Mask Of The Sun The Science History And Forgotten Lore Of Eclipses
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Mask Of The Sun The Science History And Forgotten Lore Of Eclipses
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Author : John Dvorak
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-03-07
Mask Of The Sun The Science History And Forgotten Lore Of Eclipses written by John Dvorak and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-07 with Science categories.
They have been thought of as harbingers of evil as well as a sign of the divine. Eclipses—one of the rarest and most stunning celestial events we can witness here on Earth—have shaped the course of human history and thought since humans first turned their eyes to the sky. What do Virginia Woolf, the rotation of hurricanes, Babylonian kings and Einstein’s General Theory Relativity all have in common? Eclipses. Always spectacular and, today, precisely predicable, eclipses have allowed us to know when the first Olympic games were played and, long before the first space probe, that the Moon was covered by dust. Eclipses have stunned, frightened, emboldened and mesmerized people for thousands of years. They were recorded on ancient turtle shells discovered in the Wastes of Yin in China, on clay tablets from Mesopotamia and on the Mayan “Dresden Codex." They are mentioned in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and at least eight times in the Bible. Columbus used them to trick people, while Renaissance painter Taddeo Gaddi was blinded by one. Sorcery was banished within the Catholic Church after astrologers used an eclipse to predict a pope’s death. In Mask of the Sun, acclaimed writer John Dvorak the importance of the number 177 and why the ancient Romans thought it was bad to have sexual intercourse during an eclipse (whereas other cultures thought it would be good luck). Even today, pregnant women in Mexico wear safety pins on their underwear during an eclipse. Eclipses are an amazing phenomena—unique to Earth—that have provided the key to much of what we now know and understand about the sun, our moon, gravity, and the workings of the universe. Both entertaining and authoritative, Mask of the Sun reveals the humanism behind the science of both lunar and solar eclipses. With insightful detail and vividly accessible prose, Dvorak provides explanations as to how and why eclipses occur—as well as insight into the forthcoming eclipse of 2017 that will be visible across North America.
The Moon Book
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Author : Sarah Faith Gottesdiener
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2020-12-15
The Moon Book written by Sarah Faith Gottesdiener and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-15 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
A guide to conscious living through the moon and her phases, incorporating wellness rituals, spellwork, and witchcraft for the modern seeker. We all know the moon. We all have a relationship with it. The earliest people obeyed her orbit, timed their months and holidays and celebrations and agriculture to the moon; the echoes of that system are still visible today, though the connection to the moon is often forgotten. Sarah Faith Gottesdiener is the leader of a movement to remind us of that lineage, guiding our rhythms and our sleep, our energy and our emotions, reminding us of our humanity and our magic. In her self-published Many Moons Workbooks and Lunar Journals, as well as her sold-out classes, she has guided over 50,000 readers to a deeper relationship with the moon, and through it, with themselves. This evergreen book will be an informative and comprehensive guide to lunar living, incorporating radical, self-empowering, and magical tools and resources for the beginner and experienced lunar-follower alike. Depending on where we are in our lives, depending on what we are feeling or what is happening around us, the moon allows us a space to invite ritual into our daily lives. The Moon Book will provide a framework on how to utilize the entire lunar cycle holistically, while offering ways for the reader to develop a personal relationship with their own cycles—energetic, personal, and emotional—through the lens of the moon’s phases.
Exotheology
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Author : Joel L. Parkyn
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2021-08-31
Exotheology written by Joel L. Parkyn and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-31 with Religion categories.
Speculation regarding the plurality of worlds and the existence of intelligent extraterrestrials has remained an important question for Christian theology from antiquity until modernity. Advancements in space science now reveal a vast universe containing trillions of galaxies, and new discoveries of exoplanets, providing an unprecedented greater context and perspective in consideration of the place of humanity, possible intelligent extraterrestrials, and the role of divinity in relation to creatures. These scientific discoveries have increased the importance of understanding the relation of extraterrestrials to the Christian doctrines of the incarnation and redemption. An examination of the history of developments in scientific and theological thought on extraterrestrials, from antiquity to the twenty-first century will demonstrate a consistent pattern of theological formulations of extraterrestrials and their relation to Christian theology, however, without sufficient resolution. En route, this book explores ideas of extraterrestrial ‘anthropology’, psychology, morphological possibilities, sociological compositions, extraterrestrial religions, implications of contact, and argues for a ‘divine pedagogy’ of potential modalities of supernatural presence and action with extraterrestrial intelligences.
Eclipse
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Author : Duncan Steel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Eclipse written by Duncan Steel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Solar eclipses categories.
Ever since the dawn of time, eclipses have been percieved as peculiarly portentous events. These once-in-a-lifetime happenings hold a powerful fascination for us all. Steel's book explains much about eclipses, their science and their significance to humankind.
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Author : 賽門‧溫契斯特（Simon Winchester）
language : zh-CN
Publisher: 聯經出版事業公司
Release Date : 2019-11-13
written by 賽門‧溫契斯特（Simon Winchester） and has been published by 聯經出版事業公司 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-13 with History categories.
如何測量世界的深度，唯有精密、準確的力量，開啟人類的長和寬！ 少了它，這世界就不會有鐘錶、汽車、鏡頭、槍、電腦、大數據！ 從美國、西歐橫跨亞洲全球，從工業時代到數位時代，全靠人類最偉大的技術發明成就──精密！ 但是，追求極致完美主義，人類是否會忽略了這世界真實的模樣？精密和自然可以共存嗎？ 《紐約時報》暢銷書《不平靜的太平洋》作者、電影《牛津解密》原著作者賽門‧溫契斯特匠心力作，揭開人類科學與工業史上最神奇、複雜的發展歷程 涂豐恩（哈佛大學歷史與東亞語文博士）專文導讀 精密，翻轉了現代人類世界的面貌 缺乏精密，你我的生活將截然不同 「精密度」（precision）是現代社會的重要組成部分，但我們卻很少靜下心來思考它。精密度的概念源於18世紀末，約在美國獨立戰爭和法國大革命的時期，由五個原本互不相識的英格蘭人所創想。當時湯瑪斯‧傑佛遜認為精密度有其絕對必要性，在他的鼓動之下，這個想法越過大西洋，輸出到剛成立的美國，傳到康乃迪克州和維吉尼亞州的磨坊和兵工廠，使美國逐步成為製造大國，接著再傳遍世界各地的工廠和實驗室。在工業革命初期，人們建立了測量標準，進而打造出工具機，亦即製造機器的機器。爾後，精密工具和方法被用來生產槍枝、玻璃、鏡子、鏡頭和照相機，但最終讓位給更先進的技術，包括基因剪接（gene splicing）、微晶片（microchip）和強子對撞機（Hadron Collider）。 「精密度」的思考是歷史上一個偉大的轉捩點，如果不留意精密度，製造業便不會崛起。在其助長之下，現代生活標準近乎奇蹟似地遍及整個世界。它造就量產、電子學、電腦晶片、太空旅行、現代機械、戰爭的革命性發展，對人類產生重大影響。 賽門‧溫契斯特將帶領讀者回到工業時代初期，從北威爾斯的鑄造廠和曼徹斯特的工廠，到迪爾伯恩的生產線，以及美國太空總署的實驗室，穿越近二百五十年的歷史，足跡遍及整個世界。接著，順著時光逐步推移，論及目前全球各地（從美洲到西歐和亞洲）的尖端科技發展，以及成就現代生活的所有機械、工業、工程和電子產品的複雜標準。 《精確的力量》探討的核心問題是：精密度為何重要？我們使用哪些不同的工具來測量精密度？誰催生並提高了精密度？我們在許多層面追求「超精密度」，是否因此蒙蔽了雙眼而無視其他具備同等價值的美好，好比古老工藝、藝術和高雅文化？我們是否忽略了真實反映世界、而非體現我們理想世界的事物？精密物件能與自然和諧共存嗎？本書精彩呈現近代精密工業發展史，作者不僅對過往表達敬意，也對未來提出警告，值得深思。 專文推薦 涂豐恩（哈佛大學歷史與東亞語文博士） 國際媒體一致好評 一場精彩的科普之旅，處處展現科技奇觀……讀者必定會喜歡這趟旅程。 ──《科克斯書評》（Kirkus Reviews） 溫契斯特擔任過記者，後來轉行寫作，筆耕不輟。他研究時仔細嚴謹，是一位天主教徒思想家。 ──詹姆斯‧格萊克（James Gleick），《紐約書評》（The New York Review of Books） 作者博學多聞，夙負盛名，專門研究非比尋常卻引人入勝的主題與人物。本書是他生花妙筆下的另一本極品。 ──《書單雜誌》（Booklist） 這是溫契斯特最新的科普書籍，內容風趣幽默且啟發人心。 ──《出版人週刊》（Publishers Weekly） 活潑生動，富有價值……故事情節非比尋常，讀之令人振奮。 ──《華爾街日報》（Wall Street Journal） 溫契斯特以熱情的筆調娓娓道來，內容鉅細靡遺，人事時地物精彩纷呈，躍然紙上。 ──《紐約新聞報書評》（New York Journal of Books）
The Story Of Eclipses
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Author : George F. Chambers
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-16
The Story Of Eclipses written by George F. Chambers and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-16 with Fiction categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Story of Eclipses" by George F. Chambers. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Book Of The Damned
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Author : Charles Fort
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
The Book Of The Damned written by Charles Fort and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Fiction categories.
"Time travel, UFOs, mysterious planets, stigmata, rock-throwing poltergeists, huge footprints, bizarre rains of fish and frogs-nearly a century after Charles Fort's Book of the Damned was originally published, the strange phenomenon presented in this book remains largely unexplained by modern science. Through painstaking research and a witty, sarcastic style, Fort captures the imagination while exposing the flaws of popular scientific explanations. Virtually all of his material was compiled and documented from reports published in reputable journals, newspapers and periodicals because he was an avid collector. Charles Fort was somewhat of a recluse who spent most of his spare time researching these strange events and collected these reports from publications sent to him from around the globe. This was the first of a series of books he created on unusual and unexplained events and to this day it remains the most popular. If you agree that truth is often stranger than fiction, then this book is for you"--Taken from Good Reads website.
Los Perfeccionistas
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Author : Simon Winchester
language : es
Publisher: Turner
Release Date : 2021-03-04
Los Perfeccionistas written by Simon Winchester and has been published by Turner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-04 with Technology & Engineering categories.
La perfección no existe, pero los desconocidos ingenieros que se han empeñado en alcanzarla han tenido más importancia en nuestra vida de lo que pensamos. A través de anécdotas y ejemplos, teje la historia de la ingeniería de precisión y hace comprensibles sus inestimables aportaciones: el avión, la lente de una cámara Leica, las máquinas de rayos X, el telescopio Hubble, el microchip, el smartphone... Simon Winchester, venerado autor de bestsellers internacionales, hasta ahora no se había publicado en español. "Hipnotizante y fascinante. El Sr. Winchester es un maestro de la narración, y todos los individuos, lugares y eventos sobre los que escribe apasionadamente cobran vida con exquisito detalle" New York Journal of Books
Sun Moon Earth
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Author : Tyler Nordgren
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2016-09-13
Sun Moon Earth written by Tyler Nordgren and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-13 with Science categories.
With beautiful illustrations and a detailed map, Sun Moon Earth has everything you need to get ready for the next solar eclipse. On April 8, 2024, millions of Americans will experience an awe-inspiring phenomenon: a total eclipse of the sun. In Sun Moon Earth, astronomer Tyler Nordgren illustrates how this most seemingly unnatural of natural phenomena was transformed from a fearsome omen to a tourist attraction. From the astrologers of ancient China and Babylon to the high priests of the Maya, Sun Moon Earth takes us around the world to show how different cultures interpreted these dramatic events. Greek philosophers discovered eclipses' cause and used them to measure their world and the cosmos beyond. Victorian-era scientists mounted eclipse expeditions during the age of globe-spanning empires. And modern-day physicists continue to use eclipses to confirm Einstein's theory of relativity. Beautifully illustrated and lyrically written, Sun Moon Earth is the ideal guide for all eclipse watchers and star gazers alike.
Sun Lore Of All Ages
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Author : William Tyler Olcott
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2013-03-21
Sun Lore Of All Ages written by William Tyler Olcott and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-21 with Science categories.
From the ruins of Greek and Roman temples to Mexico's Pyramid of the Sun and the enduring mysteries of Stonehenge, this captivating study circles the earth in its examination of the legends, traditions, and superstitions that all cultures have woven about the sun. Starting with solar creation myths, this volume explores ancient ideology surrounding the sun and moon, solar mythology, and solar folklore. An extended analysis of sun worship around the world leads to accounts of sun-catcher myths and solar festivals. Solar omens, traditions, and superstitions are discussed at length, along with the solar significance of burial customs and emblematic and symbolic forms of the sun. The book concludes with a look at the sun in light of scientific discovery. 30 evocative illustrations complement the text.