History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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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.

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I can't believe they printed this..........2003-12-24

unless they re-released this book! It is FULL of errors. I noticed this first when doing the problems in the back of chapter 4, the Charle's Law problems. Let's think about this for a second. If air (a combination of gasses) compressed to half its volume when the temperature went from 20 degrees C. to 10 degrees C., we'd be in a far different world than we live in now. But doesn't Charles' Law say V(1)/T(1)=V(2)/T(2)? So if you had 2 L at 20 degrees C, it should be 1 L at 10 degrees? NO!!!! In this equation, you must use degrees Kelvin. But 20 problems use C. Very very bad.

Then, there is the equation for converting Fahrenheit to Centigrade. It has C = 5/9(F)-32. But, in fact, you have to subtract the 32 from the F degrees before you multiply by 5/9.

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It helped me a lot. Good book.

Mediocre Only.......2003-01-01

As a high school Junior enrolled in the standard Chemistry class, I wasn't able to use this book to the fullest. It did not coincide with my class at all, and the material it covered was very slim, and lacking in detail. No matter how I tried, I was not able to relate the text to help me study for class. Maybe this book is for a higher-level high school Chemistry course, like accelerated or AP? Don't buy if you're looking for a study aid on your average, run-of-the-mill high school Chemistry class.

Text books only go so far.......2000-02-11

Text books can only bring you so far. Yet this book can get you the "A" you have been looking for. It has simple to understand knowledge with easy to interprete diagrams. A must have for any level-one high school Chemistry student. The only visible problem with this book is it lacks some detail, in the text, and visual maps.

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Anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like to talk to Charles Darwin about changes that have taken place in evolutionary biology since his death will be fascinated by this witty and literate blend of science, history, and biography. Stimulated by Darwin's relatively uninformed but obviously intelligent questions, Gabriel Dover takes the father of evolution on an exhilarating roller-coaster ride through the new genetics. The imagined two-way correspondence between Dover and Darwin about the surprising findings of modern genetics and the evolution of biological novelties, from genes to organisms, is both erudite and entertaining. In the process, Dover presents a startlingly original view of development and evolution that puts the individual organism on center stage.
Creating a cultural backdrop that ranges from the poetry of Ted Hughes to the music of Captain Beefheart to the current crisis in the Balkans, Dover debunks the naively deterministic view of selfish genes and their supposed lonely pursuits of self-replication and self-immortalization. He reveals a world of evolution far more intricate and subtle than can be expected from the notion of natural selection acting alone--a world in which genes are born to cooperate.

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Poor Mr Darwin.......2006-06-05

This book gets two stars for the fairly interesting molecular biology though once this is absorbed it is difficult not to ask, as 'Darwin' does, What's new? Dover indulges in what at times seems like incessant bitching about Richard Dawkins - sometimes via 'Darwin' with comments such as his hope that Dawkins' books are not filed under science in the library.

Dover tries hard to sell his molecular drive theory. He makes a lot of the uniqueness of individual organisms, so much so that he seems to think that uniqueness equals completely different and misses the fact that it also means almost identical. He leads himself to the conclusion that an individual has no biological connection to the past or the future!

'Darwin' mentions at one point that the peacock's tail still makes him feel sick. Dover promises him an explanation to come which he never delivers, except to talk about the genes involved in butterfly eyespots. As peacocks display in leks to females and peahens nearly all choose the same male to mate with and the tail is a good signal of good genes then what are the females selecting and rejecting? All the peahens get from the male is packages of DNA. Their tails seem to give information about the male's genes, especially those involved in the immune system. If, as Dover says, the phenotype is just a one-off with no connection to the past or the future then the peahens' behavior must make Dover too sick to talk about.

Dover's letter in which he talks about Manchester United football team he uses to try and give support to his views but for me it simply underlined his self-delusion and denial. Far from his euphoria being non-genetically determined it is more a clear expression of the effects of the Y chromosome. It is strange that Dover does not seem to notice the connection between a number of behaviors he discusses and the Y chromosome. The final chapters following the climactic Man. U. emission add nothing more and may lead to a desire to roll over and fall asleep.

If readers have not read Dawkins I suggest they do, including 'Climbing Mount Improbable' which Dover attacks because of Dawkins' writing about the eye. Having actually read Dawkins then it should be clear which writer should be on the Science shelf. Poor Mr Darwin must be turning in his grave.

Good Genetics and Style.......2003-06-11

Dear Mr Darwin adopts a highly well-known aspect of Charles Darwin's life of correspondences and develops in into a book. However, the correspondences in this book are all imagination of the author, Dove. He effectively uses a combination of witty and clear language to "update" Charles Darwin on the great developments of evolutionary genetics since the great naturalist's time. What is almost hilarious is the many references to Darwin's state of internment at the Abby and they help to make the book even more readable for the layman.

Essentially, this book is about evolutionary genetics since the discovery of works of Gregory Mendel, the father of genetics. In 15 correspondences altogether, Dove manages to squeeze the major aspects of evolutionary genetics that have advance man's knowledge of evolution. Not insignificant is a chapter wholly devoted to debunking Dawkins'selfish gene theory (many other chapters show oblique disdain of the author towards Dawkins' theory).

Three main ideas are what are pursued throughout the book. Firstly, the book has introduced me to the non-Mendelian mechanisms of genes. These include gene conversion, slippage, unequal crossing over etc. These turnover genetics, as they are also called, can be responsible for as many genetic variations as Mendelian genetics of segregation. The next idea is that natural selection is not the only force that leads to evolution of organisms. The author pioneers a new force he calls molecular drive. Given the many non-Mendelian mechanisms, it is possible that novelties arise at the genetic level, fortuitously giving an organism the advantage. This will lead to adoptation of previously inaccessible environment, which in turn leads to higher rate of reproduction. This is different from natural selection, which works at the ecological level to spread the genetic materials of best-fitted organisms.

The last idea and is what the author is bent in propagating, is that Dawkins got it entirely wrong with his selfish gene theory. With no forgiving language, Dove states that genes are never capable of replicating itself. The only entity in biology able to replicate itself is the cell. And the cell is the product of many genes, many interactions and many mechanisms not possibly attributed to a single gene. And the cell is the organism (humans simply being higher order multi-cellular entities). So Dawkins' entire idea of the genes as the ultimate unit of selection is false. There are many other points of arguments, some of which are quite hard to comprehend.

This book, although written in a creative manner, requires some knowledge of genetics. The middle sections of the book can get very technical and it is important for the general reader to read through and summarise his ideas. It is a also a good book to refute the ideas of Dawkins and to offer fresh perspectives on the forces that drive evolution., apart from natural selection.

Dover's disheveled idea *.......2003-06-07

Why some scientists attempt to "refute" Darwin remains perplexing. Some hope to gain notoriety by toppling such an icon. "Post-modernists" apply the "cultural artefact" dodge - natural selection could only arise in Victorian Britain. Still others have observed the complexities of today's life forms, and unable to comprehend how the process of natural selection brought them about, lash out in frustration. Gabriel Dover seems to fall in the latter category with this bizarre work, although an undercurrent of self-promotion is evident.

The book is an attempt to promote Dover's concept of "molecular drive" he introduced some years ago. In Dover's view, the complexities of today's chromosomes can be projected backward in time to explain evolution's mechanisms. Molecular drive is so powerful and far-reaching that it exceeds natural selection's gradual pace. Since this complexity can arise in nearly every life form above the single-cell organism, natural selection is thereby refuted, Dover says. He attempts to explain the mechanism with convoluted examples of fruit flies suffering from a rare, but deleterious mutation. By the time he's finished we are left with little understanding of how this process evolved, but even less of how it replaces natural selection.

Whiffs of Behe Syndrome permeate this book. BS is an affliction infecting those dazzled by the intricacies of modern genetics. Sufferers are unable to perceive the long reach of natural selection through time. Hence, they tend to maneuver around it, grasping at any straw in searching for quick, immediate answers to evolution's mysteries. Dover's "molecular coevolution" is an attempt to graft one of these answers to Darwin's original thesis. Like other examples of BS, it fails pitifully. Darwin's Idea survives this attempt at erosion with renewed strength.

The ethics of invoking the shade of Charles Darwin to inform us of advances in genetics are questionable at best. Darwin has been "updated" before, although none with the aim of degrading others. Dover presents his case in a series of letters, some attempting to explain modern molecular biology, some just "chatty". The shadow of Darwin is astoundingly tolerant of all this. Dover makes him out as appreciative of the update effort, but anyone who has read Darwin isn't deceived. Darwin was too clear a thinker to be misled by such devious tactics. Dover's inept handling of Darwin glares from every exchange. The many personal asides appear to be some form of camouflage to distract the reader from perceiving how ineptly Dover handles the issues. The barbed assault on Richard Dawkins sprinkled throughout the book proves even worse. Dover's recruiting Darwin's ghost as an ally in this venture is the final flaw. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

[* with humble apologies to Daniel C. Dennett]

Great book for a biologist.......2001-04-20

Mr. Dover is obvious a brilliant scientist on the cutting edge of genetics. I can't imagaine there are many people more knowledgable on the subject. He also has a flair and humor to his writing. So if the book is substantial and not boring, what is the problem? This book is simply not "accessable" as it were.

The book is less about Darwin's theory than contemporary theories, including Mr. Dover's own "molecular drive" (there is also molecular coevolution, gene conversion, exaptation, neutral drift, etc.) most of which seem quite sound. Unfortunately, and notwithstanding the conversational format of the book, the concepts are abstruse. One would need, at least, a good knowlege of basic genetics (just knowing the doulbe helix is not enough, trust me) to appreciate this book. If you already have a good grasp of "allelles" and such, (where they are on chromosomes, how they operate, etc.) this book would be an excellent choice.

The onset of a new paradigm.......2001-03-17

This is a very useful account, for anyone who realizes a new paradigm is coming, in a somewhat unusual format, of the many changes going on in the field of biological theory and is recommended highly as a source of information, more conventional sources are too bashful to divulge, on many aspects of the change face of Darwinism. Among them are a clear snapshot account of the revolution underway in our understanding due to the research on hox genes. The implications of this for the current views on natural selection are momentous, and the book includes a considerable critique of the views of R. Dawkins and the limitations of the Neo-Darwinian synthesis as currently taken. Important reading.

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