For everyone who has looked up at the stars on a clear nightand longed to know more about them, here is the perfectintroduction and guide to discovering the stars. Discover the Stars leads you on a tour of all the stars andconstellations visible with the naked eye and introduces you todeep-sky objects that can be seen with binoculars or a simpletelescope. The tour is conducted by the editor of Astronomymagazine, Richard Berry, whose two-color, computer-plotted sky mapsand clear instructions make stargazing fun and productive from yourfirst night out. The heart of Discover the Stars is two sections of big, beautifulsky maps and charts. The first section features twelve maps thatshow the entire sky overhead as it appears during each month of theyear. These outline all the constellations visible anywhere in theNorthern Hemisphere, and the accompanying text reveals the richancient mythology that surrounds the star groups. The second section is made up of twenty-three star ch
Perhaps this book will be understood only by someone who has himself already had the thoughts that are expressed in it--or at least similar thoughts.--So it is not a textbook.--Its purpose would be achieved if it gave pleasure to one person who read and understood it.The book deals with the problems of philosophy, and shows, I believe, that the reason why these problems are posed is that the logic of our language is misunderstood.,
With commentary by the greatest physicist of our time, StephenHawking, this anthology has garnered impressive reviews. PW hascalled it a gem of a collection while New Scientist magazine notesthe thrill of reading Einsteins own words. From the writings thatrevealed the famous Theory of Relativity, to other papers thatshook the scientific world of the 20th century, A StubbornlyPersistent Illusion belongs in every science fans library.
At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes'sstill-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not beginfar back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process thatcame about only three thousand years ago and is still developing.The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extendinto virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history andculture, our religion -- and indeed our future.
