History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Old School Romance
Conrad, V Sucatre
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Imagine a time when a romance novel won the Pulitzer Prize. When one romance writer was the highest paid author in the world. When romance was enjoyed by both men and women. A Golden Age of Romance Fiction! It did exist, and you'll learn all about it in this book.

The old Model school: Its history and romance, 1852-1904

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The old Model school: Its history and romance, 1852-1904
James Alexander Allan
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Old school day romances,
James Whitcomb Riley
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Old School Ties (Harlequin Romance, No 3184)

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Cute book.

Old School Ties (Harlequin Romance, No 3184)
Leigh Michaels
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Cute book........2002-01-02

Old School Ties was good it is about a lady named Heather De Marco trying to save her old school which is a landmark from being demolished by a developer named Cole Dennison and she sets to fight him in any way she can but soon finds herself falling for him. It's not a keeper but still a good book.

Stories of Latter-day Saint Hymns: Their Authors and Composers. By Pyper, George D. + Index to AuthorS, Composers , Illustrations, This Book is Full of Fascinating Information on the History of The Church Of Jesus ChRIsT Of Latter-Day Saints Hymns.

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Stories of Latter-day Saint Hymns: Their Authors and Composers. By Pyper, George D. + Index to AuthorS, Composers , Illustrations, This Book is Full of Fascinating Information on the History of The Church Of Jesus ChRIsT Of Latter-Day Saints Hymns.
George D.,General Superintendent Deseret suNDay School Union, First Assistant Chairman Of The Latter-Day Saint Church Music Committee, AUthor Of The Romance Of An Old Playhouse., With Illustrations B/W, By Pyper
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Confounding the Color Line is an essential, interdisciplinary introduction to the myriad relationships forged for centuries between Indians and Blacks in North America. Since the days of slavery, the lives and destinies of Indians and Blacks have been entwined-thrown together through circumstance, institutional design, or personal choice. Cultural sharing and intermarriage have resulted in complex identities for some members of Indian and Black communities today. The contributors to this volume examine the origins, history, various manifestations, and long-term consequences of the different connections that have been established between Indians and Blacks. Stimulating examples of a range of relations are offered, including the challenges faced by Cherokee freedmen, the lives of Afro-Indian whalers in New England, and the ways in which Indians and Africans interacted in Spanish colonial New Mexico. Special attention is given to slavery and its continuing legacy, both in the Old South and in Indian Territory. The intricate nature of modern Indian-Black relations is showcased through discussions of the ties between Black athletes and Indian mascots, the complex identities of Indians in southern New England, the problem of Indian identity within the African American community, and the way in which today's Lumbee Indians have creatively engaged with African American church music. At once informative and provocative, Confounding the Color Line sheds valuable light on a pivotal and not well understood relationship between these communities of color, which together and separately have affected, sometimes profoundly, the course of American history. James F. Brooks is an assistant professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Captives and Cousins: Slavery, Kinship, and Community in the Southwest Borderlands.

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This book praises Natives and condemns Blacks........2006-11-13

In one article, the author comments, "Why didn't Black people take up the issue of racist 'Indian' mascots back in the 1960s?" Hello! Because they were fighting their own struggles. And most movements for equality start with the oppressed group themselves. Native Americans should have fought to get rid of those mascots in the 1960s; surely the blame can't land on blacks. Blackwise, there were slaves and freed Blacks critical of slavery before there was a mass of white abolitionists. Why does this book not have a chapter where someone laments, "Why didn't Native Americans fight to free black slaves centuries ago?" The same comments could be made in reverse.

In another chapter, an author takes a Black musical audience member to task for opining that Lumbee music sounded like it was Black-derived. Look, there are countless examples of non-Blacks appropriating Black music and other artistic expressions. The question raised by the audience member is legitimate.

In short, I found many examples where this book seems to suggest that if Blacks and Natives have tensions, then it is the fault of the former group. Very little is said about Radmilla Cory, a Black-Navajo woman who received jeers from Navajos when she won Miss Navajo. A Black academic whose name I forgot has written three books about how the Cherokees, Creeks, and Choctaw bought Black slaves and did nothing to see that any Black slaves were freed.

If these two groups have tensions, both groups can be to blame. This book seemed very one-sided. I found it disturbing, indeed.

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Microperceptions in a Theory of Everything

The book is an shame and defamation to all western science

Superdumbed Down

No Einstein Chapter!

More specific details would have made it better

Supersymmetry: Unveiling the Ultimate Laws of Nature
Gordon L. Kane , and Gordon Kane
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Release Date: 2001-07-03

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Call it a preview of coming attractions. The physical theory called "supersymmetry" is as yet unproven, but its proof will unite the four fundamental forces of nature--electromagnetism, gravity, and the strong and weak nuclear forces--and lead to the so-called Grand Unified Theory that physicists have long quested after. The theory underlying supersymmetry posits that every particle has a "superpartner" (a quark has a "squark," an electron a "selectron," and so on), whose existence can be adduced by observable behavior. Some of these superpartners, such as the conjectured Higgs bosons, are "really a new kind of matter," suggests physicist Gordon Kane in Supersymmetry.

The experimental proof required to validate supersymmetry will soon be available, when reconfigured particle accelerators at the Fermilab in Illinois and CERN in Switzerland go on line. These accelerators will be powerful enough to "smash" particles at hitherto unknown levels of energy. They will also be enormously expensive, Kane adds, a cost he justifies by insisting that "Society always comes out ahead, even from a purely financial perspective, when it builds such facilities, because new developments lead to 'spinoffs' that in turn lead to multibillion-dollar industries." Society will come out ahead in another way, Kane confidently predicts, with supersymmetry's providing knowledge of how the world really works. Accessible and thought-provoking, Kane's book offers a glimpse of that knowledge to come. --Gregory McNamee

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"An excellent book on one of the most important advances in modern physics. "-Samuel C. C. Ting, Nobel Laureate

"A fascinating account of the theoretical ideas behind supersymmetry...told by someone who has contributed deeply to the development of the field." -Nature

For most of human history, man has been trying to discover just how the universe works. In this groundbreaking work, renowned physicist Gordon Kane first gives us the basics of the Standard Model, which describes the fundamental constituents and forces of nature. He then explains the next great leap in understanding: the theory of supersymmetry, which implies that each of the fundamental particles has a "superpartner" that can be detected at energies and intensities only now being achieved in the giant accelerators. If Kane and his colleagues are correct, these superpartners will also help solve many of the puzzles of modern physics-such as the existence of the Higgs boson-as well as one of the biggest mysteries is cosmology: the notorious "dark matter" of the universe.

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Microperceptions in a Theory of Everything.......2007-09-25

Kane presents a thoughtful and understandable review of the current attempts to formulate a general Theory of Everything. His focus is on explaining the concept and broad theory of "Supersymmetry," based on the concept of a symmetrical relationship between elements of the universe and a balance of forces and matter.

The approach in Supersymmetry is to achieve clarity by a regularity and consistency of explanation that can then be extended to account for all specific cases and situations now known or as new ones are discovered. Kane provides a good explanation of the varieties of String Theory, one of the approaches to a Theory of Everything. This explanation made more sense than previous books I have read.

Kane's way of explaining provides good visual and verbal pictures, without compromising the character of the theory under scrutiny. He uses lots of diagrams, and while he uses math and refers to the mathematical explanations, he is very practical and explains what the math is doing at each stage. That is, we learn what all this is trying to account for, what factors have to be taken into account at each stage of investigation.

He refers to other prominent and knowledgeable writers, and builds explanations around anecdotes and public events. This story-telling approach gets the reader involved in the mystery of the search. This helps make sense of some of the steps taken and some of the tentative answers or theories that often don't make sense without their context.

Kane's helpful summary of the history of scientific discovery and development of explanatory theories is very helpful in understanding the new theoretical physics where so much creative and thoughtful work is being done.

The problems being addressed in Supersymmetry and other approaches to a Theory of Everything are complex, since they deal with a level of reality smaller than the human senses can detect directly. Theorized aspects of reality are still being searched for, but these depend on the ongoing development of instruments that can "see" [detect] at smaller and smaller level, extending ever further the human perception of sub-atomic reality.

One aspect he clarifies is that theoretical physics is still based on the basic scientific premise of experimental evidence. From reading numerous other books by and about Theoretical Physics and Quantum Mechanics, I have had some doubts about the experimental basis of current theoretical physics. Kane explains the levels of primary and secondary evidence and the perceptions tese provide. I have not seen this addressed, at least directly. Kane's explanations of procedure and method clarify many aspects not commonly known about the current state of particle physics in relation to cosmology.

In that regard he outlines what areas of possible knowledge he feels have now been exhausted and which will continue to need and provide development and further knowledge about our universe.

The book is an shame and defamation to all western science.......2007-01-06

Letting English major editors dictate what physics books get published
and their content is a modern disaster.
We have ,now, two types of books :
1) worthless dumbed down
2) technical unreadable
and thanks to publishing this trash
nothing in between that might aid education?

The book is an shame and defamation to all western science :
a book about supersymmetry that doesn't mention group theory or Lie Algebra.

I makes someone who knows better very angry that publishers can be this irresponsible.
The book is:
1) a waste of the writer's time
2) a waste of good printers ink
3) a waste of the buyers time and money

John Gribbin's "The Seach for Superstrings, Symmetry and the Theory of Everything" is better: still too dumbed down to be of much good totally.

Superdumbed Down.......2004-01-03

Physics can only properly be described with math, and can only be described deeply with math that only a tiny fraction of people can understand. So every writer of a book on physics for a popular audience faces the question of how to describe physics in everyday language that will nonetheless convey much of the essential meaning. On the other hand, the core demographic for a popular book on theoretical physics shouldn't be confused with the average individual. Gordon Kane, while a formidable theorist, unfortunately misjudged where to aim his sights with "Supersymmetry", a book attempting to describe the theory of extending the Standard Model a little closer to the ultimate theory of everything by devising a symmetry between bosons and fermions. There's a limit to how much you can talk about a theory without actually describing the theory.

For example, consider this exercise in friendly vaguary: "One can estimate the maximum possible value of the cosmological constant from the observed expansion rate of the universe. We can also estimate naively what size the cosmological constant should be if we made the simplest guess. The problem is that the maximum size the cosmological constant could have, and still be consistent with what we observe, is many powers of 10 smaller than the naive estimate." I can barely even decipher this ambiguous hand-waving as an indication of the cosmological constant problem; I find it hard to believe that anyone not already familiar with this problem would gain any understanding from this sort of description. They'd do much better to read, for example, Joao Magueijo's beautiful exposition.

Kane does clear up enough to carry across some of his keen insights, including on the daunting task of finding experimental evidence of supersymmetry and on what the shape of fundamental theory implies for different versions of the anthropic principle. He also provides some of the reasons why supersymmetry actually makes predictions that fail in ways the Standard Model already succeeds at least somewhat, casting doubt on the inevitability that supersymmetry will prove to be a successful description of physical law. Actually the book could gain from further splashes of cold water; many times Kane ends up implying that supersymmetry's first impressions are clearly inconsistent with known theory and new versions of the theory were devised that always make predictions just out of reach of our collider technology. Somehow though, Kane repeatedly concludes with assured confidence that this out-of-reach version of the theory will be vindicated. As with strings, the exuberance of the theorist leaves a vague disquiet, if you can sense it, at the prolonged enthusiasm for intricate mathematical elegance in the absence of experimental verification of theoretical predictions - made before the fact, not as postdictions. In the meantime, the wealth of newly observed physical phenomena, such as dark energy, that were wholly unanticipated in decades of arcane theoretical work, beg for that disquiet to receive a greater acknowledgement than can be found here.

No Einstein Chapter!.......2003-05-26

It's come to be a relief to read a book on popular physics without the obligatory chapter on Einstein. The author, Gordon Kane, spends that freed up space discussing how effective theories change the scope of physics at different scales of various parameters (size and speed being the usual ones). This is something that the general public would benefit from knowing, as a great many people think that each new scientific discovery invalidates previous knowledge instead of expanding on previous knowledge.

While Kane necessarily avoids burdensome mathematics, he does offer some "proofs" and "requirements" of supersymmetry that can be explained qualitatively. This plus the Feynman diagrams are about the best you can expect without grabbing an advanced graduate-level textbook.

One caveat: the author seems almost religiously convinced that the evidence for supersysmmetry is "just around the corner" and always speaks as if the experimental proof is a fait accompli. Based on limits to the theory, we really ought to be seeing the lightest superpartner already and the reader feels that the book takes on an unrealistically-optimistic tone.

More specific details would have made it better.......2002-06-14

Supersymmetry is a particular mathematical extension of the standard model in which the equations predict additional things like superpartners. Kane's book, obviously, is about supersymmetry, including some of its historical origins and what it might teach us about the universe.

One of the questions readers might ask is what difference does supersymmetry make? Is it just a particularly nice way of writing the equations of the standard model? Kane does a nice job of explaining these differences, and helping the reader understand how supersymmetry, as a theory, can be tested.

For example, the Standard Model predicts something called the Higgs boson. The exact number of Higgs bosons, and their characteristics, will help shape the Standard Model. If it turns out that supersymmetry describes nature, we should find that there are at least five types of Higgs bosons.

Kane has included an entire chapter on the subject of testing supersymmetry. One of the nice things about his chapter is the way in which he explains how beam intensity affects the determination of a theories viability. Often, it's not just a matter of finding some new particle, but of observing processes with different decay products at different rates. This is where intensity comes in, as it allows a faster acquisition of the statistics to distinguish between different models. In other words, a collider's usefulness depends on more than the energy of the colliding particles. It also depends on things like how many particles are in the colliding beams (the intensity).

Kane also does a nice job of explaining - at the beginning of the book - the hierarchy among models and theories, though he brings (of course) a distinct theoretical-physicist point of view.

Kane's book is totally qualitative, and intended for the general public. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Generally I enjoy books that address cutting-edge research at the 50,000-foot level where you don't have to be an "expert" to follow the mathematics. Such books make me feel like I'm still using my time wisely, even though the book is "easy reading."

Unfortunately, I think Kane's book is a bit too qualitative. I realize that a subject like supersymmetry is very complicated, and that a 200-page book with no equations can hardly hope to give the subject justice, but this level was just a tad bit too general for me. There just isn't that much solid and clear information that I could grab hold of here, and I came away feeling (unfortunately) like I hadn't learned as much as I'd hoped to.

The book definitely has its good side. Kane is a talented writer, and he does a good job of explaining concepts about theories and models in physics. What he does explain is - for the most part - clear and easy to follow and understand.

For example, Kane points out that the superpartners predicted by supersymmetry could help to explain the missing mass of the universe (mass that is known to exist from the gravitational maps produced by the measuring the motions of stars, but not visibly detected). These superpartners interact through fields that don't act on normal matter - except for the Higgs boson (which is responsible for giving particles mass). It was not clear for me, though, why this has to be so. That's part of the problem. Kane provides a fair amount of information, but much of it takes the form of simple statements thrown out, without the ability to see how these things are required as part of the theory. For every explanation, it seems, I found myself with a dozen more questions.

Some of the side discussions in this book are quite interesting, like the discussion about the search for the Higgs boson, some of the commentary about the origin of the universe, and the missing mass (already mentioned above). I got the feeling that the book was written at a level appropriate for (and possibly intended for) politicians and administrators responsible for funding the colliders necessary to search for the superpartners. Indeed, one of the most interesting parts of the book was the discussion about Fermilab and CERN, and how each is engaged in research in modern physics.

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When the book 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth came out in 1989, even the authors were astonished to see it become one of the bestselling environmental books of all time. Based on that huge interest and participation by large numbers of people, they have come out with this book as the next logical step. It goes beyond simple, individual actions, and focuses on ways of expanding community participation and awareness, ways of empowering people to create an impact beyond their own homes. The need for this book is a somewhat sad statement of where we've gotten to on this planet, but more than anything, this is a hopeful book, as it truly gives us an opportunity to jump right in and start making things better.

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Good for the dedicated..........1998-11-03

If you feel extremely dedicated to your ideas to help save the environment, this book is the logical next step to follow into to help with saving the planet. Some of the ideas in there would require a lot of organization and determination to complete (along with, in some cases, a bit of time) but all the ideas in here could be taken and applied to the real world, right there in your neighborhood or city.

And for the gentleman who made the comment about nuclear energy...it's been proven that the waste products from nuclear energy would take up a huge amount of space and remain radioactive for over 10,000 years...therefore NOT making it a viable environmental alternative whether it limits carbon dioxide emissions or not. The idea is not to take the lesser of two evils, it's to eliminate them both and go with the safe alternative, such as solar or wind power.

I definitely liked this book, especially after reading the original book. While I'm aware that i myself wouldn't have the dedication to pull off many of the ideas in the book, for the truly dedicated, this is a wonderful guide. Other books in this genre are helpful as well, but none gives you quite the number of sources or outlines to accomplish what you want that this book does.

Cockamamie Claptrap.......1997-08-28

Disinformation almost at its worst. At least the authors acknowledge that in some cases more energy is used to recycle a product than would making a new product, but otherwise there is so much information covered up or slanted that it invalidates the whole text. Example: "Since 1950, energy consumption in the U.S has climbed 60%" (page 28). Alarming? No. Alarmist? Yes. Using their numbers, take into account that between 1950 and 1990 the U.S. population increased by over 64%, and you see that PER CAPITA energy use DECLINED. Kneejerk environmentalism. You bet it's here. Present what you want and cover up the rest. Notice that the carbon dioxide emissions chart on page 43 conveniently ignores carbon dioxide emissions from nuclear power plants. If reducing carbon dioxide emissions is the objective, why not consider nuclear power as an option? Because it does not conform to kneejerk environmentalist dogma. Great indoctrination if you want to brainwash children.

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