or medicine where evolutionary approaches make important contributions.

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"Calm Energy: How People Regulate Mood with Food and Exercise"

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Oxford University Press, USA | 2003 | ISBN: 0195163397 | 288 pages | PDF | 12,7 MB


Obesity is reaching alarming proportions. In this insightful new approach to understanding why this is happening, acclaimed mood scientist Robert Thayer offers a new appreciation of the real cause-emotional eating. But this is not just emotional eating as previously known; rather it is a new scientific analysis of exactly how different moods affect eating. He shows how unprecedented stress in society and epidemic levels of depression have led people to food as a poor means of managing mood. In this original approach, Thayer describes how people's daily energy and tension variations occur, and how this knowledge helps overcome the urge to eat the wrong food and to achieve the goal of ""calm energy."" Also, in this most up-to-date scientific analysis of exercise and mood, he shows how physical activity is essential to psychological and physical health, yet why it is resisted. Thayer's work has been discussed in hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, and here he outlines in detail the cutting-edge theories and scientific research findings that have generated this extensive media attention.

http://rapidshare.com/files/238061510/CalmEnerg.zip

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The Cambridge Companion to Atheism


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Publisher: Cambridge University Press | 2006-10-30 | ISBN 0521603676 | Pages: 352 | PDF | 5 MB


In this volume, eighteen of the worlds leading scholars present original essays on various aspects of atheism: its history, both ancient and modern, defense and implications. The topic is examined in terms of its implications for a wide range of disciplines including philosophy, religion, feminism, postmodernism, sociology and psychology. In its defense, both classical and contemporary theistic arguments are criticized, and, the argument from evil, and impossibility arguments, along with a non religious basis for morality are defended. These essays give a broad understanding of atheism and a lucid introduction to this controversial topic.

http://rapidshare.com/files/71941068/The_Cambridge_Companion_to_Atheism.rar

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The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic?


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Product Description

A militant Marxist atheist and a 'Radical Orthodox' Christian theologian square off on everything from the meaning of theology and Christ to the war machine of corporate mafia. In this corner, philosopher Slavoj Zizek, a militant atheist who represents the critical-materialist stance against religion's illusions; in the other corner, 'Radical Orthodox' theologian John Milbank, an influential and provocative thinker who argues that theology is the only foundation upon which knowledge, politics, and ethics can stand. In &quot;The Monstrosity of Christ&quot;, Zizek and Milbank go head to head for three rounds, employing an impressive arsenal of moves to advance their positions and press their respective advantages. By the closing bell, they have not only proven themselves worthy adversaries, they have shown that faith and reason are not simply and intractably opposed. Zizek has long been interested in the emancipatory potential offered by Christian theology. And Milbank, seeing global capitalism as the new century's greatest ethical challenge, has pushed his own ontology in more political and materialist directions. Their debate in &quot;The Monstrosity of Christ&quot; concerns the future of religion, secularity, and political hope in light of a monsterful event - God becoming human. For the first time since Zizek's turn toward theology, we have a true debate between an atheist and a theologian about the very meaning of theology, Christ, the Church, the Holy Ghost, Universality, and the foundations of logic. The result goes far beyond the popularized atheist/theist point/counterpoint of recent books by Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and others. Zizek begins, and Milbank answers, countering dialectics with 'paradox'. The debate centers on the nature of and relation between paradox and parallax, between analogy and dialectics, between transcendent glory and liberation.

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"God, Evil and Design: An Introduction to the Philosophical Issues"

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Wiley-Blackwell | 2008-06-10 | ISBN: 1405157704 | 240 pages | PDF | 1 MB


Although vast and complex, the universe is orderly in many ways, and conditions at its beginning were right for the eventual evolution of life on this planet. But with life there is death, and with sentient life there is great pain and suffering, often with no apparent justification or purpose. Taking these things together, is it reasonable to conclude that the universe was brought about by God? Moreover, does the magnitude of seemingly pointless suffering square with the idea that God exists, or is it good reason to think there is no God? These questions come up for many people, not just religious believers, and are examined in this engaging and thought-provoking book.

Starting out with no pre-disposition to theism, atheism, or agnosticism, God, Evil, and Design takes up these questions in order to see where an impartial investigation leads. To achieve impartiality, the reader is invited to simulate ignorance insofar as his or her own religious preference is concerned. With this approach, God, Evil, and Design provides both a fresh look at important and controversial issues in philosophy and an excellent introduction to the contemporary debates surrounding them. Lively and non-technical, this book will be accessible to anyone with an interest in these topics.

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[stirpc]

the newest episode of psych is a great example of skepticism and the power of reason, i can only recommend watching it.

[snaggletooth]

the newest episode of psych is a great example of skepticism and the power of reason, i can only recommend watching it.

Havent seen it stirpc, but is it this one?....

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EP 4.4 The Devils in the Details and in the Upstairs Bedroom

When a college girl at a Catholic university commits suicide, Gus and Shawn are brought in because one of the professors at the school believes the girl was demon-possessed.

http://rapidshare.com/files/272878991/Psych.S04E04.The.Devils.in.the.Details.and.in.the.Upstairs.Bedroom.HDTV.XviD-FQM.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/272878005/Psych.S04E04.The.Devils.in.the.Details.and.in.the.Upstairs.Bedroom.HDTV.XviD-FQM.part2.rar

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"Evolution (DK Eyewitness Books)"

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DK CHILDREN | 2009 | ISBN: 0756650283 | 72 pages | PDF | 42,1 MB


Review
...a mini museum between the covers of a book. [Eyewitness series] -- The New York Times

These books' striking visual impact will draw in even the most casual readers. [Eyewitness series] -- School Library Journal --

Product Description
The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.
Eyewitness Evolution is DK's classic look at Charles Darwin and the theory of natural selection

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"Human Body (DK Eyewitness Books)"


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DK CHILDREN | 2009 | ISBN: 075664545X | 72 pages | PDF | 21,1 MB


From School Library Journal
Two titles with a slightly different bent. Instead of a straightforward presentation of what exists, Parker poses a series of hypothetical questions such as "What if the Earth were twice as big?" and "What if there were no wind?" In The Human Body, he asks "What if we had no skin?" and "What if people didn't have sex?" Explanations are clear and lively (if perhaps given too many exclamation points). Average-quality cartoon illustrations mirror the texts and provide a touch of humor. Given their scattershot approach, the books are better suited to browsing than for report writing. The "Understanding Science & Nature" series (Time-Life) gives a bit more coverage in these areas.?

Review
...a mini museum between the covers of a book. [Eyewitness series] -- The New York Times

These books' striking visual impact will draw in even the most casual readers. [Eyewitness series] -- School Library Journal

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[stirpc]

Havent seen it stirpc, but is it this one?....

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EP 4.4 The Devils in the Details and in the Upstairs Bedroom

When a college girl at a Catholic university commits suicide, Gus and Shawn are brought in because one of the professors at the school believes the girl was demon-possessed.

http://rapidshare.com/files/272878991/Psych.S04E04.The.Devils.in.the.Details.and.in.the.Upstairs.Bedroom.HDTV.XviD-FQM.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/272878005/Psych.S04E04.The.Devils.in.the.Details.and.in.the.Upstairs.Bedroom.HDTV.XviD-FQM.part2.rar

exactly this one. shawn spencer all the way :)

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Looks like they killed those links already. Here two more ....

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A Secular Age Summary By Charles Taylor

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Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2007-09-20 | 896 Pages | ISBN: 0674026764 | PDF | 2.5 MB

What does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost everyone would agree that we--in the West, at least--largely do. And clearly the place of religion in our societies has changed profoundly in the last few centuries. In what will be a defining book for our time, Charles Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean--of what, precisely, happens when a society in which it is virtually impossible not to believe in God becomes one in which faith, even for the staunchest believer, is only one human possibility among others.

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Spirituality for the Skeptic: The Thoughtful Love of Life

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Oxford University Press, USA | 175 Pages| ISBN: 0195312139 | 800 KB | HTML


Is it possible to be spiritual and yet not believe in the supernatural? Can a person be spiritual without belonging to a religious group or organization? In Spirituality for the Skeptic, philosopher Robert Solomon explores what it means to be spiritual in today's pluralistic world. Based on Solomon's own struggles to reconcile philosophy with religion, this book offers a model of a vibrant, fulfilling spirituality that embraces the complexities of human existence and acknowledges the joys and tragedies of life. Solomon has forged an enlightened new path that synthesizes spirituality with emotions, intellect, science, and common sense. His new paradigm, "naturalized" spirituality, establishes as its cornerstone the "thoughtful love of life"--a passionate concern for the here-and-now, and not the by-and-by. Being spiritual doesn't mean being holed up as a recluse, spending hours in meditation and contemplation, Solomon argues. It demands involvement and emotional engagement with others in the struggle to find meaning in our lives. As such, this modern-day spirituality encompasses a passionate enthusiasm for the world, the transformation of self, cosmic trust and rationality, coming to terms with fate, and viewing life as a gift, all of which are explored in depth throughout this book. Spirituality for the Skeptic answers the need for a non-institutional, non-dogmatic spirituality that leads to personal fulfillment and satisfaction. By examining the ideas of great thinkers from Socrates and Nietzsche to Buddha to Kafka, Solomon arrives at a practical vision of spirituality that should appeal to many seekers looking to make sense of the human condition.


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"The Atheist's Bible: An Illustrious Collection of Irreverent Thoughts"

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HarperCollins (2007) | English | eISBN: 0061459070 | 211 pages | PDF | 1.32 MB

"All thinking men are atheists," Ernest Hemingway famously wrote. True? Here are quips, quotes, and questions from a distinguished assortment of geniuses and jokers, giving readers a chance to decide for themselves....

When I think of all the harm [the bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.
-Oscar Wilde

SAINT, n. A dead sinner revised and edited.
-Ambrose Bierce

There ain't no answer. There ain't going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.
-Gertrude Stein

Do not let yourself be deceived: great intellects are skeptical.
-Friedrich Nietzsche

Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
-Susan Ertz

God is love, but get it in writing.
-Gypsy Rose Lee

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.
-George Bernard Shaw



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“Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science"

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Dover Publications | ISBN:0486203948 | 373 pages | PDF | 1,1 Mb



Fair, witty appraisal of cranks, quacks, and quackeries of science and pseudoscience: hollow earth, Velikovsky, orgone energy, Dianetics, flying saucers, Bridey Murphy, food and medical fads, more. "A very able and even-tempered presentation." — The New Yorker.

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[snaggletooth]

The Roving Mind by Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke

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English | Prometheus Books 1997 | ISBN: 1573921815 | 349 Pages | PDF | 1 Mb



Isaac Asimov's death on 6 April 1992, was a great loss to the world of literary science and free thought. The prolific author's vision is unmatched today, and his pointed honesty shines through in "The Roving Mind", now reissued in this special tribute edition. This collection of essays is wide-ranging, reflecting Asimov's extraordinary skill in disseminating knowledge from across the spectrum of human thought. Some of the areas explored in this volume of 62 essays include creationism, pseudoscience, censorship, population, philosophy of science, transportation, computers and corporations of the future, and astronomy. His predictions about cloning which has only recently become the topic of public debate the theory of 'technophobia', and other scientific developments are astounding. In a lighter tone, Asimov includes several personal stories from his life including thoughts on his style of writing and memories of family in younger days. With tributes by Arthur C Clarke, L Sprague de Camp, Harlan Ellison, Kendrick Frazier, Martin Gardner, Donald Goldsmith, Stephen Jay Gould, E C Krupp, Frederik Pohl, and Carl Sagan.

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"Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel"

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Doubleday | 2008 | ISBN: 0385520697 | siPDF | 329 pages | 4.5 MB


A fascinating exploration of the science of the impossible--from death rays and force fields to invisibility cloaks--revealing to what extent such technologies might be achievable decades or millennia into the future.

One hundred years ago, scientists would have said that lasers, televisions, and the atomic bomb were beyond the realm of physical possibility. In Physics of the Impossible, the renowned physicist Michio Kaku explores to what extent the technologies and devices of science fiction that are deemed equally impossible today might well become commonplace in the future.

From teleportation to telekinesis, Kaku uses the world of science fiction to explore the fundamentals--and the limits--of the laws of physics as we know them today. He ranks the impossible technologies by categories--Class I, II, and III, depending on when they might be achieved, within the next century, millennia, or perhaps never. In a compelling and thought-provoking narrative, he explains:



How the science of optics and electromagnetism may one day enable us to bend light around an object, like a stream flowing around a boulder, making the object invisible to observers "downstream"

How ramjet rockets, laser sails, antimatter engines, and nanorockets may one day take us to the nearby stars

How telepathy and psychokinesis, once considered pseudoscience, may one day be possible using advances in MRI, computers, superconductivity, and nanotechnology

Why a time machine is apparently consistent with the known laws of quantum physics, although it would take an unbelievably advanced civilization to actually build one


Kaku uses his discussion of each technology as a jumping-off point to explain the science behind it. An extraordinary scientific
adventure, Physics of the Impossible takes readers on an unforgettable, mesmerizing journey into the world of science that both enlightens and entertains.


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[the buttfish]

A vile, sick, and disgusting practice, and all perfectly fine because its for "religious reasons". The child involved has no say in the matter, and if an adult were to carry this kind of bodily assault on another, non-consenting adult, theyd probably end up in jail. Perfectly ok to inflict it on kids though...

Couldn't agree with you more bud especially since my brother's wife just gave birth to my very first nephew. I didn't ask them if they circumcised him, didn't figure it was any of my business and I'm pretty sure if I started giving them parenting advice this early on I'd never get a chance to see the little guy. If it were my kid I wouldn't have him circumcised but circumcision is far more popular in the US than it is in Europe. No one over here can give a valid reason other than they were circumcised and everyone else is as well and they don't want their kid to considered a freak or unusual. That excuse just makes me laugh because I don't remember exposing myself to all my friends when I was a kid.

[stirpc]

circumcision is quite unusual in europe, none of the churches encourage it anymore. modern day circumcision is a prudish evangelical invention from 19th century britain, which quickly spread to the us.the basic idea is that circumsized boys will not touch their penises as much if the sensitive foreskin is removed (the foreskin has the most nervendings in the human body). not only do the scandinavians and french have the best healthcare systems in the world, they pretty surely enjoy sex more than all those unlucky bastards in the rest of the world who had their foreskin removed for ludicrous religious oder fake medical reasons. :D

[snaggletooth]

Science, Delusion, and the appetite for wonder

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"Science needs to be released from the lab into the culture."

Richard Dawkins' speech at Richard Dimbleby Lecture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dimbleby_Lecture) 1996.

Broadcasted on November 12th, 1996, BBC1.

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[snaggletooth]

The Young Child as Scientist: A Constructivist Approach to Early Childhood Science Education

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Christine Chaille, Lory Britain | Allyn & Bacon | 192 Pgs | ISBN : 0205367763 | PDF | 9.26 MB

Young children--how they experience the world, interact with each other, pose questions, and construct knowledge--form the basis for this insightful examination of early childhood science education. Eleanor Duckworth talks about children "having wonderful ideas," and how constructivist education creates the context in which children can act on them. In the third edition, the authors have emphasized that children have wonderful ideas together, through collaboration.

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[snaggletooth]

"Science Skills: A Problem-solving Activities Book"

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Routledge | 1986 | ISBN: 0415094283 | 72 pages | PDF | 5,6 MB

This is a practical book for pupils, designed to teach the basic skills of scientific investigation and problem solving. With an emphasis on skills not facts, it is practical in approach, describing over 100 activities. No specialised apparatus is required and the investigations it covers are flexible enought to relate to any science course.

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[snaggletooth]

What Science Is and How It Works


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"Science," writes physicist Gregory Derry, "is the active and creative engagement of our minds with nature in an attempt to understand." Not to understand anything in particular, mind you--just to understand, to gain a sense of our place in the world. Whether viewed as a body of knowledge, a collection of techniques, or a way of seeing, Derry adds, science is just plain interesting. It is also difficult to live in the modern world, which is so entangled economically and culturally in technology, without some grasp of science, technology's sire.
All that said, Derry states his aim: to show his readers how to think scientifically. In this aim he is quite successful, as his narrative proceeds through case studies that draw on real-world situations to discuss the importance of precise measurement, replicable experimentation, clear research design, logical thought--and imagination. He is quite clear on what constitutes good science, and he profiles a few heroes (Kepler, Einstein, Helmholtz, Joule) to illustrate how that good science is conducted. He is just as clear on what constitutes bad science, which often results when money and politics enter the laboratory. The fundamental virtue required of a scientist is honesty, he remarks, and a scientist who is dishonest or unethical scarcely deserves the name.

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[snaggletooth]

Space Science in Action DVD (9 Volume Set) [eLearning] | 1,8 GB



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Recommended for: Grades 5-8 | Product ID: #V6540 | Run Time: 23 minutes each | Set: $269.55, Each: $29.95

Malcolm and Stanley want to be astronauts. While waiting for that big call from NASA, they hone their space knowledge and skills by reviewing important concepts. Join them in their space suits, and learn about the Earth and space. This exciting video series goes beyond the basics of Space Science for Children. It covers topics in more depth including black holes, light years, historical milestones in space exploration and much more! Fascinating NASA footage and hands-on investigations (ideal for science fair project ideas) will make learning about space a real adventure.

ASTRONOMY
What can you see in the night sky? Stars, planets, even a galaxy or two! It’s all covered in Astronomy. Students will learn about constellations, star movement and how scientists have studied celestial bodies throughout history-from Ptolemy and Copernicus to the work of the Hubble Space Telescope. Includes an interview with Kathy Thornton, one of the astronauts who repaired the Hubble while in orbit! Also includes a fun, hands-on activity where students will build their own sextant, demonstrating how ancient seafarers navigated using the movement of the stars. This program is based on the concepts outlined in the National Science Education Standards for Earth Science: Structure of the Earth System, Earth’s History and Earth in the solar system.

EARTH
The universe is incredible-but the Earth is unique! In this fun and informative program, students will learn that, despite the vastness of outer space, Earth is the only place where we know life exists. Earth explains why our planet is so special. Students will learn about the factors that allow life to flourish on Earth, including our position in the solar system, the water cycle and the composition of the planet. This program includes a visit to the real Biosphere2 in Arizona, as well as a fun, hands-on activity that will give students a basic understanding of the Earth’s water cycle. This program is based on the concepts outlined in the National Science Education Standards for Earth Science: Structure of the Earth System, Earth’s History and Earth in the solar system.

EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE
It protects us from meteoroids and ultraviolet rays, and provides us with the air we breathe. In Earth’s Atmosphere, students will learn about the layers of our atmosphere and why each is important to the survival of life on our planet. They’ll also discover why the atmosphere is responsible for weather and see how special aircraft actually fly into the severest weather of all-hurricanes! Atmospheric pressure is covered and students will even build their own working barometer in a fun, hands-on activity. This program is based on the concepts outlined in the National Science Education Standards for Earth Science: Structure of the Earth System, Earth’s History and Earth in the solar system.

MOON
The Moon is Earth’s closest neighbor in space - the only other member of our solar system that humans have actually visited. This video answers key questions about the Moon, like: What keeps it revolving around the Earth? Why do we see only one side of the Moon? What is the origin of the Moon? Students will learn about how the Moon has been studied throughout history-including recent lunar missions-and about its phases, eclipses and how it causes tides on Earth. A fun, hands-on activity will demonstrate the effect of the Moon’s gravity on weight. This program is based on the concepts outlined in the National Science Education Standards for Earth Science: Structure of the Earth System, Earth’s History and Earth in the solar system.

PLANETS & THE SOLAR SYSTEM
The Earth is one of nine planets that revolve around the Sun, which is the center of our solar system. In Planets & The Solar System, students will learn the key characteristics of each planet, the difference between inner and outer planets and which planets have their own moons. They’ll take a fascinating look at how remote-control rovers are designed to explore other surfaces in the solar system. Also, in a fun, hands-on activity, students will demonstrate how gravity keeps all the members of the solar system in orbit around the Sun. This program is based on the concepts outlined in the National Science Education Standards for Earth Science: Structure of the Earth System, Earth’s History and Earth in the solar system.

SPACE EXPLORATION
There are many ways to explore space. In Space Exploration, students will learn about the human quest to discover what’s out there. Students will see the challenges and benefits of space exploration, including the development of rocket science, a look back at the ‘Space Race’ and a history of manned space travel. A special section on the Saturn V rocket will give students insight into the extraordinary measures taken to put us on the Moon, including a fun, hands-on activity that will let them build their own rocket-complete with fuel! This program is based on the concepts outlined in the National Science Education Standards for Earth Science: Structure of the Earth System, Earth’s History and Earth in the solar system.

STARS
It seems impossible that we can really study stars. They all seem so small and so far away-except for one. the Sun! Stars will show students the many amazing ways scientists look at the stars and how they can use what they see to answer questions like: What are stars made of? How far away are they? How old are stars? Students will learn about the life span of stars and the various stages they pass through, from protostar to main sequence star to red giant and eventually white and black dwarfs. A fun, hands-on activity will show viewers how to build their own spectroscope, used to analyze starlight! This program is based on the concepts outlined in the National Science Education Standards for Earth Science: Structure of the Earth System, Earth’s History and Earth in the solar system.

SUN
The Sun is the closest star to Earth. It provides heat and light which makes life on Earth possible. Sun shows students what this center of our solar system is all about - how big it is, what it’s made of, how old it is and how long we believe it will continue to burn. Students will examine the individual layers of the Sun and learn about solar activity, including sunspots, solar flares and prominences. They’ll also find out how scientists have studied the Sun and even make their own pinhole viewer to measure the distance to the Sun in a fun, hands-on activity. This program is based on the concepts outlined in the National Science Education Standards for Earth Science: Structure of the Earth System, Earth’s History and Earth in the solar system. 23 minutes.

UNIVERSE
The universe is limitless! It contains stars, solar systems, galaxies, black holes and much more. Universe looks at these wonders-all incredible, all unique and all just a small part of a larger entity. Students will explore some big questions about the universe, including: How was it formed? How big is it? How can we explore the far reaches of the universe? They’ll learn about light years and the electromagnetic spectrum and take a close-up look at a gamma ray telescope. A fun, hands-on activity will demonstrate why it seems so dark in space, even though there are billions of stars! This program is based on the concepts outlined in the National Science Education Standards for Earth Science: Structure of the Earth System, Earth’s History and Earth in the solar system.



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[snaggletooth]

Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia

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Routledge| ISBN: 0415974607 | 760 pages | PDF | 3,9 MB

Science fiction is a literary genre based on scientific speculation. Works of science fiction use the ideas and the vocabulary of all sciences to create valid narratives that explore the future effects of science on events and human beings.

Science Fact and Science Fiction examines in one volume how science has propelled science-fiction and, to a lesser extent, how science fiction has influenced the sciences. Although coverage will discuss the science behind the fiction from the Classical Age to the present, focus is naturally on the 19th century to the present, when the Industrial Revolution and spectacular progress in science and technology triggered an influx of science-fiction works speculating on the future. As scientific developments alter expectations for the future, the literature absorbs, uses, and adapts such contextual visions. The goal of the Encyclopedia is not to present a catalog of sciences and their application in literary fiction, but rather to study the ongoing flow andcounterflow of influences, including how fictional representations of science affect how we view its practice and disciplines. Although the main focus is on literature, other forms of science fiction, including film and video games, are explored and, because science is an international matter, works from non-English speaking countries are
discussed as needed.


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[snaggletooth]

«Is Science Neurotic?»

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Imperial College Press | ISBN: 1860945007 | 2004-12-31 | 240 pages | PDF | 1 Mb

Is Science Neurotic? sets out to show that science suffers from a damaging but rarely noticed methodological disease — "rationalistic neurosis." Assumptions concerning metaphysics, human value and politics, implicit in the aims of science, are repressed, and the malaise has spread to affect the whole academic enterprise, with the potential for extraordinarily damaging long-term consequences. The book begins with a discussion of the aims and methods of natural science, and moves on to discuss social science, philosophy, education, psychoanalytic theory and academic inquiry as a whole. It makes an original and compelling contribution to the current debate between those for and those against science, arguing that science would be of greater human value if it were more rigorous — we suffer not from too much scientific rationality, but too little. The author discusses the need for a revolution in the aims of science and academic inquiry in general and, in a lively and accessible style, spells out a thesis with profound importance for the long-term future of humanity.

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[snaggletooth]

"Homosexuality and Religion: An Encyclopedia"

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Greenwood Press (2007) | English | ISBN: 0313330883 | 273 pages | PDF | 1.92 MB

Few issues today cause more public—and private—debate than the interaction of homosexuality and religion. From the question of gay marriage to the place of gays and lesbians within faith communities, religious leaders and lay members must deal with these issues for now and for years to come. What is the historical position of the major denominations? How are people of faith balancing their beliefs? This encyclopedia provides an overview of the various attitudes and responses that religions have had to the presence of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons within their communities. This is the most comprehensive volume to date on the intersections between religion and homosexuality. The coverage in Homosexuality and Religion: An Encylopedia is comprehensive:

• Synthetic overview essays examine topics such as “Homosexuality, Religion, and the Law,” “Homosexuality, Religion, and the Biological Sciences,” and “Homosexuality, Religion, and the Social Sciences.”
• The A–Z entries cover a wide range of religious traditions across the world. From “African American Churches” to “Buddhism,” “Episcopalians,” “Hinduism,” “Islam,” “Judaism,” “the Metropolitan Community Church,” “Mormonism,” “Presbyterians,” “the Roman Catholic Church,” “Seventh Day Adventists,” “Southern Baptist Churches,” “Unitarian Universalist,” and more.
• Entries contain significant bibliographic references, including websites, for further study Homosexuality and Religion treats the complete cross-section of religious traditions and their understanding of and approaches to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons.

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Religion Is Not About God: How Spiritual Traditions Nurture Our Biological Nature And What to Expect When They Fail

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Rutgers | ISBN 0813539552 | 2006-09-25 | PDF | 392 pages | 8.61 MB


Thousands of religious traditions have appeared over the course of human history but only a relative few have survived. Some speak of a myriad of gods, others of only one, and some recognize no gods at all. Volumes have been written attempting to prove the existence or nonexistence of supernatural being(s). So, if religion is not about God, then what is it about? In this provocative book, Loyal Rue contends that religion, very basically, is about us. Successful religions are narrative (myth) traditions that influence human nature so that we might think, feel, and act in ways that are good for us, both individually and collectively. Through the use of images, symbols, and rituals, religion promotes reproductive fitness and survival through the facilitation of harmonious social relations. Drawing on examples from the major traditions—Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism—Rue shows how each religion, in its own way, has guided human behavior to advance the twin goals of personal fulfillment and social coherence.

As all faiths are increasingly faced with a crisis of intellectual plausibility and moral relevance, this book presents a compelling and positive view of the centrality and meaning of religion.

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[snaggletooth]

"The History of Science and Religion in the Western Tradition: An Encyclopedia"

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Taylor & Francis (2005) | English | eISBN 0203801296 | 719 pages | PDF | 3.49 MB


The debate over evolution's place in the school science curriculum in the United States illustrates the ongoing importance of the relationship between science and religion in the West. Surprisingly, however, that relationship has not always been a locus of contention. It has been varied and multifaceted, with religion oftentimes nurturing and encouraging scientific progress. For the first time, this relationship, which has gone on in some form perhaps since the dawn of history itself, is chronicled-through the analysis of intellectual movements, Western religious traditions, and the evolving manifestations of science.

Reaching back to Greece in the fifth century B.C.E. and proceeding to the late twentieth century, this volume describes the relationship of science and religion throughout history. From ancient cosmology and medieval occult sciences to modern physics and psychology, every major intellectual movement and discipline of study is covered. There is also comprehensive coverage of the foundational aspects of the study of science and religion, with, for example, detailed discussions of the demarcation of science and religion, of epistemology, and of causation. Also included here are biographical studies of major scientific figures-among them Galileo, Newton, and Darwin-who were particularly concerned with the religious implications and dimensions of their scientific discoveries.

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[the buttfish]

First of all welcome to Katz, second welcome to the Secular Movie thread, and finally thanks for your feedback.

which quickly spread to the us.the basic idea is that circumsized boys will not touch their penises as much if the sensitive foreskin is removed

That theory failed with me... failed a lot.


I also fail to understand why female circumcision is considered cruel, repulsive, and barbaric mutilation and male circumcision is considered aesthetically pleasing and more healthy.

[the buttfish]

Penn & Teller: Bullshit - Season 3 - Episode 1 - Circumcision




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[snaggletooth]

"Why Think? The Evolution of the Rational Mind"

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Oxford University Press, USA| ISBN:019518985X | 200 pages | PDF | 1,9 Mb

In a world where natural selection has shaped adaptations of astonishing ingenuity, what is the scope and unique power of rational thinking? In this short but wide-ranging book, philosopher Ronald de Sousa looks at the twin set of issues surrounding the power of natural selection to mimic rational design, and rational thinking as itself a product of natural selection. While we commonly deem ourselves superior to other species, the logic of natural selection should not lead us to expect that nature does everything for the best. Similarly, rational action does not always promote the best possible outcomes. So what is the difference? Is the pursuit of rationality actually an effective strategy? Part of the answer lies in language, including mathematics and science. Language is the most striking device by which we have made ourselves smarter than our nearest primate cousins. Sometimes the purely instinctual responses we share with other animals put explicit reasoning to shame: the movements of a trained athlete are faster and more accurate than anything she could explicitly calculate. Language, however, with its power to abstract from concrete experience and to range over all aspects of nature, enables breathtakingly precise calculations, which have taken us to the moon and beyond. Most importantly, however, language enables us to formulate an endless multiplicity of values, in potential conflict with one another as well as with instinctual imperatives. In short, this sophisticated and entertaining book shows how our rationality and our irrationality are inextricably intertwined. Ranging over a wide array of evidence, it explores the true ramifications of being human in the natural world.

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[snaggletooth]

''Intelligence of Apes and Other Rational Beings''

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Yale University Press | 2003 | ISBN 0300099835, 978-0300099836 | 352 pages | PDF | 2.69 MB

Prominent behavioral scientists Rumbaugh and Washburn are highly persuasive in their thesis that animals are rational, making decisions by using higher reasoning skills, not by trial and error and not by reacting in simple stimulus-response fashion to their environs. Yet the authors' theory of primate learning and intelligence, a framework they dub "rational behaviorism," fits with Skinnerian and Pavlovian models of conditioning in its explanations of more complex behaviors. For Rumbaugh and Washburn, the key is not simply in studying the response to the stimulus, but the process by which the response is formed, a process far more rich, involved and rational in its cognitive workings than many give animals credit for. The authors describe innovative studies, by themselves and by other researchers in the field, showing that primates can think in abstract symbols, learn through observation, and understand and react to human speech. The most engaging portion of the book focuses on language learning in primates, including descriptions of several ingenious experiments at the San Diego Zoo. Though earnestly written in a clear style, the book will most likely appeal to academics and students of animal behavior, as it reads like an engaging textbook, with some of the scientific explanations verging on dry. For those with an interest in primate intelligence and some scientific background, this passionately argued and well-substantiated summation judiciously renders the complexities of the animal mind.

Review
"In this remarkable book, Duane Rumbaugh and David Washburn illuminate the questions of primate intelligence with style, with savvy, and with compassion. This is an intensely provocative and readable journey through an important subject." Deborah Blum, author of Love at Goon Park: Harry Harlow and the Science of Affection

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[snaggletooth]

A Rational Philosophy of Life: A Possible Way,
Toward a Believable Belief
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BookSurge | Publishing | 40 pages | English | ISBN : 1419614118,1419614118 | PDF | 2.02MB


Product Description:

How to achieve a believable belief or a rational philosophy of life? This booklet describes how everyone can develop their own. It should be in accordance with the actual scientific facts, but can also include consideration of philosophical elements that have not been proven. The main guideline is the concern regarding how the world should function perfectly, and to the satisfaction of everyone.

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[snaggletooth]

Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the Border Between Science and Spirituality

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt| ISBN: 0618060278 | Pages: 303 | PDF | 1.60 MB


John Horgan, author of the best-selling The End of Science, chronicles the
most advanced research into the mechanics—and meaning—of mystical
experiences. How do trances, visions, prayer, satori, and other mystical
experiences "work"? What induces and defines them? Is there a scientific
explanation for religious mysteries and transcendent meditation? John
Horgan investigates a wide range of fields — chemistry, neuroscience,
psychology, anthropology, theology, and more — to narrow the gap between
reason and mystical phenomena. As both a seeker and an award-winning
journalist, Horgan consulted a wide range of experts, including theologian
Huston Smith, spiritual heir to Joseph Campbell; Andrew Newberg, the
scientist whose quest for the "God module" was the focus of a Newsweek
cover story; Ken Wilber, prominent transpersonal psychologist; Alexander
Shulgin, legendary psychedelic drug chemist; and Susan Blackmore,
Oxford-educated psychologist, parapsychology debunker, and Zen
practitioner. Horgan explores the striking similarities between "mystical
technologies" like sensory deprivation, prayer, fasting, trance, dancing,
meditation, and drug trips. He participates in experiments that seek the
neurological underpinnings of mystical experiences. And, finally, he
recounts his own search for enlightenment — adventurous, poignant, and
sometimes surprisingly comic. Horgan"s conclusions resonate with the
controversial climax of The End of Science, because, as he argues, the
most enlightened mystics and the most enlightened scientists end up in the
same place — confronting the imponderable depth of the universe.

John Horgan, a former senior writer for Scientific American, is the author of the acclaimed End of Science and Undiscovered Mind. His articles have been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Science Magazine, and a wide range of other publications. His work has won awards from the American Psychia-tric Association and the National Association of Science Writers, among others. With both a B.A. and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University, Horgan has lectured at McGill University. He lives in New York State with his wife and two children.

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Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Distance Healing to Vitamin O"

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Wiley ISBN 047143499X | 288 Pages | PDF | 2.1 Mb


This book, by joke writer and science writer Christopher Wanjek, explains "Bad Medicine." He does not define this term but upon reading his book, it seems that it is medicine that does not have a rational cure for disease. By implication then, "Good Medicine" is medicine that does have a rational cure for disease. Wanjek implies that traditional medicine as it is practiced today with surgery, radiation, and drugs is good medicine. This book has seven parts that encompass more than forty easy to read very brief chapters.

http://rapidshare.com/files/62156369/Bad.Medicine.Misconceptions.and.Misuses.Revealed.047143499X.rar

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Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

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Viking Adult | ISBN 067003472X | 2006 | PDF | 1.7 MB | 455 pages


For a growing number of people, there is nothing more important than religion. It is an integral part of their marriage, child rearing, and community. In this daring new book, distinguished philosopher Daniel C. Dennett takes a hard look at this phenomenon and asks why. Where does our devotion to God come from and what purpose does it serve? Is religion a blind evolutionary compulsion or a rational choice? In Breaking the Spell, Dennett argues that the time has come to shed the light of science on the fundamental questions of faith.

In a spirited narrative that ranges widely through history, philosophy, and psychology, Dennett explores how organized religion evolved from folk beliefs and why it is such a potent force today. Deftly and lucidly, he contends that the "belief in belief" has fogged any attempt to rationally consider the existence of God and the relationship between divinity and human need.

Breaking the Spell is not an antireligious screed but rather an eyeopening exploration of the role that belief plays in our lives, our interactions, and our country. With the gulf between rationalists and adherents of "intelligent design" widening daily, Dennett has written a timely and provocative book that will be read and passionately debated by believers and nonbelievers alike.

http://rs235.rapidshare.com/files/75723489/Daniel.C.Dennett.-.Breaking.The.Spell.-.Religion.As.A.Natural.Phenomenon.pdf

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"Science Myth or Magic?"

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Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited (Australia)| ISBN: 1865081221 | 224 pages | PDF | 2,3 MB

Distinguishing between true science and superstition, magic, charlatantry, and pseudobiology, this guide to what true science really is and what it can do offers explanations for and rational responses to common misconceptions about science. A number of popular but erroneous beliefs, such as the idea that "statistically significant" means "proved" or the idea that cloning can yield an accurate replica of a particular person, are scrutinized from a scientific point of view. The struggles of scientists, the contrasting roles of logic and intuition, and the moral implications of certain sciences are discussed, as are the attributes that make true science distinctive as a practice.

http://uploading.com/files/89CQZ6WY/1865081221.zip.html

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The Pleasure Center: Trust Your Animal Instincts

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Publisher: Oxford University | Pages: 304 | 2008-11-14 | ISBN 0195322851 | PDF | 2 MB

Many people believe that pleasure and desire are obstacles to reasonable and intelligent behavior. In The Pleasure Center, Morten Kringelbach reveals that what we desire, what pleases us--in fact, our most base, animalistic tendencies--are actually very important sources of information. They motivate us for a good reason. And understanding that reason, taking that reason into account, and harnessing and directing that reason, can make us much more rational and effective people. In exploring the many facets of pleasure, desire and emotion, Kringelbach takes us through the whole spectrum of human experience, such as how emotion fuels our interest in things, allowing us to pay attention and learn. He investigates the reward systems of the brain and sheds light on some of the most interesting new discoveries about pleasure and desire. Kringelbach concludes that if we understand and accept how pleasure and desire arise in the complex interaction between the brain's activity and our own experiences, we can discover what helps us enjoy life, enabling us to make better decisions and, ultimately, lead happier lives.

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Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment

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Partha Dasgupta | ISBN: 0199247889 | PDF | 328 pages| 3 MB

Current measures of the quality of life are, by and large, insensitive to our dependence on the natural environment. Dasgupta, a distinguished professor of economics at the University of Cambridge, aims to remedy that. In a style that is both engaging and rational, he argues that the most valid measure of human well-being encompasses not only manufactured assets but also human capital (skills), knowledge (ideas) and the natural environment, which includes "minerals and fossil fuels, soils, fisheries, sources of water, forests and woodlands, watersheds, the oceans, places of beauty and tranquility, and the atmosphere." The sobering picture that emerges from this important book contrasts sharply with the one portrayed in most literature on economic development. Human Well-Being is intended both for scholars and for "the general citizen interested in what are among the deepest and most urgent social problems we face today.
- Editors of Scientific American

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Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

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304 pages | HarperCollins (February 19, 2008) | ISBN: 006135323X | PDF |


Why do our headaches persist after taking a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a 50-cent aspirin?

Why does recalling the Ten Commandments reduce our tendency to lie, even when we couldn't possibly be caught?

Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup?

Why do we go back for second helpings at the unlimited buffet, even when our stomachs are already full?

And how did we ever start spending $4.15 on a cup of coffee when, just a few years ago, we used to pay less than a dollar?

When it comes to making decisions in our lives, we think we're in control. We think we're making smart, rational choices. But are we?

In a series of illuminating, often surprising experiments, MIT behavioral economist Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that we behave in fundamentally rational ways. Blending everyday experience with groundbreaking research, Ariely explains how expectations, emotions, social norms, and other invisible, seemingly illogical forces skew our reasoning abilities.

Not only do we make astonishingly simple mistakes every day, but we make the same types of mistakes, Ariely discovers. We consistently overpay, underestimate, and procrastinate. We fail to understand the profound effects of our emotions on what we want, and we overvalue what we already own. Yet these misguided behaviors are neither random nor senseless. They're systematic and predictable—making us predictably irrational.

From drinking coffee to losing weight, from buying a car to choosing a romantic partner, Ariely explains how to break through these systematic patterns of thought to make better decisions. Predictably Irrational will change the way we interact with the world--one small decision at a time.

http://w18.easy-share.com/1702620712.html

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Introduction to The Greatest Show on
Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

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Richard Dawkins gives an introduction to his new book "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution." He explains why this book was necessary, and what readers can expect from this highly-anticipated work. The book is available now in the UK, and will be released in the US on September 22nd!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-QWv_0Mjq0


Following on from this post, there follows a run of books on evolution to celebrate Mr Dawkins new tome. if you ever wondered what its all about. Wonder no more......

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“Evolution's Arrow: The Direction of Evolution and the Future of Humanity"

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Chapman Press | ISBN: 0646394975 | PDF | 360 pages | 1,1 Mb

Evolution's Arrow argues that evolution is directional and progressive, and that this has major consequences for humanity. Without resort to teleology, the book demonstrates that evolution moves in the direction of producing cooperative organisations of greater scale and evolvability - evolution has organised molecular processes into cells, cells into organisms, and organisms into societies. The book founds this position on a new theory of the evolution of cooperation. It shows that self-interest at the level of the genes does not prevent cooperation from increasing as evolution unfolds. Evolution progresses by discovering ways to build cooperative organisations out of self-interested individuals. The book also shows that evolution itself has evolved. Evolution has progressively improved the ability of evolutionary mechanisms to discover effective adaptations. And it has produced new and better mechanisms. Evolution's Arrow uses this understanding of the direction of evolution to identify the next great steps in the evolution of life on earth - the steps that humanity must take if we are to continue to be successful in evolutionary terms. A key step for humanity is to increase the scale and evolvability of our societies, eventually forming a unified and cooperative society on the scale of the planet. We must also transform ourselves psychologically to become self-evolving organisms - organisms that are able to escape their biological and cultural past by adapting in whatever directions are necessary to achieve future evolutionary success.

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“Evolution and the Fossil Record”

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American Geological Institute | ISBN 0922152578| 26 Pages | 1,09 Mb


Evolution and the Fossil Record, an eye-catching booklet produced by the American Geological Institute in cooperation with the Paleontological Society, aims to help the general public gain a better understanding of one of the fundamental underlying concepts of modern science. This booklet has many colorful photos, drawings, and illustrations which complement the authors' conversational style as they discuss geologic time; change through time; Darwin's theory of evolution; evolution as a mechanism for change; the nature of species; the nature of theory; paleontology, geology, and evolution; and determining the age of fossils and rocks. Four "case study" examples from the fossil record - evolution of vertebrate legs, evolution of birds, evolution of mammals, and evolution of whales - are presented to provide a time perspective for understanding the evolution of life on Earth. This non-technical introduction to evolution contains straightforward definitions as well as discussions of complex ideas.

http://rapidshare.de/files/10683482/Evolution_and_the_Fossil_Record.rar

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Human Evolution: Trails from the Past

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Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA | 2007-10-26 | ISBN:0198567804 | Pages:432 | PDF | 9 MB

Book Description:

Human Evolution provides a comprehensive overview of hominid evolution, synthesising data and approaches from fields as diverse as physical anthropology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, genetics, archaeology, psychology and philosophy. The book starts with chapters on evolution, population genetics, systematics, and the methods for constructing evolutionary trees. These are followed by a comprehensive review of the fossil history of human evolution since our divergence from the apes. Subsequent chapters cover more recent data, both fossil and molecular, relating to the evolution of modern humans. A final section describes the evolution of culture, language, art, and morality. The authors are leading experts in two complementary fields of scholarship, physical anthropology and molecular evolution. Throughout the book they successfully integrate their expertise in evolutionary theory, phylogenetics, genomics, cultural evolution, language, aesthetics and morality to produce a cutting edge textbook, copiously illustrated and with an extensive and up-to-date bibliography. It will be suitable for both senior undergraduate and graduate level students taking courses on human evolution within departments of biology, anthropology, psychology and philosophy. The book will also appeal to a more general audience seeking a readable, up-to-date and inclusive treatment of human origins and evolution.

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"Evolution For Dummies"

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For Dummies | ISBN: 0470117737 | 2008-03-24 | 362 Pages | PDF | 3 Mb

Today, most colleges and universities offer evolutionary study as part of their biology curriculums. Evolution For Dummies will track a class in which evolution is taught and give an objective scientific view of the subject. This balanced guide explores the history and future of evolution, explaining the concepts and science behind it, offering case studies that support it, and comparing evolution with rival theories of creation, such as intelligent design. It also will identify the signs of evolution in the world around us and explain how this theory affects our everyday lives and the future to come.

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Scientific American, "Evolution: A Scientific American Reader"

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University Of Chicago Press| ISBN: 0226742695 | 312 pages | PDF | 4,3 MB

From the Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925 to the court ruling against the Dover Area School Board’s proposed intelligent design curriculum in 2005, few scientific topics have engendered as much controversy—or grabbed as many headlines—as evolution. And since the debate shows no signs of abating, there is perhaps no better time to step back and ask: What is evolution? Defined as the gradual process by which something changes into a different and usually more complex and efficient form, evolution explains the formation of the universe, the nature of viruses, and the emergence of humans. A first-rate summary of the actual science of evolution, this Scientific American reader is a timely collection that gives readers an opportunity to consider evolution’s impact in various settings.

Divided into four sections that consider the evolution of the universe, cells, dinosaurs, and humans, Evolution brings together more than thirty articles written by some of the world’s most respected evolutionary scientists. As tour guides through the genesis of the universe and complex cells, P. James E. Peebles examines the evidence in support of an expanding cosmos, while Christian de Duve discusses the birth of eukaryotes. In an article that anticipated his book Full House, Stephen Jay Gould argues that chance and contingency are as important as natural selection for evolutionary change. And Ian Tatersall makes two fascinating contributions, submitting his view that the schematic of human evolution looks less like a ladder and more like a bush.

With the latest on what’s being researched at every level of evolutionary studies, from prospects of life on other planets to the inner working of cells, Evolution offers general readers an opportunity to update their knowledge on this hot topic while giving students an introduction to the problems and methodologies of an entire field of inquiry.

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"Evolution: The History of Life on Earth"

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Facts on File | 2009-04-30 | ISBN: 0816066795 | 252 pages | PDF | 6,3 MB

The theory of evolution can be observed anywhere - from exotic tropical rain forests to our own backyards - and is based on three main principles: heredity, variation, and selection. In the 19th century, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace sought to explain how these processes work together to produce new species. Evolution provided the first scientific system to investigate the origins and relationships of living creatures, and today it serves as a grand unifying theory, explaining facts that cannot really be accounted for in any other way. "Evolution" demonstrates why the theory was necessary, describing it as clearly as possible, in order to show how it has been received by society and to explain the central role that it plays in today's science. This new book also examines the immense impact evolution has had on society and on modern medicine - including the birth of genetic science in the early 1900s and the discovery that genes were made of DNA in the 1950s. Written in clear language, "Evolution" fills a niche for high school and college students interested in this fascinating topic. Chapters of this book include: A World Without Evolution; Building the Foundations - The Voyages of Darwin and Wallace; The Theory and Society's Response; A Synthesis Between Evolution and Genetics; Evolution in the Age of DNA; and, Evolution in the Age of Genomes.

http://rapidshare.com/files/261771512/0816066795.rar.html

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The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates By Michael Ruse

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Publisher: Grey House Publishing 2009-01-08 | 732 Pages | ISBN: 1592372880 | PDF | 5.7 MB

The Evolution Wars draws on history, science, and philosophy to examine the development of evolutionary thought through the past two and a half centuries. It focuses on the debates that have engaged, divided, and ultimately provoked scientists to ponder the origins of organisms - including humankind - paying regard to the nineteenth-century clash over the nature of classification and debates about the fossil record, genetics, and human nature. Much attention is paid to external factors and the underlying motives of scientists. In these pages you will meet Charles Darwin's ebullient grandfather Erasmus, the contentious Frenchmen Georges Cuvier and Etienne Geoffroy Stain-Hillaire, new creationist Phillip Johnson, the brilliant J. B. S. Haldane, outspoken Richard Dawkins, and many other stars of the debates. The Evolution Wars explores the ten greatest controversies surrounding evolution in world history, with emphasis on recent times, including. * The infamous Scopes trial of the 1920s * The search for human origins and speculation about the "missing link," spurred by the discovery of "Lucy" * The debate surrounding the new theory of paleontology proposed by Stephen Jay Gould * The rise of teaching "creation science" in public school as a subject on par with evolution. Although the author takes a strong stand on the side of evolution, he also shows respect for dissenting viewpoints. Thus, the book is intellectually rewarding not only for evolutionists but also for opponents of evolution theory, especially those who want to see how one of the great ideas of Western civilization resonates through time, both within and beyond the scientific community.

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Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities

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Publisher: Chicago Review Press | ISBN: 1556525028 | PDF | 30,08 MB

Darwin and Evolution for Kids traces the transformation of a privileged and somewhat scatterbrained youth into the great thinker who proposed the revolutionary theory of evolution. Through 21 hands-on activities, young scientists learn about Darwin’s life and work and assess current evidence of evolution. Activities include going on a botanical treasure hunt, keeping field notes as a backyard naturalist, and tying knots for ship sails like those on the HMS Beagle. Children also learn how fossils are created, trace genetic traits through their family trees, and discover if acquired traits are passed along to future generations. By encouraging children, parents, and teachers to define the differences between theories and beliefs, facts and opinions, Darwin and Evolution for Kids does not shy away from a theory that continues to spark heated public debate more than a century after it was first proposed.

http://rapidshare.com/files/166405616/Darwin_and_Evolution_for_Kids_pdf_1556525028.rar

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Science, Evolution, and Creationism

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National Academies Press | 2008-12-31 | ISBN: 0309105862 | Pages: 88 | PDF | 2.82 MB

How did life evolve on Earth? The answer to this question can help us understand our past and prepare for our future. Although evolution provides credible and reliable answers, polls show that many people turn away from science, seeking other explanations with which they are more comfortable.

In the book Science, Evolution, and Creationism, a group of experts assembled by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Medicine explain the fundamental methods of science, document the overwhelming evidence in support of biological evolution, and evaluate the alternative perspectives offered by advocates of various kinds of creationism, including "intelligent design." The book explores the many fascinating inquiries being pursued that put the science of evolution to work in preventing and treating human disease, developing new agricultural products, and fostering industrial innovations. The book also presents the scientific and legal reasons for not teaching creationist ideas in public school science classes.

Mindful of school board battles and recent court decisions, Science, Evolution, and Creationism shows that science and religion should be viewed as different ways of understanding the world rather than as frameworks that are in conflict with each other and that the evidence for evolution can be fully compatible with religious faith. For educators, students, teachers, community leaders, legislators, policy makers, and parents who seek to understand the basis of evolutionary science, this publication will be an essential resource.


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The Evolution of Matter

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Cambridge University Press | 2008-07-14 | ISBN: 0521866472 | 532 pages | PDF | 5,2 MB

The Evolution of Matter explains how all matter in the Universe developed following the Big Bang and through subsequent stellar processes. It describes the evolution of interstellar matter and its differentiation during the accretion of the planets and the history of the Earth. Unlike many books on geochemistry, this volume follows the chemical history of matter from the very beginning to the present, demonstrating connections in space and time. It provides also solid links from cosmochemistry to the geochemistry of Earth. The book presents comprehensive descriptions of the various isotope systematics and fractionation processes occurring naturally in the Universe, using simple equations and helpful tables of data. With a glossary of terms and over 900 references, this volume is a valuable reference for researchers and advanced students studying the chemical evolution of the Earth, the Solar System and the wider Universe.

http://rapidshare.com/files/177511802/0521866472.rar

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The Genetic Gods: Evolution and Belief in Human Affairs




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From Publishers Weekly

Addressing himself to the "open-minded reader who would appreciate a simplified discussion of recent evolutionary-genetic findings," Avise, professor of biology at the University of Georgia, states that genes control so much of our behavior, health and thoughts that they can be considered "gods," with more say in our everyday lives than those of the world's major religions. "Genes are tangible entities, with profound influences on humanity. Indeed, over the last century, the genetic gods would seem to have wrestled from the supernatural gods considerable authority over human affairs.
Avise explains thoroughly how evolution operates on a genetic level. His goal is to show that humans can look to this information as a way to answer fundamental questions of life instead of looking to traditional religious beliefs.

http://rapidshare.com/files/18229298/The_Genetic_Gods.pdf

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"The Cell: Evolution of the First Organism"

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Facts on File | 186 pages| ISBN: 0816049467 | PDF | 17.0 MB

Clear, concise, interesting... The Cell: Evolution of the First Organism by Joseph Panno, Ph.D., offers an excellent, concise and interesting introduction on the cell and its evolution. Panno opens with a brief overview of theories related to life's origin, then moves to prokaryotes and how they laid a foundation for eukaryotes. Next, he offers an examination of the cell cycle, followed by genes, multicellular organisms, and neurons. Panno does a stellar job of communicating a complex subject clearly (better than many texts as I see it) and sans oversimplification. The black-and-white graphics and glossary are exemplary and useful to the student. This is my first experience with Panno and the publisher Facts On File, Inc. I am most intrigued. Highly recommended. The book professes to be targeted at high school or first-year biology students. As I see it, those students would be serious. While it may not be enough for someone with a good deal of biology education, it is excellent orientation for newcomers. Another wonderful book that offers more of a prose take on biology and is very rich in a wholly different way is The Epic History of Biology by Anthony Serafini.

http://rapidshare.com/files/46185072/Evolution_of_the_First_Organism-The_New_Biology.rar

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Ok, a little light hearted game here to finish for now.....


Evolution v1.0 | 39mb

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Be a part of the food chain in Evolution! Under the sea, you are a fish with little to do but eat and defend. Begin by eating chums until you’ve evolved your way from microscopic to amphibious! As you grow, woo a mate and start a family. But beware! Even when you think you’ve done it all, there’s always someone bigger around the corner to eat you alive! Evolution projects the fun and strategy of an arcade game into the majestically illuminated depths of the ocean through to the murky swamp waters of the eerie Everglades. Enjoy 35 levels with 12 power-up abilities as you eat your way to the top!

http://rapidshare.com/files/69619111/2222_Evol.rar

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Baptizia: Super Sunday

OMFG, I nearly burst a lung laughing at these. :D=):D=):D=):D
If this kinda church was real, I would certainly have to attend at least once. Drop of altar wine, couple of those big flat bread pill communion things, and off ya goes! :D

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Brilliant stuff.

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MOOLAADE (PROTECTION) 2004


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IMDB REVIEW

Moolaadé, a powerful and uncompromising film by 81-year old Senegalese director Ousmane Sembene, depicts the clash between entrenched cultural and religious tradition and modern secular society over the issue of female genital mutilation (FGM) in a West African village. Practiced mainly on girls between the ages of four and eight, FGM refers to the removal of part, or all, of the female genitalia as a means of reducing a woman's desire for sex and the chances that they will have sex outside of marriage. According to Amnesty International, an estimated 135 million women have undergone genital mutilation, and two million a year are at risk - approximately 6,000 per day. A procedure that has been performed for over 2000 years, it is normally done without the care of medically trained people and may lead to death, serious infection, HIV, depression, or gynecological complications.

In the film, six girls refuse to take part in the "purification" ritual. Two run away to an uncertain fate and the remaining four are sheltered by Colle Gallo Ardo Sy (Fatoumata Coulibaly), a woman who is known to have mystical powers and has given the four girls the "moolaade", the spell of protection. She ties a rope across the entrance of her home and all are forbidden to cross it until she releases the spell by uttering the correct words. Colle refused to have her daughter Amasatou (Salimata Traore) submit to the "cutting" seven years earlier and Amasatou is called a "bilakoro", a woman who is unclean and her chances for marriage are said to be slim. She is, however, planning on marrying the son of the tribal chief, Ibrahima (Moussa Theophile Sowie), a well off Westernized African who is due to return from Paris.

Colle's moolaadé stirs the anger of the Salidana, a group of women dressed in red gowns who perform the mutilation. She is also forced to stand up to the intimidation of her husband and his brother and the male elders in the village who see her as a threat to their values. As a gesture of control, the men confiscate the women's radios, their main source of news of outside life. Rigidly defending their traditions and what they questionably see as a practice sanctioned by Islam, they also turn against an itinerant merchant they call Mercenaire (Dominique Zeida) who comes to the aid of Colle in a shocking scene of public flogging. As the issue becomes crystallized, many women rally to Colle's support whose courage in the face of determined opposition is of heroic proportions.

While Moolaadé is political, it is not simply a polemic against injustice. The film is multi-layered and the characters are complex individuals who are much more than symbols of right and wrong. Shot in a profusion of brilliant colors, Moolaadé opens the door to a little known culture and, in the process, brings a brutal practice to the world's attention. According to Nahld Toubia, MD, a physician from Sudan, "It is only a matter of time before all forms of female circumcision in children will be made illegal in Western countries and, eventually, in Africa." Moolaadé shows us the way and few will leave the theater unmoved.

Download [English subtitles included]:
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"Science, Technology and Culture"



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Open University Press | 2005 | ISBN: 033521326X | 208 pages | PDF | 1,8 MB


This book introduces students to cultural studies of science and technology. It equips students with an understanding of science and technology as aspects of culture, and an appreciation of the importance of thinking about science and technology from a cultural studies perspective. Individual chapters focus on topics including popular representations of science and scientists, the place of science and technology in everyday life, and the contests over amateur, fringe and pseudo-science. Each chapter includes case studies ranging from the MMR vaccine to UFOs, and from nuclear war to microwave ovens. It is suitable for students in cultural studies, media studies, sociology and science and technology studies.

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"Understanding Popular Science "

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Open University Press | 2006 | ISBN: 0335215483 | 200 pages | PDF | 2,5 MB

Science is a defining feature of the modern world, and popular science is where most of us make sense of that fact. "Understanding Popular Science" provides a framework to help understand the development of popular science and current debates about it. In a lively and accessible style, Peter Broks shows how popular science has been invented, redefined and fought over. From early-nineteenth century radical science to twenty-first century government initiatives, he examines popular science as an arena where the authority of science and the authority of the state are legitimized and challenged. The book includes clear accounts of the public perception of scientists, visions of the future, fears of an "anti-science" movement and concerns about scientific literacy. The final chapter proposes a new model for understanding the interaction between lay and expert knowledge. This book is essential reading in cultural studies, science studies, history of science and science communication.

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Bertrand Russell "Why I Am Not A Christian"

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PDF | ISBN B000JX1TIK | Year 1929| 25 pages | English | 5.2 MB


Dedicated as few men have been to the life of reason, Bertrand Russell has always been concerned with the basic questions to which religion also addresses itself -- questions about man's place in the universe and the nature of the good life, questions that involve life after death, morality, freedom, education, and secual ethics. He brings to his treatment of these questions the same courage, srupulous logic, and lofty wisdom for which his other work as philosopher, writer, and teacher has been famous. These qualities make the essays included in this book perhaps the most graceful and moving presentation of the freethinker's position since the days of Hume and Voltaire.

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The Humanist Volume 69 issue 1, Jan-Feb 2009

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PDF | 52 pages | English | 39.6 Mb

A magazine involving critical inquiry and social concerns of non-theist humans!

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The Philosophy of Humanism

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Humanist Press | ISBN 0931779073 | 1997 | PDF | 1 MB | 410 pages


Tracing the influence of Humanism from the ancient Greek philosophers through the Enlightenment and the Bill of Rights to the twentieth century, this book is the definitive study of the history and growth of the humanist movement in North America. Renowned philosopher and activist Corliss Lamont offers a vigorous argument for humanism and provides an affirmative, intelligent guidebook for shaping a better life in today's complex world.

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On Humanism

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Routledge | 2004 | ISBN: 0415305233 | Pages: 160 | PDF | 1.11 MB

humanism /'hju:meniz(e)m/ n. an outlook or system of thought concerned with human rather than divine or supernatural matters.

Albert Einstein, Isaac Asimov, E.M. Forster, Bertrand Russell, and Gloria Steinem all declared themselves humanists. What is humanism and why does it matter? Is there any doctrine every humanist must hold? If it rejects religion, what does it offer in its place? Have the twentieth century's crimes against humanity spelled the end for humanism?

On Humanism is a timely and powerfully argued philosophical defense of humanism. It is also an impassioned plea that we turn to ourselves, not religion, if we want to answer Socrates' age-old question: what is the best kind of life to lead? Although humanism has much in common with science, Richard Norman shows that it is far from a denial of the more mysterious, fragile side of being human. He deals with big questions such as the environment, Darwinism and "creation science," euthanasia and abortion, and then argues that it is ultimately through the human capacity for art, literature and the imagination that humanism is a powerful alternative to religious belief.

Drawing on a varied range of examples from Aristotle to Primo Levi and the novels of Virginia Woolf and Graham Swift, On Humanism is a lucid and much needed reflection on this much talked about but little understood phenomenon.

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Philosophy of Science A-Z (Philosophy A-Z)

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Edinburgh University Press | ISBN 9780748620333 | 2007 | PDF | 1.3 MB | 295 pages


What is the aim and method of science? What makes science a rational activity? What rules, if any, govern theory-change in science? How does evidence relate to theory? How do scientific theories relate to the world? How are concepts formed and how are they related to observation? What is the structure and content of major scientific concepts, such as causation, explanation, laws of nature, confirmation, theory, experiment, model, reduction and so on?

This dictionary is an attempt to offer some guidance to all those who want to acquaint themselves with some major ideas in the philosophy of science. Here you will get: concepts, debates, arguments, positions, movements and schools of thought, glimpses on the views and contribution of important thinkers.

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"A View from the National Academy of Sciences"


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Publisher: National Academy Press | ISBN: 030903440X | PDF | 1.14 MB

"Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences" represents the National Academy of Sciences' official position regarding the teaching of evolution in science classrooms. It is a terse, yet quite important, document which should be read by teachers, education officials and parents interested in saving excellent science education from devious advocates of Intelligent Design and other flavors of creationism who claim to seek "balance in the classroom" but actually would prefer a science curriculum which emphasized irrational supernational, not rational empirical means of understanding the physical universe. The authors offer an elegant review of what is known to be scientifically true with respect to evolution, beginning with the origins of the universe to Darwin's Theory of Evolution via Natural Selection, and reviewing the ample evidence - from molecular biology to systematic biology, ecology and paleobiology - which does support it.

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Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment

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Partha Dasgupta | ISBN: 0199247889 | PDF | 328 pages | 2002 | 3 MB


Current measures of the quality of life are, by and large, insensitive to our dependence on the natural environment. Dasgupta, a distinguished professor of economics at the University of Cambridge, aims to remedy that. In a style that is both engaging and rational, he argues that the most valid measure of human well-being encompasses not only manufactured assets but also human capital (skills), knowledge (ideas) and the natural environment, which includes "minerals and fossil fuels, soils, fisheries, sources of water, forests and woodlands, watersheds, the oceans, places of beauty and tranquility, and the atmosphere." The sobering picture that emerges from this important book contrasts sharply with the one portrayed in most literature on economic development. Human Well-Being is intended both for scholars and for "the general citizen interested in what are among the deepest and most urgent social problems we face today.
Editors of Scientific American

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Science Has No Sex: The Life of Marie Zakrzewska, M.D. (Studies in Social Medicine)

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Arleen Marcia Tuchman | ISBN: 0807830208 | PDF | 352 pages | 2006 | 6 MB


German-born Marie Zakrzewska (1829-1902) was one of the most prominent female physicians of nineteenth-century America. Best known for creating a modern hospital and medical education program for women, Zakrzewska battled against the gendering of science and the restrictive definitions of her sex. In Science Has No Sex, Arleen Tuchman examines the life and work of a woman who continues to challenge historians of gender to this day.

At a time when most women physicians laid claim to "female" qualities of care and nurturance to justify their professional choice, Zakrzewska insisted that all physicians, regardless of gender, should depend upon the rational faculties developed through training in the natural sciences. She viewed science as a democratizing tool-anyone could master science, she asserted, and therefore the doors to the elite profession of medicine should be opened to all.

Shedding light on the changes that radically transformed medicine in the late nineteenth century, Tuchman's analysis also demonstrates how Zakrzewska's activism is important to the ongoing debate over the relationship between science and sex.


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Genetics for dummies


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Understand the science and the ethics behind genetics

Want to know more about genetics? This non-intimidating guide gets you up to speed on all the fundamentals. From dominant and recessive inherited traits to the DNA double-helix, you get clear explanations in easy-to-understand terms. Plus, you'll see how people are applying genetic science to fight disease, develop new products, solve crimes . . . and even clone cats.

Discover:

* What geneticists do
* How traits are passed on
* How genetic counseling works
* The basics of cloning
* The role of DNA in forensics
* The scoop on the Human Genome Project



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Global Warming For Dummies

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For Dummies | 2008-11-24 | ISBN: 0470840986 | 352 pages | PDF | 6 MB

Hotly debated in the political arena and splashed across the media almost 24/7, global warming has become the topic of the moment. Whatever one's views on its cause, there is no denying that the earth's climate is changing, and people everywhere are worried. Global Warming For Dummies sorts out fact from fiction, explaining the science behind climate change and examining the possible long-term effects of a warmer planet. This no-nonsense yet friendly guide helps you explore solutions to this challenging problem, from what governments and industry can do to what you can do at home and how to get involved.



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Space exploration for dummies


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Your comprehensive guide to remarkable achievements in space

Do you long to explore the universe? This plain-English, fully illustrated guide explains the great discoveries and advancements in space exploration throughout history, from early astronomers to the International Space Station. You'll learn about the first satellites, rockets, and people in space; explore space programs around the world; and ponder the controversial question: Why continue to explore space?

* Take a quick tour of astronomy — get to know the solar system and our place in the galaxy, take a crash course in rocket science, and live a day in the life of an astronaut
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Run the Great Space Race — trace the growth of the Space Age from Sputnik to the Apollo moon landings and meet the robots that explored the cosmos
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Watch as space exploration matures — from the birth of the Space Shuttle to the creation of the Mir Space Station to successes and failures in Mars exploration, see how space programs reached new levels
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Journey among the planets — check out the discoveries made during historic voyages to the inner and outer reaches of the solar system
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Understand current exploration — review the telescopes in space, take a tour of the International Space Station, and see the latest sights on Mars
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Look into the future — learn about upcoming space missions and increased access to space travel
Open the book and find:

* Descriptions of space milestones and future missions
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An easy-to-follow chronological structure
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Color and black-and-white photos
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The nitty-gritty details of becoming an astronaut
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A grand tour of the solar system through space missions
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Explanations of tragedies and narrow escapes
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Facts on the creation of space stations by NASA and the USSR
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Ten places to look for life beyond Earth


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Bold Science: Seven Scientists Who Are Changing Our World"

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W.H. Freeman & Company| ISBN: 0716735121 | 193 pages | PDF | 1,5 MB


Science is at a crossroads. Cold War-era easy money for grand-scale projects has become a thing of the past. And yet, in this new environment, science seems to be reinvigorating itself, moving away from an overly specialized, bureaucratic mindset to a more streamlined, multidisciplinary approach.

In a number of fields, innovative teams led by gifted researchers are combining imaginative methods with inexpensive tools to chip away at the previously impenetrable secrets of the body, the mind, the planet, and the universe. In the process, they are demonstrating the same kind of inspired drive toward discovery that led Galileo to invent the telescope.

Bold Science examines this "scientific new wave" by profiling the work of some remarkable researchers: gene hunter Craig Venter, neuroscientist Susan Greenfield, astronomer Geoffrey Marcy, immunologist Polly Matzinger, cosmologist Saul Perlmutter, ecologist Gretchen Daily, and evolutionist Carl Woese. Headstrong, iconoclastic, visionary, these scientists have risen to the pinnacles of their fields at a pivotal moment-and are producing amazing breakthroughs with bold, sometimes controversial methods.

In exploring their scientific lives and times, Bold Science shows readers why we are at the dawning of a new era of understanding ourselves and our universe.

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"Smart Technology for Aging, Disability, and Independence: The State of the Science"

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Wiley-Interscience | ISBN: 0471696943 | 379 pages | PDF | 3,1 MB

Independent living with smart technologies

Smart Technology for Aging, Disability, and Independence: The State of the Science brings together current research and technological developments from engineering, computer science, and the rehabilitation sciences, detailing how its applications can promote continuing independence for older persons and those with disabilities.

Leading experts from multiple disciplines worldwide have contributed to this volume, making it the definitive resource. The text begins with a thorough introduction that presents important concepts, defines key terms, and identifies demographic trends at work. Using detailed product descriptions, photographs and illustrations, and case studies, subsequent chapters discuss cutting-edge technologies, including:
* Wearable systems
* Human-computer interactions
* Assisted vision and hearing
* Smart wheelchairs
* Handheld devices and smart phones
* Visual sensors
* Home automation
* Assistive robotics
* In-room monitoring systems
* Telehealth

After considering specific high-technology solutions, the text examines recent trends in other critical areas, such as basic assistive technologies, driving, transportation and community mobility, home modifications and design, and changing standards of elder care.

Students and professionals in the rehabilitation sciences, health care providers, researchers in computer science and engineering, and non-expert readers will all appreciate this text's thorough coverage and clear presentation of the state of the science.

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"Vanity, Vitality, and Virility: The Science behind the Products You Love to Buy"

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Oxford University Press, USA | ISBN: 0192805096 | 272 pages | PDF | 13,1 MB


What is the secret of shower cleaners? How does the dangerous explosive nitroglycerin ward off heart attacks? And what medicines, usually prescribed for other purposes, are said to produce the ultimate orgasm? In Vanity, Vitality, and Virility, award-winning science writer John Emsley offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of 30 chemicals that we use everyday to make ourselves more beautiful, to improve our diet and sexual pleasure, to kill germs, and to ward off depression and other mental illnesses. Emsley looks at common compounds such as alpha-hydroxy acids, vitamin C, chlorine bleach, and Prozac, telling us if they work, how they work, and how they were discovered. Indeed, the book is packed with useful information and easy-to-digest science, and Emsley relates it all with a light touch that delights in the odd fact or amusing anecdote. Thus we learn of the 'vitamin C tights' sold in Japan to make your legs more beautiful (they don't work) and of the whimsical Hungarian scientist who first isolated vitamin C and wanted to name it 'godnose'--because he had no idea what the compound was. We discover that Cleopatra was right to bath in milk, which is filled with alpha-hydroxy acids. And we read about the unforgettable British researcher who demonstrated a powerful new drug for male erections at a Las Vegas convention--injecting himself with the compound and then 'displaying the results' to a stunned lecture hall. As with the much-loved Nature's Building Blocks, in John Emsley's hands, chemistry comes alive. Anyone curious about the ingredients in the products we use, and everyone fascinated with science, will be enthralled by this book.

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"The Big Bang (Science Foundations)"

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Chelsea House Publications | 2009-04-30 | ISBN: 1604130156 | 119 pages | PDF | 4,8 MB


Less than a hundred years ago, science seriously debated whether a cosmic array of stars and galaxies extended beyond the Milky Way. Discoveries and theories have revealed a universe of increasing enormity, complexity, and mystery. Beginning with an overview of the scientific method, "The Big Bang" follows the pioneering observations of Edwin Hubble and the early insights in cosmological theory by Alexander Friedmann and Father Georges Lemaitre. The dramatic discoveries of the cosmic microwave background and the accelerating expansion of the universe set the stage for compelling new evidence about big bang origins. The theory of inflation and the concept of dark energy have established the context for our current outlook on the cosmos. New space probes and space telescopes are the next steps in the quest to understand the origins of the universe.

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"Anthropology For Dummies"

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For Dummies | 2008-08-11 | ISBN: 0470279664 | 360 pages | PDF | 4,6 MB

Covers the latest competing theories in the field

Get a handle on the fundamentals of biological and cultural anthropology
When did the first civilizations arise? How many human languages exist? The answers are found in anthropology - and this friendly guide explains its concepts in clear detail. You'll see how anthropology developed as a science, what it tells us about our ancestors, and how it can help with some of the hot-button issues our world is facing today.
Discover:
• How anthropologists learn about the past
• Humanity's earliest activities, from migration to civilization
• Why our language differs from other animal communication
• How to find a career in anthropology

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"Language of the Earth: A Literary Anthology, 2nd edition"

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Wiley-Blackwell | 2008-05-19 | ISBN: 1405160675 | 344 pages | PDF | 2,1 MB


Man’s complex relationship to planet Earth is explored in this second edition of the landmark anthology edited by Frank Rhodes and Bruce Malamud. This volume provides a portrait of the planet as experienced not just by scientists, but by artists, aviators, poets, philosophers, novelists, historians, and sociologists as well.


# A unique collection that bridges the gap between science and humanities

# Contains writings by scientists, artists, aviators, poets, philosophers, novelists, historians, and sociologists including Charles Darwin, Dane Picard, Rachel Carson, John Muir, Mark Twain and Archibald Geikie

# Represents the human experience over the centuries, covering a span of 2,500 years

# Reflects the planet’s extraordinary physical diversity

# The previous edition was voted one of the 25 ‘Great Books of Geology’ by readers of the Journal of Geological Education


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"The Essential Galileo"

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Hackett Pub Co | 2008-09-30 | ISBN: 0872209385, 0872209377 | 384 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB

Edited and translated by Maurice A. Finocchiaro, an international authority on Galileo, this collection makes available to scholars and students an excellent and extensive selection of Galileo's key works from his early career to the end of his life. It presents not only Galileo's most famous works but also a range of less-known texts as well as an excellent selection of the documents from the trial of 1633 and from the 1616 condemnation of Copernicus. This is a must for anyone teaching or studying Galileo, the scientific revolution, and the relationship between science and religion

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"Parapsychology: Research on Exceptional Experiences"

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Routledge| ISBN: 0415213592 | 208 pages | PDF | 1 MB

Beginning with an introduction to the methodology, Parapsychology provides the reader with a sympathetic yet critical overview of current research into unexplained phenomena including visions, telepathy, psychokinesis, divination, and out-of-body experiences. Each chapter describes the phenomena, outlines the main lines of research, discusses possible explanations for such anomalies of cognitive function, and provides suggestions for relevant further reading.

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"In the Mind's Eye: Essays across the Animate World"

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University of Nebraska Press | 2008-09-01 | ISBN: 0803215665 | 360 pages | PDF | 1,3 MB

In this collection of exquisite essays, Elizabeth Dodd explores the natural and human history of sites in the American Southwest, the caves of southern France, the Kansas grasslands, and the forests of the Pacific Northwest. In the Mind’s Eye considers the artistic and creative impulses of those who preceded us, making sense of the different ways in which they—and we—express our experiences of landscape in words and images.

Hiking to find ancient petroglyphs in the American Southwest, canoeing black-water rivers to reach ancient trees in the coastal Southeast, and considering artists as varied as Georgia O’Keeffe and the poet of Beowulf , Dodd discerns the nature of place as well as our place in nature. Combining lyrical narrative, reflection, history, and science, Dodd invites readers to consider their aesthetic ancestors and connect with the legacies of these landscapes.

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HERE IT IS! The new Richard Dawkins book. This download is the AUDIOBOOK. :)

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Charles Darwin's masterpiece, "On the Origin of Species", shook society to its core on publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke but he would surely have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later. Evolution is accepted as scientific fact by all reputable scientists and indeed theologians, yet millions of people continue to question its veracity. In "The Greatest Show on Earth", Richard Dawkins takes on creationists, including followers of 'Intelligent Design' and all those who question the fact of evolution through natural selection. Like a detective arriving on the scene of a crime, he sifts through fascinating layers of scientific facts and disciplines to build a cast-iron case: from the living examples of natural selection in birds and insects; the 'time clocks' of trees and radioactive dating that calibrate a timescale for evolution; the fossil record and the traces of our earliest ancestors; to confirmation from molecular biology and genetics. All of this, and much more, bears witness to the truth of evolution. "The Greatest Show on Earth" comes at a critical time: systematic opposition to the fact of evolution is now flourishing as never before, especially in America. In Britain and elsewhere in the world, teachers witness insidious attempts to undermine the status of science in their classrooms. Richard Dawkins provides unequivocal evidence that boldly and comprehensively rebuts such nonsense. At the same time he shares with us his palpable love of the natural world and the essential role that science plays in its interpretation. Written with elegance, wit and passion, it is hard-hitting, absorbing and totally convincing. richarddawkins.net


If you download this, don't forget to buy the original product afterwards, or support the Richard Dawkins Foundation (http://richarddawkinsfoundation.org/foundation,donations).

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Introducing Science
By Alan Isaacs, foreword by Isaac Asimov

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Penguin (Non-Classics) | Pages:266 | Publication Date:1963 | ISBN / ASIN: B000OIZ4LS | PDF | 12mb

THIS DIRECT AND LIVELY BOOK performs a genuine service to the reader eager to know what modern science is all about.
Organized around two central concepts matter and energy Introducing Science uses no "scientific" word without first explaining it and requires no prior knowledge of mathematics. It makes easily comprehensible the most recent advances in physics, chemistry, biochemistry, and related fields.

Dr. Isaacs first explains what constitutes inorganic, organic, and living matter including elements, atoms, and molecules; gases, liquids, solids, and crystals; and cell reproduction, viruses, and DNA.

He then turns to energy chemical, mechanical, electrical, radiant, and nuclear lucidly explaining such "complexities" as electromagnetic fields, radiation, relativity, and thermonuclear reaction.
In the final section, he surveys the boundaries of knowledge, discussing in particular the creation of life and of the universe and the ultimate nature of matter.

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"Strange Histories"

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Routledge | ISBN: 0415288606 | 240 pages | PDF | 4,3 MB

Did you know that insects could be tried for criminal acts in pre-industrial Europe, that the dead could be executed, that statues could be subjected to public humiliation, or that it was widely accepted that corpses could return to life?
What made reasonable, educated men and women behave in ways that seem utterly nonsensical to us today? Strange Histories presents for the first time a serious account of some of the most extraordinary occurrences of European history.

Throughout the ages, people have held ideas and events have taken place which have baffled later societies. Religious disbelievers were thought deserving of death, insects were occasionally excommunicated, studying the biology of angels was a legitimate activity, and the pursuit of personal happiness was considered rather misguided as a life strategy.

Using case studies from the Middle Ages and the early modern period with some from the more recent past, this book provides fascinating insights into the world-view through the ages, and shows how such goings-on fitted in quite naturally with the "common sense" of the time. Explanations of these phenomena, riveting and ultimately rational, encourage further reflection on what really shapes our beliefs.

In the light of history, can we be sure of the validity of our own ideas? How many of our own beliefs might no longer "make sense" a few centuries from now? (Heres hoping for religion).

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"Living within Limits - A Scientific Search for Truth"

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Algora Publishing | 2008-05-20 | ISBN: 0875865852 | 284 pages | PDF | 1,6 MB


Recent events forcefully show that humans live on a limited planet and themselves have limited abilities. Limits face us from every direction. The Earth has a limited surface with limited arable and to farm, oxygen to breathe, water to drink, atoms to use, and oil to burn. We are pressing against Earth’s resources with unachievable demands.
Humans have limits in their sensory ability, memory, perception of truth, and endurance in the face of unending change. Science is limited to 92 elements and phenomena that are observable. Economics is limited to raising prices or seeking alternates. In a universe of unending change, existence itself is limited.
Malthus, Toynbee, Tainter, Meadows, Diamond, and many others have warned us of looming limits that would someday engulf our civilization. Nevertheless, we have continued to exploit resources wastefully, pollute the environment, and cause extinctions.
Man has searched for millennia but only since the time of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton has a reasonably useful procedure been found for finding truth — the scientific method of investigation. That method is the present source of humanity’s ascendancy over the Earth and its creatures.
The book explains the scientific method in terms of logic as well as the day to day activities of scientists. The method is the basis of higher living standards, improved health and longevity, and population growth. These are now diffusing into the countries of the third world, increasing the pressure on natural resources.
We have learned from science that living creatures, including humans, were created by and are controlled by DNA — the double helix of deoxyribonucleic acid — which has been evolving for at least 3.5 billion years. DNA controls behavior as well as our physical bodies. If, as the only conscious and rational creature, we are to accept and fulfill the role as Natural Selector of life on Earth, we must somehow achieve a collective ethical nature commensurate with the task. We cannot wait hundreds of centuries for DNA to do it; there is no time. We must solve the problems of Earth and human survival with what we now have. Our only trustworthy hope is to follow the methods of science, listening carefully along the way.

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Adventures in Paranormal Investigation By Joe Nickell

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky 2007 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 0813124670 | PDF | 4.5 MB

Tales of alien abductions, miraculous relics, and haunted castles have attracted believers and skeptics across the globe for centuries. Paranormal investigator Joe Nickell tackles the world’s most seemingly inexplicable myths in Adventures in Paranormal Investigation. With four decades of experience in the field, Nickell employs skepticism and scientific analysis to pull truth from the mires of false evidence and trickery that surround both old and new legends and mysteries.

Unlike authors who engage in hype and sensationalism in order to foster or debunk myths, Nickell approaches each case with a rational and scientific approach intended to find the truth. Occam’s Razor—all things being equal, the simplest solution is the best one—is a principal instrument in his investigative toolbox, as well as the belief that it is the claimant’s responsibility to provide the extraordinary proof required in such extraordinary cases.

Adventures in Paranormal Investigation features Nickell’s on-site explorations in unusual phenomena.Among the forty unique cases, Nickell examines mysteries ranging from snake charmers who purport to hold influence over the reptiles, to the Holocaust victims who reportedly haunt a gas chamber in Dachau, to Lake Simcoe’s resident lake monster Igopogo in Canada.

In addition to the case studies, Nickell analyzes how the propensity to fantasize can affect human perceptions of and belief in paranormal activity and how his personal experience with the paranormal was altered when intuition led to the discovery of a daughter he didn’t know existed. More than just another myth-busting text, Adventures in Paranormal Investigation brings together reason and scientific analyses to explain both the phenomena and the role of human perception therein, establishing Nickell as the foremost paranormal investigator of our time.

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"The Newton Wars and the Beginning of the French Enlightenment"

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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press | 2008-09-15 | ISBN 0226749452 | PDF | 464 pages | 4.0 MB

Nothing is considered more natural than the connection between Isaac Newton’s science and the modernity that came into being during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. Terms like “Newtonianism” are routinely taken as synonyms for “Enlightenment” and “modern” thought, yet the particular conjunction of these terms has a history full of accidents and contingencies. Modern physics, for example, was not the determined result of the rational unfolding of Newton’s scientific work in the eighteenth century, nor was the Enlightenment the natural and inevitable consequence of Newton’s eighteenth-century reception. Each of these outcomes, in fact, was a contingent event produced by the particular historical developments of the early eighteenth century.

Review
"Shank offers a fresh and genuinely innovative account of a key period and takes the reader into the scientific and philosophical worlds that grappled with the legacy of Newton, one of the master scientists of the early modern world." - Colin Jones, Queen Mary, University of London"


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Scientific American 2008 Collection

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PDF | English | 149 MB | 12 books


Scientific American 2008-01 - Solar Energy
Scientific American 2008-02 - The Future of Physics
Scientific American 2008-03 - The end of Cosmology
Scientific American 2008-04 - Alien Plants
Scientific American 2008-05 - The chaotic birth of planets
Scientific American 2008-06 - Climate Change
Scientific American 2008-07 - Prehistoric Migrations
Scientific American 2008-08 - Water
Scientific American 2008-09 - The Future of Privacy
Scientific American 2008-10 - Big Bounce
Scientific American 2008-11- Plugging Brain
Scientific American 2008-12 - Secrets of Saturn's Strangest Moon

part 1:

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part 2:

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The Psychology of Science and the Origins of the Scientific Mind

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Yale University Press| ISBN: 9780300110746 | 337 pages | PDF | 8.28MB

In this book, Gregory Feist reviews and consolidates the scattered literatures on the psychology of science, then calls for the establishment of the field as a unique discipline. He offers the most comprehensive perspective yet on how science came to be possible in our species and on the important role of psychological forces in an individual’s development of scientific interest, talent, and creativity. Without a psychological perspective, Feist argues, we cannot fully understand the development of scientific thinking or scientific genius.

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Fabulous Science: Fact and Fiction in the History of Scientific Discovery

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“Fabulous Science” changes our assumptions not only about the supposedly revolutionary discoveries of the past but also about its great controversies.
Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, for example, was “proven” by Arthur Eddington in 1919 on evidence too shaky to convict a horse thief. Dr. Joseph Lister, the nineteenth century advocate of hygiene, lost patients in surgery because he was unaware of the importance of cleanliness in his wards. Charles Darwin followed Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in believing in the inheritance of acquired characteristic more than in simple survival of the fittest, while Gregor Mendel had no concept of “Mendelian” genetics.
The surprise is that the heroes whom John Waller depicts with such brutal realism become more admirable by being more human.
As for the controversies of the past, we find, for example, that the grand debate between theology and science owes more to the dramatisation of later historians than to any serious division among those involved.
Waller has the rare gift of being able to wear his learning lightly while imparting it easily. If the history of science has been wrapped in fable, the reality is no less wonderful than the mythologies that were created. For the scientist and the historian, this book is essential reading.

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“Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations"

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Springer | 2007-12-10 | ISBN: 0387495754 | PDF | 1912 pages | 7,1 Mb


Finding words of wisdom about science is now easy with Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations. Organized thematically and indexed alphabetically by author, this work makes readily available an unprecedented collection of approximately 21,000 quotations related to a broad range of scientific topics, including astronomy, biology, chemistry, engineering, and physics. The thematic organization allows you to effortlessly find a pertinent quotation from a variety of sources and perspectives. The resulting compendium allows a reader to conceptualize and embrace the written images of scientists, laymen, politicians, novelists, playwrights, and poets about humankind's scientific achievements. Quotations are listed with the credited author, title, chapter, page number, birth/death date, and occupation where possible

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“Encyclopedia of the Scientific Revolution: From Copernicus to Newton"

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Routledge | 2000-06-13 | ISBN: 0815315031 | 800 pages | PDF | 10,6 MB


A close examination of the dawn of the modern age
With unprecedented current coverage of the profound changes in the nature and practice of science in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe, this comprehensive reference work addresses the broad sweep of individuals, ideas, and institutions that defined culture in this most influential age-when the modern perception of nature and of the universe and our place in it is said to have emerged.

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Eureka!: Scientific Breakthroughs that Changed the World

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John Wiley & Sons | ISBN: 0471402761| PDF | 253 pages | 1.5 MB


While the roads that lead to breakthrough scientific discovery can be as varied and complex as the human mind, the moment of insight for all scientists is remarkably similar. The word "eureka!", attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes, has come to express that universal moment of joy, wonder-and even shock-at discovering something entirely new. In this collection of twelve scientific stories, Leslie Alan Horvitz describes the drama of sudden insight as experienced by a dozen distinct personalities, detailing discoveries both well known and obscure. From Darwin, Einstein, and the team of Watson and Crick to such lesser known luminaries as fractal creator Mandelbrot and periodic table mastermind Dmitri Medellev, Eureka! perfectly illustrates Louis Pasteur's quip that chance favors the prepared mind. The book also describes how amateur scientist Joseph Priestley stumbled onto the existence of oxygen in the eighteenth century and how television pioneer Philo Farnsworth developed his idea for a TV screen while plowing his family's Idaho farm.

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Just a little tea break from the posts with a few great atheist quotes by famous people of the past and present. Ahh, its great to have intellect on your side... ;)

PART ONE:




“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” — Susan B. Anthony


“Properly read, the bible is the most potent force for Atheism ever conceived.” — Isaac Asimov


“If I were not an atheist, I would believe in a God who would choose to save people on the basis of the totality of their lives and not the pattern of their words. I think he would prefer an honest and righteous atheist to a TV preacher whose every word is God, God, God, and whose every deed is foul, foul, foul.” — Isaac Asimov


“I expect death to be nothingness and, for removing me from all possible fears of death, I am thankful to atheism.” — Isaac Asimov

“My spell-checker lacks the word ‘creationism’ in its dictionary, so each time that word is encountered, an alternative pops up at the bottom of my screen, ‘cretinism’” — E.T. Babinski


“Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men.” — Francis Bacon


“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.” — Napoleon Bonaparte


“I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions to knowledge. It is not skeptics or explorers but fanatics and ideologues who menace decency and progress. No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever.” — Daniel Boorstin


“If God cannot be taken literally when He writes of the rising sun, then how can one insist that he be taken literally when writing of the rising of the Son?” — Gerardus Bouw


“To explain the unknown by the known is a logical procedure; to explain the known by the unknown is a form of theological lunacy.” — David Brooks


“Imagine the ego of the human race, to consider themselves so grand, as to warrant a creator worthy of praise.” — Robert Brunswick Jr.


“The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.” — Sir Richard Burton


“What’s ‘God’? Well, you know, when you want something really bad and you close your eyes and you wish for it? God’s the guy that ignores you.” — Steve Buscemi (From the movie “The Island”)

“Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself.” — George Carlin


“Atheism is a non-prophet organization.” — George Carlin


“One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.” — Arthur C. Clarke


“Religion is a byproduct of fear. For much of human history, it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn’t killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?” — Arthur C. Clarke


“Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.” — Chapman Cohen


“Remember, Jesus would rather constantly shame gays than let orphans have a family.” — Steven Colbert


“Today’s religion will be the future’s mythology. Both believed at one time by many; but proved wrong by the clever.” — Steven Crocker

“I don’t believe in God as I don’t believe in Mother Goose.” — Clarence Darrow
“It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; and freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men’s minds which follows from the advance of science.” — Charles Darwin


“Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.” — Richard Dawkins


“We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.” — Richard Dawkins


“There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can’t prove that there aren’t any, so shouldn’t we be agnostic with respect to fairies?” — Richard Dawkins


“The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.” — Richard Dawkins


“He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.” — William Drummond

“I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul…. No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong. It is born of our tenacity of life – our desire to go on living … our dread of coming to an end.” — Thomas Edison


“I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God. So far as religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake – Religion is all bunk.” — Thomas Edison


“A man’s ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.” — Albert Einstein


“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality.” – Albert Einstein


“I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own — a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism.” — Albert Einstein


“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.” — Albert Einstein


“The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.” — Albert Einstein


“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?” — Epicurus

“We would be 1,500 years ahead if it hadn’t been for the church dragging science back by its coattails and burning our best minds at the stake.” — Catherine Fahringer


“If god is the alpha and the omega. The begining and the end, knows what has passed and what is to come, like it states in the bible, why do people pray and think it will make any difference.” — Mark Fairclough


“It is not as in the Bible, that God created man in his own image. But, on the contrary, man created God in his own image.” — Ludwig Feuerbach


“I’ve yet to find anything convincing about the arguments Christians make for the existence of this God chap, and feel, that if he does exist, events such as the Holocaust, Cambodian massacres and Limp Bizkit illuminate the fact that he’s been asleep at the wheel for quite some time.” — Wil Forbis


“Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.” — Sigmund Freud


“When a man is freed of religion, he has a better chance to live a normal and wholesome life.” — Sigmund Freud

“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect, had intended for us to forgo their use.” — Galileo Galilei
“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” — Mohandas K. Gandhi


“Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God, than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant.” — Edward Gibbon


“The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best – and therefore never scrutinize or question.” — Stephen Jay Gould

“If God dwells inside us like some people say, I sure hope He likes enchiladas, because that’s what He’s getting.” — Jack Handy


“If God created the world, then who created god? and who created whoever created god? So somewhere along the line something had to just be there. So why can’t we just skip the idea of god and go straight to earth?” — Ryan Hanson


“If we expect God to subscribe to one religion at the exclusion of all the others, then we should expect damnation as a matter of chance. This should give Christians pause when expounding their religious beliefs, but it does not.” — Sam Harris


“If we are going to teach ‘creation science’ as an alternative to evolution, then we should also teach the stork theory as an alternative to biological reproduction.” — Judith Hayes


“Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a God superior to themselves. Most Gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.” — Robert A Heinlein
“Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color.” — Don Hirschberg


“What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.” — Christopher Hitchens

“The inspiration of the bible depends on the ignorance of the person who reads it.” — Robert G. Ingersoll


“Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.” — Robert G. Ingersoll


“I have little confidence in any enterprise or business or investment that promises dividends only after the death of the stockholders.” — Robert G. Ingersoll

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And Part Two: B-)

“Religions are all alike — founded upon fables and mythologies.” — Thomas Jefferson


“Shake off all fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God, because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.” — Thomas Jefferson


“God works in mysterious, ineffective and breathtakingly cruel ways.” — Penn Jillette


“Believing there is no God gives me more room for belief in family, people, love, truth, beauty, sex, Jell-o, and all the other things I can prove and that make this life the best life I will ever have.” — Penn Jillette

“Organized religion: The world’s largest pyramid scheme.” — Bernard Katz

“There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages.” — Richard Lederer


“The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.” — Abraham Lincoln

“What has been Christianity’s fruits? Superstition, Bigotry and Persecution.” — James Madison


“The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church.” — Ferdinand Magellan


“I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological disorder.” — Bill Maher


“To even win a nomination in this country, you have to say you’re a person of great faith. You have to pledge to the people out there that you put your faith in things that are unable to be proven — that you suspend critical thinking as the way to go.” — Bill Maher


“In New York, Catholic groups have forced an art gallery to shut down an exhibition of a six-foot image of Jesus in chocolate. So, the Archbishop of New York was very upset. He said, ‘It is appalling to make Jesus out of food! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go bake some communion wafers.’” — Bill Maher


“Religion is the opium of the masses.” — Karl Marx


“Religion does three things quite effectively: Divides people, Controls people, Deludes people.” — Carlespie Mary Alice McKinney


“The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” — Delos B. McKown


“I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence.” — Doug McLeod


“Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration – courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and, above all, love of the truth.” — H.L. Mencken


“I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.” — Wilson Mizner

“Faith means not wanting to know what is true.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“There is no God. There’s no heaven. There’s no hell. There are no angels. When you die, you go in the ground, the worms eat you.” — Madalyn Murray O’Hair


“An atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An Atheist believes that deed must be done instead of a prayer said. An Atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated.” – Madalyn Murray O’Hair

“The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.” — Thomas Paine


“Men never commit evil so fully and joyfully as when they do it for religious convictions.” — Blaise Pascal



“When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn’t work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.” — Emo Phillips


“When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion.” — Robert Pirsig


“Religion is like a virus that affects the behaviour of its host in such a way as to propagate itself further.” — Jack Pritchard


“Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions.” — Frater Ravus


“I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.” — Stephen Roberts


“We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.” — Gene Roddenberry


“It is an interesting and demonstrable fact, that all children are atheists and were religion not inculcated into their minds, they would remain so.” — Ernestine Rose


“Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.” — Bertrand Russell


“Religion is based . . . mainly on fear . . . fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty, and therefore it is no wonder if cruelty and religion have gone hand in hand. . . . My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race.” — Bertrand Russell


“It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.” — Bertrand Russell


“What happens when we’re dead? The irony is that all our questions wil be answered after we die. We spend our whole life trying to figure out the truth and the only way we’ll find out what it is, is to get hit by a bus. And the only comfort that religion offers is that God is driving that bus.” — John Ryman

“The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge, and there’s no place for it in the endeavor of science.” — Carl Sagan


“Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature.” — Carl Sagan


“I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But as much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking.” — Carl Sagan


“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence” — Carl Sagan
“It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” — Carl Sagan


“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.” — Seneca the Younger


“The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.” — Bernard Shaw


“Suppose we’ve chosen the wrong god. Every time we go to church we’re just making him madder and madder.” — Homer Simpson


“I wonder who got the shit job of scouring the planet for the 15000 species of butterfly or the 8800 species of ant they eventually took on board Noah’s Ark. But at least we got that magical rainbow for all their trouble.” — Azura Skye


“Animals do not have gods, they are smarter than that.” — Ronnie Snow
“A lie is a lie even if everyone believes it. The truth is the truth even if nobody believes it.” — David Stevens

“What has been said of [God] is either unintelligible or perfectly contradictory; and for this reason must appear impossible to every man of common sense.” — Paul Henri Thiry


“If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.” — Paul Henri Thiry


“All children are atheists — they have no idea of God.” — Paul Henri Thiry


“Most people can’t bear to sit in church for an hour on Sundays. How are they supposed to live somewhere very similar to it for eternity?” — Mark Twain


“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” — Mark Twain

“Gods dont kill people. People with Gods kill people.” — David Viaene


“If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities.” — Voltaire


“Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile.” — Kurt Vonnegut

“You do not need the Bible to justify love, but no better tool has been invented to justify hate.” — Richard A. Weatherwax


“With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.” — Steven Weinberg


“Atheism is a requirement for a complete human being. Religion is a crutch that is shackled to you, one you never really needed in the first place, but were convinced by others that you couldn’t live without. Once you discover it’s only an illusion, that it’s not even a real crutch, you discard it gladly.” — Brent Yaciw

“The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own.” — Frank Zappa

“Religion might be helpful in death, but education is helpful in life.” — Anonymous


“Nothing so liberates the heart as when a fool awakes from his folly.” — Anonymous (seen in the movie Cabin Boy)


“To err is human. To forgive is not our policy.” — Anonymous


“Why be born again, when you can just grow up?” — Anonymous


“Only the fool says in his heart: There is no god – The wise says it to the world.” — Anonymous


“If all the Christians who have called other Christians ‘not really a Christian’ were to vanish, there’d be no Christians left.” — Anonymous


“Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.” — Anonymous


“Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.” — Anonymous


“Blind faith is an ironic gift to return to the Creator of human intelligence.” — Anonymous


“Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned.” — Anonymous


“Jesus hardly made the greatest sacrifice. He knew he would be resurrected anyway.” — Anonymous


“God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom?” — Anonymous


“Religions are like pills, which must be swallowed whole without chewing.” — Anonymous


“Power corrupts; Absolute power corrupts absolutely; God is all-powerful. Draw your own conclusions.” — Anonymous

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Why Intelligent Design Fails: A Scientific Critique of the New Creationism By Matt Young, Taner Edis

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Publisher: Rutgers University Press | 240 Pages | ISBN: 081353433X | PDF | 1.3 MB

Is Darwinian evolution established fact, or a dogma ready to be overtaken by the next scientific revolution? The intelligent design movement argues the latter.

Why Intelligent Design Fails assembles a team of physicists, biologists, computer scientists, mathematicians, and archaeologists to examine intelligent design from a scientific perspective. They consistently find grandiose claims without merit.

Contributors take intelligent design’s two most famous claims––irreducible complexity and information-based arguments––and show that neither challenges Darwinian evolution. They also discuss thermodynamics and self-organization; the ways human design is actually identified in fields such as forensic archaeology; how research in machine intelligence indicates that intelligence itself is the product of chance and necessity; and cosmological fine-tuning arguments.

Intelligent design turns out to be a scientific mistake, but also a useful contrast highlighting the amazing power of Darwinian thinking and the wonders of a complex world without design.

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"Countdown to Apocalypse: A Scientific Exploration of the End of the World"

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Publisher: Basic Book | 296 Pages | ISBN: 0738203580 | PDF | 26 MB

Get ready now. Everything ends eventually, and life as we know it must sooner or later wind down. Physicist Paul Halpern pursues eschatology from the merely global to the truly universal in Countdown to Apocalypse: A Scientific Exploration of the End of the World. In this surprisingly lively, engaging book, Halpern examines the history of the end of the world (including the first wave of millennialism in the 10th century), potential doomsdays from nuclear war to global warming, and finally the inevitable collapse or dispersal of the universe itself. His explanations of the relevant physics are sparkling. Intriguingly, he is equally conversant in the important psychological factors motivating our interest and occasional strange behavior regarding the end. Tales of Heaven's Gate and Jonestown believers, and others more fortunate but no less deluded, pepper the all-too-real depictions of asteroid collisions, ozone holes, and the death of our sun. While it would be easy to wallow in despair, Halpern's consistently charming prose and optimistic turns keep the reader going eagerly from one awful scenario to the next. Sure, the end is near, but with a bit of luck and foresight, we should still have millions of years left to worry about it.

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Fundamentals of the Stem Cell Debate: The Scientific, Religious, Ethical, and Political Issues

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Publisher: University of California Press | ISBN: 0520252128 | edition 2007 | PDF | 226 pages | 1,16 mb

Few recent advances in science have generated as much excitement and controversy as human embryonic stem cells. The potential of these cells to replace diseased or damaged cells in virtually every tissue of the body heralds the advent of an extraordinary new field of medicine. Controversy arises, however, because current techniques required to harvest stem cells involve the destruction of the human blastocyst. This even-handed, lucidly written volume is an essential tool for understanding the complex issues--scientific, religious, ethical, and political--that currently fuel public debate about stem cell research. One of the few books to provide a comprehensive overview for a wide audience, the volume brings together leading scientists, ethicists, political scientists, and doctors to explain this new scientific development and explore its ramifications.

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An expensive book to buy this: http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Differences-Summarizing-Scientific-Research/dp/0805859594 and it also sounds interesting. Featuring all the marked differences between the male and female human.... :'(

“Sex Differences: Summarizing More Than a Century of Scientific Research"

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Psychology Press; 1 edition | 2008-08-11 | ISBN: 0805859594 | 992 pages | PDF | 12,1 MB

Product Description
This volume is the first to aim at summarizing all of the scientific literature published so far regarding male-female differences and similarities, not only in behavior, but also in basic biology, physiology, health, perceptions, emotions, and attitudes. In this title, results from over 18,000 studies have been condensed into more than 1,900 tables, with each table pertaining to a specific possible sex difference. Even research pertaining to how men and women are perceived (stereotyped) as being different is covered.Throughout this book's eleven years in preparation, no exclusions were made in terms of subject areas, cultures, time periods, or even species. The book is accompanied by a CD containing all 18,000+ references cited in the book. "Sex Differences" is a monumental resource for any researcher, student, or professional who requires an assessment of the weight of evidence that currently exists regarding any sex difference of interest. It is also suitable as a text in graduate courses pertaining to gender or human sexuality.

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Best. Thread. Ever.

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"The Limits of Dream: A Scientific Exploration of the Mind / Brain Interface"

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Academic Press | 2008-03-03 | ISBN: 0123742153 | 250 pages | PDF | 1,1 MB

Review
"Jim Pagel's The Limits of Dream delves into the scientific, philosophical, creative and psychological aspects of this very human phenomenon and manages to be both coherent and consistently interesting.
--John Sayles, Director, Writer, and Actor

"This wonderfully creative book, based on the author's many original studies of sleep and dreams, as well as his masterful knowledge the relevant fields in neuroscience, provides us with a new theory of dreaming as well as a devastating critique of the highly visible but simplistic neurophysiological theories of dreams that have been on the stage for all too long."
-G. William Domhoff, Research Professor in Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz

"This marvelous book starts from research neuropsychology and blazes on into the intricate beauty and creativities of dream phenomenology and cognition, and all that bridging into film as dream and dream as film. Its breadth and philosophical sophistication are unique in dream studies. It is a major achievement."
Harry T. Hunt, Psychology, Brock University

"Dr. Pagel is an extremely well regarded researcher in both the worlds of sleep and of dreams. What he is proposing is quite unique and could be an important "bridging" book between these two domains who have unfortunately had a previous relationship somewhat analogous to one of being water and oil."
-Bob van de Castle, University of Virginia Medical Center and former president of the Association for the Study of Dreams

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Best. Thread. Ever.

Thanks for the support mwmonk. Even if folk are not interested in the atheist material here, I would hope that the great scientific stuff is interesting enough for all to enjoy. ;)

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The "God" Part of the Brain: A Scientific Interpretation of Human Spirituality and God

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Sourcebooks, Inc. | ISBN:1402214529 | 2008-09-01 | PDF | 288 pages | 2 Mb

Acclaimed by a wide range of experts, The "God" Part of the Brain is a classic. Matthew Alper presents a stunning argument: that our brain is hardwired to believe in a God. He offers a scientific explanation that we inherit an evolutionary mechanism that allows us to cope with our greatest terror - death.

The author also evokes his personal odyssey as he sought to understand why mankind created the concept of a higher power to deal with the fear and terror we experience due to our species' unique awareness of the inevitability of death.

The "God" Part of the Brain has sparked praise by scientists such as E.O. Wilson, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner; E. Fuller Torry, "the most famous psychiatrist in America"; and Arnold Sadwin, former Chief of Neuropsychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. The book has been adopted by universities across the country.

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The Scientific Revolution and the Origins of Modern Science, Second Edition

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Palgrave Macmillan | ISBN: 0333960904 | PDF | 176 pages | 2 Mb

The new edition of this study provides a concise, balanced, and accessible guide to the most important aspects of the Scientific Revolution. John Henry takes into account the latest developments in this important aspect of European history.

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Where the Germs Are - A Scientific Safari


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Germs are everywhere, and for most readers, longtime science writer Bakalar's intriguing, solidly based safari through the world of germs will introduce striking discoveries and useful scientific thought processes. For those in the general population, the kitchen is probably the room with the greatest potential for trouble with germs; on the other, er, hand, toilet seats are generally among the home's cleanest locales--surely an encouragement to potential readers of this book and related literature. Although regular hand washing can kill off or slow down infections just about anywhere, Bakalar's scrutiny of other "wisdom" (mostly advertising and popular) yields more mixed assessments. Pet keeping, for instance, can improve the psychological outlook of young and old but also spread germs, because even adopting animals from pounds often requires the exchange of genuinely filthy lucre. Meanwhile, Bakalar's explorations in "cleaner than clean" grocery store aisles and of the bottled water proposed for healthful drinking illuminate the brightest pages of current financial media. A glossary helpfully translates widely used but often not as widely known acronyms and other terms. William Beatty

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Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution Of Human Sexuality




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Summary:
Many of us pursue fitness because we want to remain attractive to partners and potential partners, and we stay healthy so we can continue to have sex with those partners. But why do people care so much about sex? This book, written by an evolutionary biologist, explains how all the weird quirks of human sexuality came to be: sex with no intention of procreation, invisible fertility, sex acts pursued in private–all common to us, but very different from most other species. Why Is Sex Fun? asks us to look at ourselves in a brand-new way, and richly rewards us for doing so.

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Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension

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Michio Kaku | Anchor | ISBN 0385477058 | djvu | 5 Mb | 359 pages

How many dimensions do you live in? Three? Maybe that's all your commonsense sense perception perceives, but there is growing and compelling evidence to suggest that we actually live in a universe of ten real dimensions. Kaku has written an extraordinarily lucid and thought-provoking exploration of the theoretical and empirical bases of a ten-dimensional universe and even goes so far as to discuss possible practical implications--such as being able to escape the collapse of the universe. Yikes. Highly Recommended.

From Publishers Weekly
Since ingesting Einstein's relativity theory 50 years ago, physics fell down a quantum rabbit hole and, ever since, physicists' reports to the world of popular science have been curiouser and curiouser. This version, from the author of the graduate text Quantum Field Theory , is very curious as he delineates the "delicious contradictions" of the quantum revolution: that the new paradigms of subatomic matter require the existence of "hyperspace," an ultimate universe of many dimensions, to accomodate their mostly mathematical behaviors. Unified field theory as it is currently understood does not preclude any of the hypotheses that Kaku invites to this Mad Hatter's Theory Party: superstrings, parallel universes and, his centerpiece, time travel. Although occasionally facile, Kaku remains on solid theoretical ground up to the point of his untestable hypotheses, which lead to his more abstract arguments. In the past decade particle physics has lurched to astonishing contradictions and Kaku's adventurous, tantalizing book should not be penalized for promising more than present technology can test. His intellectual perceptions will thrill lay readers, SF fans and the physics-literate

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Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and Discoveries of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

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Greenwood Press | ISBN 0313324336 | 2004 | PDF | 344 pages


This volume encompasses the science of the periods in history known as the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The history and development of nearly 75 discoveries, inventions, and experiments of the period are traced.

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