A Man Called Raven

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Mystical Shivers.......2000-07-06

This book is another in my "read-aloud classic" list. It has beautiful illustrations which enhance the mystery of the story nicely. It brings Native American traditions into a modern setting very effectively. And it does a nice job of never coming right out and saying the man is the raven, but leaves you with the feeling of wind from a Raven's wings across the back of your neck -- it gave me shivers! Take care of animals, take care of traditions, and know who you are, are this book's implied morals. A very neat book.

Man's Place in Nature (Modern Library Science)

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Our place indeed, no matter what our ego says

Man's Place in Nature (Modern Library Science)
Thomas H. Huxley
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ASIN: 037575847X
Release Date: 2001-10-02

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Darwin said it first, but Huxley said it best. Known as "Darwin's bulldog" for his tenacious and successful defense of evolution by natural selection, biologist T.H. Huxley wrote Man's Place in Nature to bolster his case with hard facts. This new edition, edited and introduced by eminent paleontologist and evolutionary theorist Stephen Jay Gould, reminds the readers of the power of good writing to influence opinion. Huxley's style is charmingly persuasive, even when he's describing the intimate details of the lemur's skull. The illustrations range from crude to beautifully detailed and generally take a back seat to the prose. Those involved in debates with creationists--150 years after Darwin--will be discouraged to learn that Huxley faced many of the same arguments in his day. Still, armed with Man's Place in Nature, another generation can fight and win. --Rob Lightner

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Thomas H. Huxley was one of the first supporters of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and he did more than any other writer to advance its acceptance among scientists and nonscientists alike. His most famous book, Man’s Place in Nature, published only five years after Darwin’s The Origin of Species, offers a compelling review of primate and human paleontology, and is the first attempt to apply Darwin’s theory to human beings. As compelling a piece of analysis now as it was 140 years ago, Man’s Place in Nature is a must for every science lover’s library.

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Our place indeed, no matter what our ego says.......2004-07-13

Huxley surely was the best evolution defender of his time, even superior to Darwin and Wallace at this feat. This book is a classic to man's evolution literature and should be read by anyone interested in the early foundations of evolution. This were the kind of lectures and essays that destroy competing arguments from other theories. Something that strikes me is how updated this still is (well considering the time that has passed), and how strong are Huxley's arguments and so well founded. Huxley uses various techniques to make his point, he uses a lot of the new branch of science "comparative anatomy", and does so like an expert. Simply a delightful reading, a time travel to the origins of the evolution theory.

Structure of Matter, Structure of Mind: Man's Place in Nature, Reconsidered

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A Must-Read about the Human Mind!

Structure of Matter, Structure of Mind: Man's Place in Nature, Reconsidered
William L. Abler
Manufacturer: Bainbridge Books
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Structure of Matter, Structure of Mind provides a complete, clear, unified theory of the foundations of mathematics, language, and the human mind. Mind in the human sense is no longer distinguished by a few chance details of zoological classification, but, like physics, is based directly in first principles. Because sentences share all functional mechanisms with equations - a main verb, linguistic deep-structure, recursion, discreteness, linear delivery, truth and falsity -- language shares a common source with arithmetic and algebra.

Because truth or falsity of equations depends on their symmetry about the "equals", equations are self-regulating, not arbitrary, and reflect the founding properties of matter. Sentences of ordinary language are formed from equations by the turning of a single key -- that of symmetry - unlocking the human mind into the fascinating non-Euclidean world of 21st century physics and beyond.

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Wow!.......2006-04-09

This is not only a complete, clear, unified theory of the foundations of mathmatics, language, and the human mind, but a thrilling, facinating, and entertaining read. I cannot remember the last time I took this much pleasure in reading a textbook. I am not a scientist, just a person interested in what it is to be human. This incredible example of original and disciplined thinking leads the reader step by step to a view of the human mind as unique in the known universe, not simply a step on an evolutionary path, but unprecidented in its creative abilities. This is a gift that will keep giving for anyone interested in language, mathmatics or the human mind.

A Must-Read about the Human Mind!.......2006-02-11

Hold on to your hats: this may be one of the deepest, freshest, and most important books on thought and the human mind ever written.

With a completely unjaundiced view, Dr. Abler takes you by the hand on a journey to explore the origins of mathematics and language in the human mind. Using 1st principles and the Socratic method, Dr. Abler irresistibly comes to the conclusion that both can NOT be the results of evolution. This pretty much negates the entire fields of evolutionary psychology and evolutionary linguistics.

The book does not, by the way, criticize biological evolution or natural selection. Dr. Abler is also apparently a well-known paleontologist, and so is a rigorous hard-scientist well-versed and comfortable with evolutionary theory. He "only" and devastatingly takes issue with the assumption that evolution caused the existence of language and math in the human mind.

If you are at all interested in how we think, you must read this book.

Collected Essays of Thomas Huxley: Man's Place in Nature and Other Anthropological Essays

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Collected Essays of Thomas Huxley: Man's Place in Nature and Other Anthropological Essays
Thomas Henry Huxley
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing
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ASIN: 1417974621

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Man's Place in Nature
Max; Meyerhoff, Hans (transl.) Scheler
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
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ASIN: B000O3K9BI

Evidence as to man's place in nature. By Thomas H. Huxley ...

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Evidence as to man's place in nature. By Thomas H. Huxley ...
Michigan Historical Reprint Series
Manufacturer: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
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ASIN: 1425515762
Release Date: 2005-12-20

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program.

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The Land of Gray Wolf (Picture Puffins)
Thomas Locker
Manufacturer: Puffin
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ASIN: 0140557415

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Wonderful Book!.......2003-12-08

I found it really surprising and intruging. The story has so many things that strike me as true. I found the story really enriching and I definitely will share it with students during a Native American unit.

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Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays
Thomas Henry Huxley
Manufacturer: J.M. Dent & Sons LTD
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ASIN: B000J0JQ56

The Amazon Rain Forest and Its People (People and Places)

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The Amazon Rain Forest and Its People (People and Places)
Marion Morrison
Manufacturer: Thomson Learning
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ASIN: 1568473079

The Collected Essays of T. H. Huxley. 9 volumes. [Contains: Method and Results (1893); Darwiniana (1893); Science and Education (1893); Science and Hebrew Tradition (1993); Science and Christian Tradition (1894); Hume: With Helps to the Study of Berkeley (1894); Man's Place in Nature and Other Anthrolopological Essays (1894); Discourses: Biological and Geological (1894); Evolution and Ethicsa and

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The Collected Essays of T. H. Huxley. 9 volumes. [Contains: Method and Results (1893); Darwiniana (1893); Science and Education (1893); Science and Hebrew Tradition (1993); Science and Christian Tradition (1894); Hume: With Helps to the Study of Berkeley (1894); Man's Place in Nature and Other Anthrolopological Essays (1894); Discourses: Biological and Geological (1894); Evolution and Ethicsa and
Thomas. H. Huxley
Manufacturer: Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2001. Re
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000WWAOIO

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Nonlinear Physical Oceanography: A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Large Scale Ocean Circulation and El Niño, 2nd Revised and Enlarged Edition (Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library)

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Nonlinear Physical Oceanography: A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Large Scale Ocean Circulation and El Niño, 2nd Revised and Enlarged Edition (Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library)
Henk A. Dijkstra
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In this book, methodology of dynamical systems theory is applied to investigate the physics of the large-scale ocean circulation. Topics include the dynamics of western boundary currents such as the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean and the Kurosio in the Pacific Ocean, the stability of the thermohaline circulation, and the El Niño/Southern Oscillation phenomenon in the Tropical Pacific. The book also deals with the numerical methods to apply bifurcation analysis on large-dimensional dynamical systems, with tens of thousands (or more) degrees of freedom, which arise through discretization of ocean and climate models. The novel approach to understand the phenomena of climate variability is through a systematic analysis of the solution structure of a hierarchy of models using these techniques. In this way, a connection between the results of the different models within the hierarchy can be established. Mechanistic description of the physics of the results is provided and, where possible, links with results of state-of-the-art ocean (and climate) models and observations are sought. The reader is expected to have a background in basic fluid dynamics and applied mathematics, although the level of the text sometimes is quite introductory. Each of the chapters is rather self-contained and many details of derivations are provided. Exercises presented at the end of each chapter make it a perfect graduate-level text.

This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in meteorology, oceanography and related fields who are interested in tackling fundamental problems in dynamical oceanography and climate dynamics.

Ocean Circulation and Pollution Control - A Mathematical and Numerical Investigation: A Diderot Mathematical Forum

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Ocean Circulation and Pollution Control - A Mathematical and Numerical Investigation: A Diderot Mathematical Forum

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In the framework of the Diderot Mathematical Forum (DMF) of the European Mathematical Society (EMS), December 19-20, 1997, a Videoconference was held linking three teams of specialists in Amsterdam, Madrid and Venice respectively. The general subject of this videoconference, the second one of the DMF series, was Mathematics and Environment and more specifically, Problems related to Water.

This volume contains the texts of the Madrid site contributions with important, new and unpublished, examples on the modeling, mathematical and numerical analysis and treatment of the associated control problems of relevant questions arising in Oceanography and Environment.

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Ocean Circulation Theory
Joseph Pedlosky
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This book describes the advances made in the last decade and a half in the theory of ocean circulation. Based on an advanced graduate level course it represents fundamental insights into the structure of the physical theory of the large-scale dynamics of the oceans. Topics of particular interest are: theory of the wind-driven circulation, the thermocline, the equatorial circulation and the abyssal circulation. The author has attempted throughout to blend analytical and numerical results to achieve as deep a physical understanding of the dynamics of the large-scale circulations as possible. The results of the theories are compared with observations and the success or inadequacies of the theories are highlighted.

ADCIRC : an advanced three-dimensional circulation model for shelves, coasts, and estuaries: Theory and methodology of ADCIRC-2DD1 and ADCIRC-3DL (Technical report)

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ADCIRC : an advanced three-dimensional circulation model for shelves, coasts, and estuaries: Theory and methodology of ADCIRC-2DD1 and ADCIRC-3DL (Technical report)
Richard A Luettich
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Multiple equilibria and low-frequency variability of wind-driven ocean models (MIT/WHOI)

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Multiple equilibria and low-frequency variability of wind-driven ocean models (MIT/WHOI)
FrancÌ§ois W Primeau
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Observations and theory of eddy movement and diffusion of an introduced tracer material in the surface layers of the sea (Contribution no. 89 of Chesapeake ... of Oceanography, The Johns Hopkins Univ)

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Observations and theory of eddy movement and diffusion of an introduced tracer material in the surface layers of the sea (Contribution no. 89 of Chesapeake ... of Oceanography, The Johns Hopkins Univ)
Donald William Pritchard
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Theoretical developments in ocean circulation theory (Environmental dynamics series)

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Theoretical developments in ocean circulation theory (Environmental dynamics series)
Joseph Pedlosky
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The theory of oceanic circulation as developed in the USSR over the past years, (International Association of Physical Oceanography. Publication scientifique)

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The theory of oceanic circulation as developed in the USSR over the past years, (International Association of Physical Oceanography. Publication scientifique)
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