The Liberal Education of Charles Eliot Norton
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    The Liberal Education of Charles Eliot Norton
    James C. Turner
    Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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    ASIN: 0801871085

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    James Turner's biography offers the first modern account of Norton's life and its significance, following him from his perilous travels across India as a young merchant to his role as his country's preeminent cultural critic. Turner shows how Norton developed the key ideas that still underlie the humanities -- historicism and culture -- and how his influence endures in America's colleges and universities because of institutions he developed and models he devised.

    Passion For Golf: In Pursuit of the Innermost Game
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • The Soul of Golf
    Passion For Golf: In Pursuit of the Innermost Game
    Roland Merullo
    Manufacturer: The Lyons Press
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    ASIN: 1585741620

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    A great writer explores the spiritual, mental, and physical joys of golf.

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    5 out of 5 stars The Soul of Golf.......2000-12-13

    This splendid little book is a double-edged Christmas gift: any intelligent golfer will love and benefit from it--and any gift-giver will appreciate having such an easy choice. "Passion for Golf" is not an instruction book, a how-to about better grips and reading greens. Instead it is a gracefully written (Merullo is a novelist) exploration of what golfers really battle on the course--not just the lies and bunkers and crosswinds but themselves and their demons: Ego, Anger, Fear, and others. Merullo writes of how to the game, and he doesn't need to draw on any Tigers or White Sharks to enlighten you. Indeed what is most appealing about this book is the he writes from the perspective of a pretty-good amateur playing a no-name course in western Massachusetts. And if you step back a bit for some perspective, you see that this is really a book about life. MBA's who have worn out their copies of "The Book of Five Rings" will find it worth their while, but any passionate golfer will enjoy a round in Merullo's company.

    A Concept of Dramatic Genre and the Comedy of a New Type: Chess, Literature, and Film
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      A Concept of Dramatic Genre and the Comedy of a New Type: Chess, Literature, and Film
      Vera Zubarev(aka Ulea)
      Manufacturer: Southern Illinois University
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      ASIN: 0809324520

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      Applying systems theory to the comedies of Chekhov, Balzac, Kleist, Moliere, and Shakespeare, A Concept of Dramatic Genre and the Comedy of a New Type: Chess, Literature, and Film approaches dramatic genre from the point of view of the degree of richness and strength of a character’s potential. Its main focus is to establish a methodology for analyzing the potential from multidimensional perspectives, using systems thinking. The whole concept is an alternative to the Aristotelian plot-based approach and is applied to an analysis of western and eastern European authors as well as contemporary American film.



      This innovative study consists of three parts: The first part is mostly theoretical, proposing a new definition of the dramatic as a category linked to general systems phenomena and offering a new classification of dramatic genre. In the second part, Ulea offers a textual analysis of some works based on this new classification. She analyzes comedies, tragedies, and dramas on the same or similar topics in order to reveal what makes them belong to opposite types of dramatic genre.



      Additionally, she considers the question of fate and chance, with regard to tragedy and comedy, from the point of view of the predispositioning theory. In the third part, Ulea explores an analysis of the comedy of a new type—CNT. Her emphasis is on the integration of the part and the whole in approaching the protagonist’s potential. She introduces the term quasi-strong potential in order to reveal the illusory strength of protagonists of the CNT and to show the technique of CNT’s analysis and synthesis.



      Ulea’s research begins with the notion of the comic, traditionally considered synonymous with the laughable, and attempts to approach it as independent from the laughable and laughter. The necessity to do so is dictated by the desire to penetrate the enigmatic nature of Chekhov’s comedy. The result is A Concept of Dramatic Genre and the Comedy of a New Type: Chess, Literature, and Film, a completely new approach to potential and systems thinking—which has never been a focus of dramatic theory before. Such potential is the touchstone of the comic and comedy, their permanent basic characteristic, the heart and axis around which the comedic world spins.

      Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images
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      • Camelot Rewritten
      Shooting Kennedy: JFK and the Culture of Images
      David M. Lubin
      Manufacturer: University of California Press
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      ASIN: 0520229851

      Book Description

      Jack and Jackie sailing at Hyannis Port. President Kennedy smiling and confident with the radiant first lady by his side in Dallas shortly before the assassination. The Zapruder film. Jackie Kennedy mourning at the funeral while her small son salutes the coffin. These images have become larger than life; more than simply photographs of a president, or of celebrities, or of a tragic event, they have an extraordinary power to captivate--today as in their own time. In Shooting Kennedy, David Lubin speculates on the allure of these and other iconic images of the Kennedys, using them to illuminate the entire American cultural landscape. He draws from a spectacularly varied intellectual and visual terrain--neoclassical painting, Victorian poetry, modern art, Hollywood films, TV sitcoms--to show how the public came to identify personally with the Kennedys and how, in so doing, they came to understand their place in the world. This heady mix of art history, cultural history, and popular culture offers an evocative, consistently entertaining look at twentieth-century America.
      Marilyn Monroe, Sylvia Plath, Donna Reed, Playboy magazine, Jack Ruby, the Rosenbergs, and many more personalities, little-known events, and behind-the-scenes stories of the era enliven Lubin's account as he unlocks the meaning of these photographs of the Kennedys. Elegantly conceived, witty, and intellectually daring, Shooting Kennedy becomes a stylish meditation on the changing meanings of visual phenomena and the ways they affect our thinking about the past, the present, and the process of history.

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars Camelot Rewritten.......2003-11-27

      Of the books that have been published on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination on display in my local bookstore, which include memorial editions of LIFE and LOOK magazine that compile all the iconic photos of that time (and sponsored by the History Channel in one case), SHOOTING KENNEDY is a bracing antidote to the lachrymose nonsense posing as historical insight and edifying remembrance that litter the publishing landscape.

      In SHOOTING KENNEDY, Lubin employs a process that in post-modern cultural critique has become the prevailing strategy: the Dadaist practice of placing on the dissection table the sewing machine and the umbrella and reporting on their encounter. SHOOTING KENNEDY may, thus, for some readers, seem a bizarre and desacralizing example of the kind of "relativistic" post-modern cultural criticism that upends and sabotages the "milestone event" narrations of history by treating everything as a cultural text, everything as grist for the cultural critique mill.

      As an example of this technique, Lubin, late in the book, examines a LIFE magazine spread showing a liquor ad featuring a dandy tipping his hat in salute on the page facing the famous photo of John John's salute of his father's passing coffin. He then offers a disquisition on the suggested birth of the salute in the era of the knight errant, who it is believed, lifted up the visor on his helmet to show another knight his eyes to show he intended no harm. He then goes on to discuss the notion of Camelot as a metaphor for the Kennedy presidency, and then ties in JFK's boyhood reading during his sickly childhood of romantic tales of knighthood by Sir Walter Scott and others.

      To the average reader of political history, this will seem an inappropriate invasion of one discipline into the precincts of another -- in this case materials of history and politics examined with theories and tools of art criticism. The similarities Lubin finds between notable paintings from the Western canon and news photos of the Kennedy's and JFK's assassination will seem superfluous, beside the point. So will the parallels he finds between the structure of the Zapruder film and the standard Hollywood movie both now and then. Average readers will be more comfortable with coincidence as the principle behind the suggestive links he finds in history and art,(e.g., Oswald jumping onto the stage in the Dallas movie theater where he sought to hide from the police, John Wilkes Booth jumping onto the stage of the Ford Theater after shooting Lincoln, the Nazi villain in Lubitsch¹s "To Be or Not to Be" being chased onto the stage before being captured and killed), and less comfortable with the idea that life and art are inseparable and dialogic. This approach may seem destabilizing and even decadent. Lubin admits as much. Indeed, he often recognizes that his approach may serve to cast dirt on the icons whose images and histories he examines. He explains that this is not his intent; one's reaction will depend entirely upon whether mentioning Camelot and the Beverly Hillbillies in the same breath seems appropriate.

      The post-modern argument has come to prevail in the academy, although in fact it was never really all that radical a position to begin with: reasonable readers of history always recognized that whatever claims to the contrary, historians came to their work with agendas (even "objectivity" is an agenda). Historians, like art historians and art critics develop followings depending on both their skills as a storyteller as well as by how well they support their version of history in their selection of and retelling of facts. In both cases, what emerges always is the sensibility of the critic. There are schools of history in the same way there are schools of art and art criticism.

      Still, even accepting the post-modern notions of the text, Lubin's selection of facts and materials has something of the magpie about it -- meaning that his choices, while mostly hits are occasional misses. For instance, how relevant is it that Marat's assassin was the same age as Lee Harvey Oswald? This "insight" is one of those stray facts that pose as enlightening but are not. It is the same kind of quasi-fascinating fact that conspiracy theorists yoke together in their fantastic farragoes. Incidentally, Lubin does an excellent job on the cultural output of these re-writers of the circumstances of the assassination. He takes no sides, he only examines their output in conjunction with that of other forms of reportage, history and journalism.

      Altogether an illuminating, creative, and corrective work of criticism.

      The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Logic Puzzles
      Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
      • Many logic errors
      • I couldn't find any logic in this book.
      • Full of logic errors and typos - typical for this author
      • Too many Errors
      • A fun book with too many errors.
      The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Logic Puzzles
      Norman D. Willis
      Manufacturer: Sterling
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      ASIN: 0806926899

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      Have fun while you expand your powers of deductive reasoning! Every one of these puzzles calls for conclusions based only on the information provided; the answers don't depend on previous knowledge, memory, wordplay, or deception--just a logical mind. Accept the alternatives that lead to the correct response and discard all faulty assumptions until you've arrived at the only possibility that makes sense. There are eight kinds of puzzle, and in most cases diagrams help organize your results. Here's one example: A supermarket theft has occurred. Someone took a fully loaded cart without paying for the groceries. One of the three suspects is guilty--but which one? The guilty party's statement is true; the other two are false. Who is guilty?
      A. B took the cart loaded with groceries
      B. A's statement is true
      C. A's statement is false
      Answer: C is the guilty party.


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      1 out of 5 stars Many logic errors.......2006-02-09

      I will keep this quick, I have found a number of logic errors like all the other reviews. but to the authors credit he was a management consultant wich using the authors power of deduction means he doesn't know anything to a point where he never could get a steady job!

      1 out of 5 stars I couldn't find any logic in this book........2005-03-26

      I'm a Laywer and love a little logic... so I bought this book for a little fun, and honestly, I hope that normal folks don't think like this. It's so full of mistakes that it's not worth the paper it's printed on. Here is the example of the first puzzle:

      Setting: a crew left the ship, and went to an island. the island was really a monster. so they tried to swim back to the ship. what you must do is determine what time of day it is.

      1. If the monster had just consumed a ship and several whales and wasn't hungry, then it was evening.
      2. If it was morning, the ship and crew were too small to be noticed by the monster.
      3. If it was evening, then the monster was too old and slow to catch the ship and crew.
      4. If the giant fish was too old and slow to catch the crew and ship, then it was morning.

      Okay, so those are the facts. Now what Mr. Willis (the author) wants us to do is determine which of the facts are false, and then from our deduction, determine what time of day it is... huh? Yeah, seriously. Well here is his solution:

      From statement 1, if the fish just ate a ship and some whales, then it was evening. From statement 3, if it was evening, the fish was too old and slow. Thus, statement 1 is invalid.

      From statement 4, if the fish was too old, it was morning. From statement 2, if it was morning, the ship and crew were too small to be noticed. Thus, statement 4 is invalid.

      ...

      I'm sorry, but that's the biggest bunch of BS I've ever read. Maybe statement 3 should have read "too old and slow to catch ANY ship." Because, who is to say that this particular ship is slower than the other ships? Besides, they weren't even in the ship when the monster was chasing them - i.e., they were swimming back to their ship. But still, who is to say that statement 1 doesn't invalidate statement 3? Honestly, the only conclusion one can draw from statement 1 and 3 is:

      If the monster had just consumed a ship and several whales and wasn't hungry, then the monster was too old and slow to catch the ship and crew.

      But that doesn't really help us determine what time of day it is? Oh, and this was PUZZLE #1 in the book. Anyway, if I could give this a negative star I would. It's pure garbage.

      3 out of 5 stars Full of logic errors and typos - typical for this author.......2003-07-19

      I give credit to the book for being a fairly large compliation of logic puzzles (I love solving logic puzzles). Volume, variety and interesting story/scenarios are the reasons that I gave the book 3 stars instead of 1 star.

      But the book is FULL of errors. Some are typos with little impact (mention of a "yellow" serpent when all of the logic statements refer to a "blue" one). Others are typos with heavy impact (failing to put a "not" in one of the logic statements, discovered by looking at the "solution").

      But more significant are the logic errors. Norman draws conclusions that are not valid from the info that he provides. Usually, this centers around exclusion cases. Often his puzzles have multiple "correct" answers, but he fails to address other possibilities in his "solution" or he provides a basis for eliminating them that is not logically accurate. P2-3 is an excellent example of that.

      I also have one of Norman's False Logic Puzzle books and it is beleaguered by the same problems. He needs to find a capable person to go over his work before he publishes it.

      All in all, it's a good book if you are looking for a bunch of puzzles to solve and you are comfortable knowing that you are right and the book is wrong if the puzzle as stated has multiple or no solutions. I.e. if you just plain don't need the "solutions" in the back of the book to solve the puzzle or verify your solution.

      1 out of 5 stars Too many Errors.......2003-04-21

      Add another to the list of frustrated puzzle solvers !!

      2 out of 5 stars A fun book with too many errors........2003-02-25

      I have enjoyed logic puzzles ever since I was first given one in math class in 8th grade, so when I recieved this book as a Christmas present this past Christmas, I was excited to dig in and rub my brain cells togeather.

      Unfortunately as two other reviewers have mentioned, I too have found that this book has a good deal of errors to it.

      While I admit that no author should be expected to be perfect, the point of a logic puzzle is to logically deduce withheld information to come up with the answer to the proposed problem, however this becomes impossible when not enough information is given to begin with and the reader has to jump to a conclusion, and merely hope that it is the same conclusion that the author made. I found an example of this in problem number P3-1a last night, which led me to write this review. Hopefully in the future the author will take more care in the puzzles he creates to make sure that they actually have a solution!
      The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Mensa Mind Teasers
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • This was okay.
      • Fun, fun, fun!
      The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Mensa Mind Teasers

      Manufacturer: Sterling
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      ASIN: 0806901551

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      Test your mental mettle with hundreds of puzzles from Mensa--the high IQ society. Challenge yourself with crosswords, crypto-quotes, picture puzzles, wordplay, brainteasers, brain bogglers, brain benders, brain bafflers, and much more! You'll need to focus, ponder, sharpen your wits, and think outside the box to tackle these tricky conundrums. There are mathematical mysteries, questionable quotations, enjoyable enigmas, and plenty of other perplexing puzzlers. Hints and all the answers are included.

      Customer Reviews:

      3 out of 5 stars This was okay........2007-02-28

      Most of these were way too challenging for me. But a good portion of it is a lot of fun, like the picture puzzles.

      But if you enjoy burning your brain with challenging puzzles this might be better suited for you. But if you have meager intelligent (like me) stick to your easy crossword puzzles, which is what I'm going to do.

      5 out of 5 stars Fun, fun, fun!.......2007-01-28

      Great book for parties and social gatherings. Good puzzles and a great way to meet people in a bar, at a seminar, etc.- ask someone to help you and see how smart they are, if they're cute, maybe that won't matter!
      The Little Giant Encyclopedia of IQ Tests
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        The Little Giant Encyclopedia of IQ Tests
        Philip J. Carter , and Kenneth A. Russell
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        Think you're smart? Prove it! 25 brain-stumping IQ quizzes, featuring wordplay, diagrams, numerical challenges, and more, will really put you to the test. Just try these and see how you do:

        1. One letter in each word of a well-known saying has been changed. What is the saying?
        2. Solve the clues to find four six-letter words. The same three letters are represented by XYZ in each word.
        3. X Y Z _ _ _ clue : fleet
        _ X Y Z _ _ clue : heat
        _ _ X Y Z _ clue : beguiles
        _ _ _ X Y Z clue : remove defensive capability

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        1. Take the bull by the horns.
        2. Armada, warmth, charms, disarm. XYZ = ARM


        Little Giant Encyclopedia: Logic Puzzles
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          Little Giant Encyclopedia: Logic Puzzles
          Norman D. Willis
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          ASP.NET Data Web Controls Kick Start
          Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
          • ASP.NET Datagrid Control
          • One of the most useful Books I have every bought!
          • Very helpful as a learning tool and reference.
          • DataGrid, DataList and the Repeater Learned correctly
          • Incredible, A must have for asp.net developers
          ASP.NET Data Web Controls Kick Start
          Scott Mitchell
          Manufacturer: Sams
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          Utilizing the more advanced features of the Data Web Controls has many developers stumped. These controls are fairly simple to use when it comes to simple data display. However, they can do much more than merely present data. For example, the DataGrid Web Control allows for sorting, paging, and editing of data. In addition, these controls allow for templating of data, which can be used to provide more complex views. The DataGrid, DataList, and Repeater forum on the Microsoft ASP.NET Forums received more than 2,100 posts in the first month and a half of use, or over 35 posts per day on average. As the Web master of an ASP.NET Web site, Scott has also received numerous emails from readers and visitors asking questions about these Web Controls. ASP.NET Data Web Controls is likely to be an indispensable item in every ASP.NET developer's toolbox.

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          Utilizing the more advanced features of the Data Web Controls has many developers stumped. These controls are fairly simple to use when it comes to simple data display. However, they can do much more than merely present data. For example, the DataGrid Web Control allows for sorting, paging, and editing of data. In addition, these controls allow for templating of data, which can be used to provide more complex views. The DataGrid, DataList, and Repeater forum on the Microsoft ASP.NET Forums received more than 2,100 posts in the first month and a half of use, or over 35 posts per day on average. As the Web master of an ASP.NET Web site, Scott has also received numerous emails from readers and visitors asking questions about these Web Controls. ASP.NET Data Web Controls is likely to be an indispensable item in every ASP.NET developer's toolbox.

          Customer Reviews:

          4 out of 5 stars ASP.NET Datagrid Control.......2005-09-09

          I am a professional developer and I found Scott's book to be one of the best examples on how to write a technical book. His examples are practical and usable. The Datagrid, Datalist, and Repeater are throughly examined and I use it as a reference for work.

          5 out of 5 stars One of the most useful Books I have every bought!.......2005-04-24

          This is one of the the best .NET books I have in my collection. The book is well orginized and easy to read. The concepts are mixed so it is great for a beginner or some one looking for a fresh look on something they already do. I will recommend it to any ASP.NET programmer!

          5 out of 5 stars Very helpful as a learning tool and reference........2004-11-17

          I've been playing around with ASP.NET for a while now and have always been intimidated by the DataGrid. I don't know why, I just was. I've had this book for a while and finally picked it up to read it. I'm about 3/4 of the way through and have already created my first application and used a DataGrid and a Repeater. Without the book, I'd still probably be hand-hacking at this. Great job, Scott!

          5 out of 5 stars DataGrid, DataList and the Repeater Learned correctly.......2004-10-03

          Mr. Scott Mitchell's book: Asp.net Data Web Controls Kick Start is an excellent book to get the novice of Asp.net Data Web Controls up and running quickly. I had a probelem, emailed him, and he immediately responded with the solution to my problem. I was truely grateful to Mr. Mitchell. Using stored procedures in SQL Server and retreiving only the needed redcords via a stored procedure "chapter 8", proved to be indispensable.

          I was able to easily understand his code and apply his techniques and methods to my projects (I'm still a student). Even my classmates were amazed of my understanding of the asp.net DataGrid features. So I simply recommended Asp.net Data Web Controls Kick Start as the book to use to grasp the pertinent information needed to succeed and think.

          As a beginner in ASP.Net, I truely and honestly recommend this book as your Kick Start and reference to the DataGrid, DataList and the Repeater. The step-by-step hands-on examples makes this book also a great tutorial. The programming language was great (VB) and I'm sure a person that is familiar with C# will not be imtimidated with the VB.net code. The book also offers more information on the topics by offering online resources. Thank You Mr. Scott Mitchell

          Buy this book and you will not be disapointed.
          Sincerely and honestly

          5 out of 5 stars Incredible, A must have for asp.net developers.......2004-04-30

          First off, if you see a book written by Scott Mitchell then just buy it. The author of this book guarantees you an incredibly written, easy to understand, and informative book. This book is no exception to the great work produced by Mitchell.

          This book will provide you with learning tools for asp.net data controls and real world examples. This book is the best on the market for those just learning asp.net or veterans in need of more in depth material and a reference book.

          If you even sometimes program in asp.net, this book should be on your shelf.

          Epigraphic Evidence: Ancient History From Inscriptions (Approaching the Ancient World)
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            John Bodel
            Manufacturer: Routledge
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            Inscriptions are a rich source of information about ancient Greek and Roman culture. Yet the constantly increasing mass of available material, and the specialized conventions of epigraphic editing and publication, can make the study of these crucial documents intimidating for the non-specialist. This readable and fully-illustrated study thoroughly demystifies epigraphic evidence.

            The Jews in the Modern World: A History since 1750
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              Hilary L. Rubinstein , Dan Cohn-Sherbok , Abraham J. Edelheit , and W. D. Rubinstein
              Manufacturer: A Hodder Arnold Publication
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              ASIN: 0340691638

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              The Jews in the Modern World covers the period from 1750 until the present, with an emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explores in detail the diverse ways in which the Jewish people have reacted to Modernity. As well as covering the Holocaust, the Diaspora and the Arab-Israeli conflict, the authors have included material on anti-Semitism, philo-Semitism, Sephardi and Oriental Jewry and the development of rival ideologies within the Jewish community. An important section of the book is devoted to the often neglected topic of the role of women in Judaism. Interest in modern Jewish history has never been greater, but despite the huge amount of recent research, this is the first major textbook in forty years to deal with the topic in a clear and undogmatic manner.
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                Scientific American's Ask the Experts: Answers to The Most Puzzling and Mind-Blowing Science Questions
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                • Boring, but easy to read and seems accurate
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                Release Date: 2003-10-21

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                Why is the night sky dark? How do dolphins sleep without drowning? Why do hangovers occur? Will time travel ever be a reality? What makes a knuckleball appear to flutter? Why are craters always round?

                There's only one source to turn to for the answers to the most puzzling and thought-provoking questions about the world of science: Scientific American. Writing in a fun and accessible style, an esteemed team of scientists and educators will lead you on a wild ride from the far reaches of the universe to the natural world right in your own backyard. Along the way, you'll discover solutions to some of life's quirkiest conundrums, such as why cats purr, how frogs survive winter without freezing, why snowflakes are symmetrical, and much more. Even if you haven't picked up a science book since your school days, these tantalizing Q & A's will shed new light on the world around you, inside you, below you, above you, and beyond!

                Customer Reviews:

                1 out of 5 stars Boring, but easy to read and seems accurate.......2007-08-28

                Why isn't Pluto a planet? What causes a meteor shower? Why are planets round? Why is the night sky dark? Why do computers crash?
                >>> If these are interesting to you, this book has the answers. Mostly boring though. There were a few gems: Why do men have nipples? (No disadvantage, so no selection pressure against them). What is the origin of zero? How does a flame behave in zero gravity? (It goes out from lack of oxygen, from lack of convection.)

                As I write this, this book is available for $0.43 from the used resellers, with 9 copies available for under $1. That's more that this book is worth to me.

                4 out of 5 stars Pleasant reading and friendly, but...........2007-07-25

                ...It lacks good interpretation. Don't get me wrong, they did great coming out with this book. Nice quesions that even myself had a thought about here and there. Even old wives tales are explained in this book. But, Some questions can confuse the average person, especially if his career doesn't involve any science backround. But from the little hard-to-understand statements in some questions/answers, it's a great book to have for those questions you never thought about.

                5 out of 5 stars Great book!.......2007-02-20

                I first got this book from the library because I'm a curious lad. I took it out and just randomly opened it. The questions inside are great, and really make you wonder about the world and what science holds. I was immediately immersed in the book, and its great explanations.

                Furthermore, if you want to know A LOT about any one question, you're better off starting in this book, and then looking somewhere else. Its a short book and can only provide 1-2 pages of explanations for puzzling questions that you actually want to know about. What I mean, when you look at the questions you'll think "Woah...what is that..." and read on.

                Great book, if you can get it for 5 bucks, go for it and learn something.

                The first thing I learned from the book was that the Appendix does have a use, its pretty serious too. Buy the book to see how!

                3 out of 5 stars some interesting stuff, but overall dull.......2004-04-13

                I usually like books like this, with questions that many people ask themselves and simple, to-the-point answers. Unfortunately, this book isn't all that great. First of all, many of the people who supply answers tend to present theories as facts. Secondly, the answers aren't always quite as concise and to-the-point as one would like. For example, should it really take two pages to say that we just don't know if dinosaurs were warm-blooded or cold-blooded? Questions for which we have no answer probably would have been better off edited out of this book. Then there are the occasional answers that wander around all over the place without really answering the question. Overall, a pretty disappointing reading experience.
                Ask the Experts: Answers to the Most Puzzling and Mind-Blowing Science Questions
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                  Proceedings of the Southwest Raptor Management Symposium and Workshop (National Wildlife Federation Scientific and Technical Series)
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