This richly illustrated volume traces the history of this landmark building, documenting its varied functions and evolving architecture with rarely seen photographs and architectural plans.

From world-renowned autism spokesperson, scientist, and inventor Temple Grandin -- a book of personal stories, inventions, and facts that will blow young inventors' minds and make them soar. Have you ever wondered what makes a kite fly or a boat float? Have you ever thought about why snowflakes are symmetrical, or why golf balls have dimples? Have you ever tried to make a kaleidoscope or build a pair of stilts? In Calling All Minds, Temple Grandin explores the ideas behind all of those questions and more. She delves into the science behind inventions, the steps various people took to create and improve upon ideas as they evolved, and the ways in which young inventors can continue to think about and understand what it means to tinker, to fiddle, and to innovate. And laced throughout it all, Temple gives us glimpses into her own childhood tinkering, building, and inventing. More than a blueprint for how to build things, in Calling All Minds Temple Grandin creates a blueprint for different ways to look at the world. And more than a call to action, she gives a call to imagination, and shows readers that there is truly no single way to approach any given problem--but that an open and inquisitive mind is always key. Praise for Calling All Minds: "An impassioned call to look at the world in unique ways with plenty of practical advice on how to cultivate a curious, inquiring, imaginative mind." —Kirkus Reviews "Both practical and inspirational, this useful book describes an overall approach to viewing the world creatively, as exemplified by the numerous projects and supporting material provided here." —VOYA "Grandin offers a nuanced perspective on the qualities of a successful inventor—notably, a sense of wonder and curiosity, careful observation, and the willingness to learn from mistakes." —Publishers Weekly

Overzicht van de Chinese uitvindingen waar het Westen pas eeuwen later mee in aanraking kwam.

“Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you; heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’” —Luke 10:8-9 When Jesus sent seventy disciples on ahead of him, part of their mission was to heal the sick. In fact, they were supposed to heal the sick before they preached the Gospel. Best-selling author Mike Aquilina calls this command the healing imperative. And it’s an imperative that ushered in the world of modern medicine. The Healing Imperative: The Early Church and the Invention of Medicine as We Know It reconstructs the fascinating history of a uniquely Christian institution: the hospital. Underlining how the virtues of charity and hospitality motivated the first generations of Christians, along with Jesus’ explicit command to heal the sick, Aquilina shows just how revolutionary the actions of Christian doctors and nurses were and how they transformed society in ways that still reverberate today. The radical developments in health care spearheaded by Christians influenced culture, society, and civilization. As The Healing Imperative proves, now more than ever, the compassion of Christians is needed to guide the world of medicine. Jesus’ command still resonates, and Aquilina urges us to respond.

'The Genius of China' is based on the immense erudition and research of the late Dr. Joseph Needham, the world's foremost authority on Chinese science. The key discoveries of the modern world that were made in China are outlined.

Cases of stigmata, weeping and bleeding icons, the mystifying Shroud of Turin and the Marian Apparitions; all of which are just a fraction of thousands of reported religious miracles. The scientifi c seeks for rational explanations while the faithful accepts them without doubt and hesitation. Penning one fi ne piece of work after the other under a pseudonym, Youth the Writer continues to englighten the modern man with his groundbreaking philosophical series of books. This time around, he sheds light to the hidden affair behind religiious miracles in Inventions and Deception, the seventh in the series. Like all the other six installments, Inventions and Deception follows the conversation, taking place via the authors dreams, between the Professor and Ace. These two beings live in two different times and places but regularly meet to discuss everything there is know about life and its inner workings through the Accelerating Life, an intensive education course that will make each student wiser; allowing them to learn from eighty-eight life experiences in very short time. Through a series of penetrating questions and incisive responses between instructor and student, Inventions and Deception posits that inventions, in the beginning, has become an excellent marketing tool for ancient temples. This early inventors needed support to continue experimenting, and some of them asked the temples masters for such support in exchange it will be displayed in the temples where people can come and see it. The temple masters quickly found out that the people thought of such invention as Gods work, and they were telling other people about it to visit. The temple masters started to invest more in the inventors for exclusive right of the inventions as well as confi dentiality of the project. Soon, greed led the temple masters to kill some of the inventors to make sure that no other temple will have what they have. It was greed and ugliness that made some of the inventors run away and think of the truth of the temple.Some of those inventors become the fi rst unbelievers, and some of them even started a hidden war against the temples. Inventions, later on, become a tool to uncover deception. Youth the Writer has certainly concocted an intelligent read in Inventions and Deception. Apart from discussing how men were deceived to believing the supposedly miracles by the divine and otherworldly, Youth the Writer also tackles polemical issues such as revolutions, political parties, marriage, and good versus evil. The reader is invited and encouraged to think more than the usual and question what has been thought to be true since the world began.