South Beach Architectural Photographs: Art Deco to Contemporary

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The Power of Architecture

Photographic Gem

Memories of South Beach

Great memories

South Beach Architectural Photographs: Art Deco to Contemporary
Paul Clemence , and Michael Hughes
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0764320866

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Take a striking journey with photographer Paul Clemence through Miami's South Beach, home to some of the world's most extraordinary Art Deco architecture. Highlighting the elements that create and define the Art Deco style, these 64 black-and-white photographs capture the emotion and express the spirit of South Beach. A cross between a fine art photography and a travel book, this collection establishes South Beach's stunning visual identity, showcasing the city's landmark hotels, residential buildings, and dazzling cityscapes. Be amazed at how Clemence captures the drama of sunlight on geometric forms and relates to us the power of architecture. A foreword written by local historian and tour guide Michael Hughes gives insight into the development of South Beach from its early days as a mangrove swamp to its current trend-setting status and the role that Art Deco architecture has played in the city's renewal. Statements from active community members paint a vivid picture of daily life in the city and give readers an understanding of the city's emotional role in the lives of its residents. This book is the perfect souvenir, and a must-have for lovers of South Beach, Art Deco, and fine art. 11" x 8 1/2" 64 b/w photos

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The Power of Architecture.......2005-04-25

I've been collecting Mr. Clemence original prints for a few years now and was most delighted to finally see his book. It was during the last Art Basel fair in Miami, when I purchased a beautiful abstract piece by him. A friend then gave me the book which is just brilliant! The transformation South Beach has gone through is shown here in a very interesting way! The photographs zero in on the very creative buildings that fill the city, showing us how good architecture can create an inspiring environment. The book captures that aspect very well, w/ photos that are as original as the buildings! I wish Mr. Clemence would bring his camera to Los Angeles and help us celebrate the great new constructions that are re-shaping our downtown.

Photographic Gem.......2005-04-16

What a delightful surprise this book! As a photo enthusiast I was not expecting much from such a simple , inexpensive book. But, was I wrong! The photos are gorgeous, very skillfully composed! And the light used in a very seductive way. The photos " Delano " and " Light Carving " in particular are real gems. Others, like " Neon Ocean Drive" has a subtle use of contrast that creates a very interesting mood.It's clear that after living in South Beach for so long he definetely knows his subject!And the printing also was another pleasant surprise, comparable to the more costly fine art photo books.Later I found out that Paul Clemence has a thriving photographic career in Miami. I have a feeling we'll still hear a lot about him!

Memories of South Beach.......2004-10-03

Despite what the book description says above this is not much of a travel book, but it is a fine photographic essay. Even though they are black-and-white photographs you will be reminded of the colors of Miami Beach. Frequently the exposures are softly focused with delicate textures. Many of the photos are details and they take in small areas rather than a great expanse of building(s). Most of the building views take in sections of well know structures so you will sometimes need to think about what building you are looking at (they tell you where and what in the back of the book). There are just enough wider views to keep you engrossed; all part of the enjoyment of thumbing through this volume. The introduction is informative and the locals' short pieces add some extra color. If you've spent anytime wandering around South Beach gawking at the buildings this book is for you.

Great memories.......2004-09-14

After moving away from Miami Beach it was great to find this book! It shows some of my favourite places there and in very cool photos.It totally sends me back, I can just see myself walking again on Ocean Dr., enjoying the breeze, the palm trees and the Art Deco. And the little texts with people's view on South Beach definetely reminded me of many conversations I had with the people I met down there. Kudos for the layout too; it is just as stylish as the photos themselves. Great job!

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This compact guide to digital landscape photography provides all the tips and instructions necessary to create beautiful landscape images with a digital camera. The finer points of digital composition are discussed, including discerning the pertinent features of each landscape, using manual exposure settings, and photographing sunsets and silhouettes. Practical examples for working at night, photographing subjects such as flowers and clouds, and creating classic black-and-white landscape photographs are provided with the beginner landscape photographer in mind.

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Basic info........2007-08-20

If you are just getting started this may be helpful to you. It goes over basic photography techniques and composition rules. I feel it leaves out much, and one may be better served by some of the other landscape photography books out there.

Good Landscape Book.......2006-03-14

This is a very good starting point to digital landscape photography. The author explains everything you need to know to capture and print quality nature photographs. This book will get you moving in the right direction and improve your photographic skills.

Step-by-step Digital Landscape Photography

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Step-by-step Digital Landscape Photography
Tim Gartside
Manufacturer: Ilex
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1904705138

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Pandora's Box.......2007-08-22

Volume 2 of Koichi Tokita's "Gundam: The Last Outpost" continues to follow MS pilot Odin Bernett as he uses his powerful G-Unit mobile suit to protect the MO-V asteroid colony. And this time around, Odin's in for the fight of his life. If the attacks by the OZ Prize unit aren't enough, Dr. Berg, MO-V's chief engineer, switches sides; the G-Unit belonging to Odel, Odin's older brother, is rebuilt into an enemy Gundam; and Odel himself is MIA. On top of that a new player, Lt. Valder Farkill of OZ's "Specials" unit, not only takes over Prize but gets his own Gundam. And what Gundam story is complete without the classic masked villain? This new "Char Clone," the mysterious Silver Crown, has a nasty surprise for MO-V in the form of Operation: Pandora, a plan that could destroy the colony. Even having mastered G-Unit's PX response system, Odin's going to need some new toys to close the lid on this can of worms.

While there's a whole lotta shakin' goin' on in this volume, Tokita maintains a story that could be just as good as that of its source material, "Gundam Wing." That and his artwork give the manga that good ol' "Wing" flavor: pretty boy pilots, exploding cannon fodder (cheap) mobile suits, epic space battles, and Gundams galore! There's also a hint of mystery-aside from Silver Crown's identity, which is all too obvious-as to why Berg now serves Prize and yet still gives MO-V's forces a fighting chance. Hopefully some clarity on this and other matters awaits the third volume.

Included in this volume is more hilarious chibi goodness with more "Go for It, Domon! Gundam Party," featuring various characters from the Gundam universe, and "Four-Panel Madness: Gundam Paradise," which has chibi versions of characters from the Universal Century timeline. Throw in a sneak preview of Kang-Woo Lee's "Rebirth" (with a picture placed in the middle of "Last Outpost" as a lame inside joke), and you've got quite a lot of bang for your buck-all in a mere trade paperback.

This comic is rated T for Teen: Violence, Adult Language.

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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Last Outpost #2
Hajime Yadate and Yoshiyuki Tomino
Manufacturer: Tokyopop
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic

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No American needs to be told that the Civil War brought the United States to a critical juncture in its history. The war changed forever the face of the nation, the nature of American politics, the status of African-Americans, and the daily lives of millions of people. Yet few of us understand how the war transformed gender roles and attitudes toward sexuality among American citizens. Divided Houses is the first book to address this sorely neglected topic, showing how the themes of gender, class, race, and sexuality interacted to forge the beginnings of a new society. In this unique volume, historians Catherine Clinton and Nina Silber bring together a wide spectrum of critical viewpoints--all written by eminent scholars--to show how gender became a prism through which the political tensions of antebellum America were filtered and focused. For example, Divided Houses demonstrates that the abolitionist movement was strongly allied with nineteenth-century feminism, and shows how the ensuing debates over sectionalism and, eventually, secession, were often couched in terms of gender. Northerners and Southerners alike frequently ridiculed each other as "effeminate": slaveowners were characterized by Yankees as idle and useless aristocrats, enfeebled by their "peculiar institution"; northerners were belittled as money-grubbers who lacked the masculine courage of their southern counterparts. Through the course of the book, many fascinating subjects are explored, such as the new "manly" responsibilities both black and white men had thrust upon them as soldiers; the effect of the war on Southern women's daily actions on the homefront; the essential part Northern women played as nurses and spies; the war's impact on marriage and divorce; women's roles in the guerilla fighting; even the wartime dialogue on interracial sex. There is also a rare look at how gender affected the experience of freedom for African-American children, a discussion of how Harriet Beecher Stowe attempted to distract both her readers and herself from the ravages of war through the writing of romantic fiction, and a consideration of the changing relations between black men and a white society which, during the war, at last forced to confront their manhood. In addition, an incisive introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson helps place these various subjects in an overall historical context. Nowhere else are such topics considered in a single, accessible volume. Divided Houses sheds new light on the entire Civil War experience--from its causes to its legacy--and shows how gender shaped both the actions and attitudes of those who participated in this watershed event in the history of America.

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Gender Wartime Crisis in a Historical Perspective.......2001-03-06

Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War is a collection of essays pertaining to the crisis in gender relations that accompanied the Civil War in America. As a collection, the essays present a narrative that chronicles the various impacts on gender that affected men and women, the North and the South, as well as slaves and non-slaves. What emerges is a cohesive body of text that is informative, illuminating, and instructive. The themes most explored in this volume are those of empowerment through abolitionism. In The Civil War as a Crisis in Gender Relations by Leann Whites, the two groups most perceptive of the gender crisis were Northern feminists and black abolitionists. During the Civil War, the public status of motherhood increased. This leads to another theme that will later be explored in following essays, that of the State as family. In this first essay, Leann Whites argues that the Civil War created circumstances for gender equality, both diminishing white Southern male masculinity and increasing black manhood. Ideas of manhood during the Civil War are further investigated in Part II and in Reid Mitchell's Soldiering, Manhood, and Coming of Age: A Northern Volunteer. The journey from civilian to soldier was mirrored in the transition from boyhood to manhood, and the constitution of manhood evolved as a delicate balance of masculinity and manly restraint. During the Civil War, the body politic as well as the army assumed familial ties to facilitate solidarity. Despite the changes in notions of manhood, for the black male population the "empowerment" was not always beneficial. Jim Cullen's Gender and African-American Men details how conceptions of black manhood changed during the Civil War, with the mastery over one's own body leading to mastery in warfare. Despite being placed on some of the most dangerous fronts, black soldiers endured low pay and high disease in exchange for their mastery over their bodies. In Part III of Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War, the themes move from issues of manhood to those relating to women. In Arranging a Doll's House: Refined Women as Union Nurses author Kristie Ross writes about female volunteers on hospital transports, and she draws from the familial theme by presenting the hospital transport as the rearrangement of a doll's house to appear domestic. Ross also reveals a sense of agency for women volunteers, claiming that many felt "...an eagerness to seize an occasion to escape the routine pattern of their lives and a familiarity with genteel standards of household organization." (101) Lyde Cullen Sizer's Acting Her Part: Narratives of Union Women Spies also deals with the issue of female agency during the Civil War, but Sizer further examines the repercussions women felt depending on whether they were white or black. For white women spies, their efforts were more dramatic than substantial, whereas for black abolitionists like Harriet Tubman the cause and consequences of being a spy were much more realistic. Sizer's essay is also an attempt to place female spy narratives in a literary context from which they have been excluded. Of all the essays in Divided Houses, none is more colorful and titillating than Michael Fellman's Women and Guerrilla Warfare. Through his dramatic prose, Fellman explores how peacetime morality was subverted through guerrilla warfare, with male guerrilla fighters attacking traditional values while physically attacking women. Fellman, doubtless, is presenting a form of psychological history by claiming "there was also an additional element here of bad boys acting out against a nagging, smothering mother." (151) For many Kansas guerrilla regiments during the Civil War, the "freeing" of slaves was an act of defiance rather than a moralistic pursuit. Guerrilla warfare finally reinforced the need for love, security, and family. The fourth part of Divided Houses closely examines dynamics on the Southern homefront. Peter Bardaglio's The Children of Jubilee: African-American Childhood in Wartime explains how prior to the Civil War, slave children were age-segregated but not gender-segregated. With freedom as a concept first emerging for many slaves during the Civil War, play activities among children became more gendered. Martha Hodes's Wartime Dialogues on Illicit Sex: White Women and Black Men further draws on the theme of black male power as a political issue emerging during the Civil War, which consequently led to sexuality itself becoming a political issue. With most yeoman farmers at war, the homefront became a location for "illicit" sex as well as the performative stage for class discord. The Southern states were not the only ones to feel the impact on gender relations that the Civil War created: Part V examines gender issues on the Northern homefront with Patricia R. Hill's Writing Out the War: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Averted Gaze. In Part VI, essays examine how the politics of Reconstruction became gendered, with Northern women beginning to campaign for the vote and new labor opportunities for African-American men and women. In spite of these advances, however, the ruling classes in the South still attempted to exert authority and black women were still subjected to southern white male violence, as evidenced in Catherine Clinton's concluding essay, Reconstructing Freedwomen. Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War is a combination of various historiographical methodologies; cultural, social, psychological, intellectual and political, which simultaneously present a coherent and evocative study of wartime's affect on gender relations. In addition to mapping themes in gender relations during war, narratives of women's undertaking of professional and managerial duties while men were fighting in the Civil War provides a historical anchoring of the themes of female labor that were to arise again during the First, and especially Second, World War.

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Divided Houses: Gender and the Civil War
Catherine; Silber, Nina Clinton
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OK9FGG

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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, remains one of the most controversial personalities of fifteenth-century England. The archetypal over-mighty subject, he was the dominant figure in the dynastic revolutions at the heart of the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses. Warwick played a pivotal role first in advancing the Yorkist cause, leading Edward IV to replace the Lancastrian Henry VI in 1461. Then, having lost influence at court, he changed sides and was reversed the process in 1470. Warwick the Kingmaker dominated national politics in his various roles as general, admiral, pirate, subaltern, administrator, politician, propagandist, statesman, and diplomat.This book illuminates Warwick's character and motivation, showing that he was an emotional, charming, and popular man with a strong sense of family loyalty. It is the first full study of this compelling figure within the context of political life in late medieval England.

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Great Biography of the War of the Rose's central figure.......1999-01-05

A Warwick! A Warwick! Mr. Hicks work should be applauded. While the beginning of the book is very academic, in verse and research, it attempts look at Richard Neville, 16th Earl Warwick and Kingmaker, as a whole person. Hicks looks back on both primary and some secondary sources, makes some assumptions, buts overall lets the reader decide on Warwick's character. He notes the mixed temperament of 15th Century English - some hated Warwick, many more loved him. As a self proclaimed scholar of Neville, I have to highly recommend this work - along with four other titles entitled "Warwick" or "Kingmaker", all of which are out of print.

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Warwick--The man and the image
Good History, not the Tutor propoganda
Gripping Drama

Warwick the Kingmaker
Paul Murray Kendall
Manufacturer: Phoenix Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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During the Wars of the Roses, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, exercised more than regal power. His death, in battle with a king he put in power and then tried to overthrow, marked the end of an important era in English history.

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Warwick--The man and the image.......2000-03-01

A very balanced biography of this enigmatic figure. It presents his intense energy and desire for good government, but also as an extremely ambitious, proud man who allowed himself to be caught in the web of the great Spider King, Louis XI of France. I wish Kendall had not included his periodic flights of fancy (imaginary dialogue, going into the mind of a man long dead), but this is a highly readable and detailed book.

Good History, not the Tutor propoganda.......1998-05-08

As one of the two best biographies of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, this book enables one to understand the complexities. He was not the "Last of the Barons" - especially since he was an earl ;-), as Shakespeare made him out, but rather a betrayed and fair person who did not want power, but rather good government. The book brings out the trials of a man betrayed and finally defeated, but his ideals lived on. A Warwick! A Warwick!

Gripping Drama.......1998-03-08

Excellent reading which you won't want to put down. Traces the life of THE KINGMAKER as he is buffeted by the winds of fortune, endlessly rising and falling until meeting his death at Barnet Field. Will make you feel Warwick's surging energy as he carries the fortunes of the White Rose on his back. His self contemplation before the Battle of Barnet is powerful stuff.

Warwick the kingmaker / Paul Murray Kendall

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Warwick the kingmaker / Paul Murray Kendall
Paul Murray Kendall
Manufacturer: Norton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0007G5IA4

WARWICK THE KINGMAKER & THE WAR OF THE ROSES.

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WARWICK THE KINGMAKER & THE WAR OF THE ROSES.

Manufacturer: Sphere
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000HHK09C

Warwick the Kingmaker (Advanced from History)

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Political intrigue during the War of the Roses

Warwick the Kingmaker (Advanced from History)
L. Dugarde Peach
Manufacturer: Merry Thoughts Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Political intrigue during the War of the Roses.......2004-03-04

Ladybird history books are social history at it's best, from; I would estimate ages 8 to 14 for school use of simply to enjoy. They bring history alive for children, and are filled with fascinating information. As well as bringing alive an animated, exciting past, they also show how events of the past, are with us today, in so many fascinating ways.

Warwick the Kingmaker, written by L Du Garde Peach, with fabulous illustrations by John Kenney, was first published in 1966. It tells the narrative of one of the most powerful noblemen in English history, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, who was the central figure in the War of Roses, and at one time he held two kings of England as his prisoners. It is an exciting true story of political intrigue. It tells of the civil war in England known as the War of the Roses, and of other figures such as the weak, half mad Henry VI and his fiery Queen Margaret (known as the she wolf of France).

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Warwick the Kingmaker was a fifteenth-century celebrity; a military hero, self-publicist and populist. For twelve years he was the arbiter of English politics, not hesitating to set up and put down kings. In the dominant strand of recent English historical writing, Warwick is condemned as a man who hindered the development of the modern state; in earlier centuries he was admired as an exemplar of true nobility who defied the centralising tendencies of the crown. A. J. Pollard offers a fresh assessment, to which neither approach is entirely appropriate, of the man whose nickname has become synonymous with power broking.

Warwick, the kingmaker (English men of action)

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Warwick, the kingmaker (English men of action)
Charles William Chadwick Oman
Manufacturer: MacMillan
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Wife to the Kingmaker
Sandra Wilson
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006CF05C

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I wish I could give a half star more........2001-09-16

The book deserves 4.5 stars - it would be five, if it went beyond mostly exposition and started to do more analysis on how to overcome the problems expounded in it. Many of the problems discussed in _Prometheus Bedevilled_ (as the book itself points out) may have similar roots, so a first approximation to a solution to the woes might address these similar roots.

As someone who feels that science can be used to better social conditions, it is imperative that science itself be used solve (paradoxically, and here's the problem) the issues surrounding the public view of science (and technology, it must be added) raised in this book. Some might be put off by the vocabulary level in the book, however, this is simply the sign of yet another problem in public policy.

Flawed but insightful, nevertheless.......2000-07-06

For most of the time I was reading _Prometheus Bedeviled_, I was planning to give it a 5-star rating. The author, Norman Levitt, has many valuable insights, and he is an extraordinarily eloquent writer. I share the author's profession (mathematics) and much of his disdain for social constructivism. Although I am a conservative, believing Christian and Levitt is an outspoken atheist, I thought that his, sometimes pointed, criticism of believers was generally tolerable. He discusses the teleological presuppositions of the irreligious as well and is willing to spread the blame around for what he perceives as the devaluation of science in modern society.

My enthusiasm for _Prometheus Bedeviled_ began to wane towards the end of the book. Levitt's thesaurus seemed to run dry, as we read about the "clotted" prose of the postmodernists for the nth time. I also began to notice how often Levitt resorted to labeling the arguments of his opponents as "rants" or "raves" as a means of dismissing them without, I think, giving them the attention they deserve. That is a rhetorical device I don't care for. Some cheap shots Levitt apparently couldn't resist. Consider, for example, his observation that "the core ideology of the Republican party is essentially plutocratic, that the central aim of the party is to preserve and advance the interests of a rather small fraction of wealthy Americans." Even setting aside the questionable accuracy of his analysis of Republican economic policy, Levitt conveniently understates the influence of social conservatism in the GOP. In any case, these are the words of a polemicist, not a scientist.

Rather than a full-fledged argument, Levitt presents an intriguing sketch of an argument. Perhaps this is to avoid pedantry, and it does make for a very readable text, but I think it leaves too many gaps. The all-important word "science" is left undefined, and, as far as I can tell, Levitt never tells us the theory upon which he bases his, often resounding, moral judgments. I will not demand that Levitt accept Ivan Karamazov's decree that "without God, everything is allowed," but in light of Levitt's atheism, it would be nice if he clarified where his "oughts" are coming from.

The last chapter strikes me as the least clear and the most controversial. Levitt seems to be arguing for granting the scientific establishment a prominent official presence in government and society, but I'm not sure what exactly he has in mind. Few readers of _That Hideous Strength_ will be able to read this chapter without thinking of N.I.C.E. Levitt himself says that "[t]he notion of setting apart a restricted class of Americans to sit in judgment on all the others is spooky and obnoxious." I agree.

Brilliant, but for one annoying flaw.......2000-01-18

I really have mixed feelings about this book. It is a joy to read for its writing style alone. But quite aside from the brilliant writing (that just makes it so you can't put it down), it is crammed with deadly accurate characterizations of contemporary culture's ambivalence towards science and the sorry prospects of the majority of educated non-scientists ever really coming to grips with its findings (because the subject matter has become so difficult). Nevertheless, the general, educated populace coming to grips with the PROBLEMS Levitt so lucidly explicates could go a long way towards solving those very problems. There is just one minor flaw in this book that stands in the way of letting this happen, a flaw that will loom all-important in the minds of the majority of readers (if we pick the readers at random from the educated public). Levitt argues, correctly, that science is the most, perhaps even the only, reliable method of obtaining accurate knowledge of the way things really are in the world we live in, and that therefore science ought (somehow) to be given a privileged "say" when it comes to determining public policies that depend on understanding the true nature of this world. So far, so good. The problem is that Levitt argues that if you really understand what science is saying about the world, you HAVE to be an atheist. Right there, he is going to lose 90% of the audience that SHOULD be reading this book and taking it to heart. In my view, these claims of atheism are entirely gratuitous, and the book could have had far more ethical appeal if these religious beliefs of his would have been kept to himself. And make no mistake about it: his atheism IS based on religious belief, no matter how much he denies it. It is based on a particular understanding of the nature of God as presented to him by the majority of Christians. As a counterexample, I am not an atheist (nor a Christian, for that matter), yet I accept the findings of science just as uncompromisingly as Levitt does. It's just that I have a concept of God that Levitt apparently has never contemplated and that is independent of the actual workings of the natural world. Because of that, I was able to take his atheism in stride, and see the importance of what he was otherwise saying, without being put off. Most Christians, I'm afraid, would dismiss him before they got 1/3 the way through the book, and for no really good reason. It's a pity.

A brilliant defense of the scientific worldview.......1999-07-01

Norman Levitt's name will be familiar to anyone following the so-called "Science Wars." It was, after all, his (and coauthor Paul Gross') earlier book, "Higher Superstition," that sparked the most recent slew of battles in this war, and inspired Alan Sokal to write his notorious hoax article for Social Text. For those who appreciated Sokal's own recent book, "Fashionable Nonsense," but found the pacing a bit sluggish, rest assured: Levitt is a better writer than Sokal, and even wittier. Also, with only a single author, this book is more focused than other recent volumes on the topic, such as Koertge's "A House Built on Sand." Levitt is not afraid to tread on sensitive toes: already in the Introduction, he's put forward his compelling case that nonscientists are almost humorously unqualified to pass judgment on the validity and veracity of the conclusions drawn by mainstream, traditional, objective scientific programs. If you still think, despite all you've heard and read, that all scientific conclusions are socially conditioned, why not give this volume a spin and try to rebut Levitt's arguments.

A brilliant defense of the scientific worldview.......1999-07-01

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