Sun, Earth, Man

Sun, Earth, Man
Title Sun, Earth, Man PDF eBook
Author Theodor Landscheidt
Publisher
Pages 112
Release 1989
Genre Astrology
ISBN 9781871989007

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Heaven, Earth, and Man in The Book of Changes

Heaven, Earth, and Man in The Book of Changes
Title Heaven, Earth, and Man in The Book of Changes PDF eBook
Author Hellmut Wilhelm
Publisher UBS Publishers' Distributors
Pages 252
Release 1979
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 9780295956923

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The Book of Changes [I Ching or Chou I] was the first of the Five Confucian Classics and served as the wellspring of both Confucian and Taoist thought. Following in the tradition of his father, Richard Wilhelm, who made the best known and most respected translation of the I Ching, Hellmut Wilhelm came to be regarded as a preeminent authority on the Book of Changes. In these seven lectures, he carried forward his inquiry into its significance, both as a manual of divination and as a work of philosophy.

The Man Who Flattened the Earth

The Man Who Flattened the Earth
Title The Man Who Flattened the Earth PDF eBook
Author Mary Terrall
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 420
Release 2006-05-05
Genre Science
ISBN 0226793621

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Self-styled adventurer, literary wit, philosopher, and statesman of science, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) stood at the center of Enlightenment science and culture. Offering an elegant and accessible portrait of this remarkable man, Mary Terrall uses the story of Maupertuis's life, self-fashioning, and scientific works to explore what it meant to do science and to be a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Beginning his scientific career as a mathematician in Paris, Maupertuis entered the public eye with a much-discussed expedition to Lapland, which confirmed Newton's calculation that the earth was flattened at the poles. He also made significant, and often intentionally controversial, contributions to physics, life science, navigation, astronomy, and metaphysics. Called to Berlin by Frederick the Great, Maupertuis moved to Prussia to preside over the Academy of Sciences there. Equally at home in salons, cafés, scientific academies, and royal courts, Maupertuis used his social connections and his printed works to enhance a carefully constructed reputation as both a man of letters and a man of science. His social and institutional affiliations, in turn, affected how Maupertuis formulated his ideas, how he presented them to his contemporaries, and the reactions they provoked. Terrall not only illuminates the life and work of a colorful and important Enlightenment figure, but also uses his story to delve into many wider issues, including the development of scientific institutions, the impact of print culture on science, and the interactions of science and government. Smart and highly readable, Maupertuis will appeal to anyone interested in eighteenth-century science and culture. “Terrall’s work is scholarship in the best sense. Her explanations of arcane 18th-century French physics, mathematics, astronomy, and biology are among the most lucid available in any language.”—Virginia Dawson, American Historical Review Winner of the 2003 Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society

Man on Earth

Man on Earth
Title Man on Earth PDF eBook
Author John Reader
Publisher
Pages 360
Release 1988
Genre Culture
ISBN

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The Happiest Man on Earth

The Happiest Man on Earth
Title The Happiest Man on Earth PDF eBook
Author Eddie Jaku
Publisher Pan Books
Pages 0
Release 2022
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781529066364

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Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and believed he was the 'happiest man on earth'. In his inspirational memoir, he paid tribute to those who were lost by telling his story and sharing his wisdom. 'Eddie looked evil in the eye and met it with joy and kindness . . . [his] philosophy is life-affirming' - Daily Express Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie faced unimaginable horrors every day, first in Buchenwald, then in Auschwitz, then on a Nazi death march. He lost family, friends, his country. The Happiest Man on Earth is a powerful, heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful memoir of how happiness can be found even in the darkest of times. 'Australia's answer to Captain Tom . . . a memoir that extols the power of hope, love and mutual support' - The Times

Green Man

Green Man
Title Green Man PDF eBook
Author William Anderson
Publisher Harper San Francisco
Pages 192
Release 1990
Genre Art
ISBN

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The Green movement and the women's movement have picked up on the scientific Gaia hypothesis, which suggests that the planet Earth is a single living organism. The next stage of the ecological revolution begins with the reawakening of the male counterpart of the Goddess, the Green Man, and archetype found in folklore and religious art from the earliest times, and especially linked with Christian origins of modern science. Long suppressed, the archetype emerges now to challenge us to heal our relationship with nature.

The Earthman

The Earthman
Title The Earthman PDF eBook
Author A Ezziane
Publisher AuthorHouse
Pages 198
Release 2015-11-12
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1504992296

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Adam is on a mission to find a new planet for the human race, and instead, he stumbles into an extraordinary new universe where the sky and sun are of different colours and the moon and oceans are nonexistent. He is rescued and cared for by a family from the planet Xoor, a planet of superpowerful beings. Adam, of course, finds it hard to believe at first, but with time, he learns to accept it. Now, he wants to repay these people for their hospitality; he wants to make a contribution, and he wants to integrate socially into their way of life, their habits, and their customs. The truth is, he is enticing them to his. The Xoorians are about to find out about the superhuman race.