Book Description
The Architects of Stonehenge
They came to Earth thousands of years ago to usher in mankind's first New Age of scientific growth and spiritual enlightenment. Under the guidance of these ancient visitors from the heavens, human civilization flourished -- as revolutionary advances in art, science and thought swept through the inhabited world. And they left behind magnificent monuments -- baffling monoliths and awesome, towering structures that stand to this day as testaments to their greatness.
In this extraordinarily documented, meticulously researched work, Zecharia Sitchin draws remarkable correlations between the events that shape our civilization in millennia past -- pinpointing with astonishing accuracy the tumultuous beginning of time as we know it . . . and revealing to us the indisputable signature of extraterrestrial god indelibly written in stone.
Customer Reviews:
When Time Began.......2007-03-09
Anything written by Sitchin is highly endorsed by me as a must read.
When Time Began.......2007-01-12
A good book, but a little repetition. I have read all eight books of his Earth chronicles and they are all very mind boggling.
Sitchen and his love of the blind-folded observation.......2004-10-05
Sitchen's interpretation of Sumer mythology is just as bad as Lawrence Gardner's explanation of how the Egyptians built the pyramids. Sitchen's books are nothing more than fiction masquerading as actual events. Its hard for people such as Sitchen to believe that African people, both, inland, and abroad can build complex buildings and monuments. Sure, there is evidence of alien visits, but, you won't find it here. Sitchen belongs to a group of (...)individuals who syncretized different backgrounds of knowledge for the sake of exploit and profit. Nothing new here, just more recycled junk-sci-info.
Extremely interesting..........2003-03-29
Honestly speaking everything about life and it's origin is a theory. Sitchin has written a great book (I have read most of his) and the theory of time and origin of life on earth explained in this book is quiet remarkable and astonishing. If you are one of those who think 'where did we come from', 'was there a begining' or 'is there an end' then I'd recommened this book. However, a lot of maths has been used in this book which requires reading it over again at times. But in short, I love the book, it has made my understanding of origin more broader and I can think in multiple lines!
Another good book by sitchin.......2002-01-06
What can you say about Sitchin, he writes great books.Read this one too, it's great.
Book Description
Modern scientific investigations show that Earth has been hit many times by objects such as comets and meteorites. Laboratory work on comet impact effects demonstrates that comets could cause tidal waves to exceed three miles tall and near 400 miles per hour. In the last 10,000 years, there have been two impacts of such proportion: a seven-fold impact into all the worldÂ's oceans around 7640 B.C., and a single impact into the Mediterranean Sea about 3150 B.C., the time of NoahÂ's Flood.
UrielÂ's Machine proves ancient Europeans not only survived the 7640 B.C. flood, but developed a highly advanced civilization dedicated to predicting and preparing for future meteoric impacts. Building an international network of sophisticated astronomical observatories, these ancient astronomers created accurate solar, lunar, and planetary calendars, measured the diameter of the Earth, and precisely predicted comet collisions years in advance. This was the true purpose of megalithic structures such as Stonehenge. In 3150 B.C., the ancientsÂ' predictions proved true, and their device -- UrielÂ's Machine -- allowed the reconstruction of civilization in a shattered world.
UrielÂ's Machine also presents evidence that:
-There was a single global language on Earth
-A single female was a common ancestor to all living humans
-Angels bred with human women to create The Watchers, giant half-human beings
-The oral tradition of Freemasonry records real events
A fascinating study of humankindÂ's past, present, and future, UrielÂ's Machine proves the world was indeed flooded, but survived wholly due to these ancient Europeans, their heavenly knowledge, and one remarkable machine.
Customer Reviews:
Seek and ye shall find!!!.......2007-09-23
I didn't quite know what to expect to find when I started to read this book. It is a considerable read,consisting of 466 pages. I thought I might be tempted to skip over pages at times;but it held my interest like a vise,and I read every page. I went to High School in the early 50's and we were taught that Civilization began about 3,000 or 4,000 years ago with the Sumarians. The fact that the Bible talks about the Great Flood in Noah's time, was pretty much taken a religious fable .
Since that time, much research and study is showing that there was much more in the way of civilized societies existing in Prehistoric times than generally taught or believed.
The authors have condensed all this study and evidence into a book that is extremely readible and enlightning . It gives the best explanations possible of where the knowledge came from that produced those magnificient ruins we find as evidence of ancient civilizations.
The book is a little hard to "get into" in the beginning;but the more you read,the harder it is to put down.
Never mind what the "traditional teaching" is,the facts derived from the evidence left behind,is where the truth of the past and beginnings will be found.
There is a lot more to be learned from structures such as Stonehenge,Newgrange,Maes Howe,Skar Brae,Bryn Celli Ddu,Knowth,Hill of Tara,the Dead Sea Scrolls,,Rosslyn Chapel,and the Knights of Templar than one ever imagined.
We have come to believe that human developmnt is much older than has been generally taught or accepted.
A fascinating read and my interest has been kindled to read more from this author and a number of other references quoted.
The book comes with an excellent index and an excellent historical Time Line of civilization.
The book does an excellent job of showing the realtionships of Judaiasm, Druidism,Celtic Christianity,Knights of Templar,Freemasons,Science,The Bible;and yes Virginia ,Noah's Flood was real--with worldwide consequences!!!
Peeling back the layers of time; like an onion.......2006-12-02
"Uriel's Machine" Uncovering the secrets of Stonehenge, noah's Flood, and the Dawn of Civilization. Christopher Knight and Robert Lomas. Fair Winds Press. 2001
The story takes place prior to "Religion" and exposes the scientific knowledge possessed by the predecessor of the Druids and the descendants of Noah. Enoch was Noah's grandchild, and the book of Enoch was suppressed by organized religion, as was the true story of Jesus, Mary and Jesus's family.
The tie to the pre-religious past is in the book of Enoch and the stone circles of the British Isles. New Grange in Ireland may be the "house of white crystals" mentioned in the book of Enoch. There is no other such building anywhere on earth, then or now. The tie to Jesus is strongly presented, as is Solomon's temple, which was not religious, but a machine to study the Earth-Moon-Sun-Venus relationship. This was their scientific knowledge that the less intelligent; the less enlightened; attempted to stamp out in order to control others. This may explain why the great libraries of the world are always burned; why the Jews have been persecuted; why the British, still to this day, persecute the Celtic race. The Dead Sea Scrolls include multiple copies of the Book of Enoch.
Constantine, the Roman emperor, founded the Christian Church and essentially authored all its sacred writings, such as the bible. He simultaneously launched a campaign to eradicate the Celtic Race and the Jewish Race; those with the knowledge that could expose him as a fraud. It is no small thing that Scotland is named after "Scotia" the first Irish High Queen; the daughter of an Egyptian King, yes, one of those Pyramid guys. It is no small thing that the famous "Stone of Scoon", the stone that the English stole from the Scots was once situated in Tara the sacred most ancient site in Ireland; and is this very stone that English Kings cannot be sworn into power unless they are standing on it. It is thought that this very same stone, came from Solomon's temple, and traveled to Ireland with Scotia.
The Scotland was peopled by the Irish, that is why it is named after their first Queen. Tara is the seat of ancient kingship in Ireland, and the Brits, with their 26 County puppet government, are about to build a superhighway right through it; another nail in the coffin of the true history of the pre-Christian world.
Obviously I strongly recommend it for everyone who may be interested in the truth of our pre-history; before someone invented religion as a way to control the world.
Richard Wallace
Some good new information.......2006-11-10
Although repetitive in regards to the Multi-referenced Book of Enoch, the "Uriel's Machine" gave me a lot of new information about an hypotetical civilization responsible for the construction in stone in the times before the second deluge. Also I liked the rationality of the origins of the deluge itself. On the other hand.
Excellent Description of Stone Age Astronomy and Science.......2006-09-20
Say what you will about their more speculative theories and conjectures about the Megalithic culture, The early Jews, the Knights Templar, and the Freemasons, the science presented in this book is undeniable. Many reviews here have nonsense about magic and aliens when there simply is no such thing in this book. At it's core this book explores and presents an amazing and revealing picture of the incredibly sophisticated science of observational astronomy that our ancient ancestors possessed and used on a daily basis.
Spotty ideas and unilkely scenarios abound throughout this book, but if you overlook them you will find the real brilliance of the scientific sleuthing based on astronomical alignments that have eluded so many for so long. You can't deny it... it simply exists and is demonstrable based on observation and math. So if you are interested in peeking across the ages to see our ancestor's obesession of the heavens and movements of the sun and how it has been transmitted from one culture to another you will not be disappointed in reading this book. If you are looking for aliens, Atlantis, underground cities, magic, or anything else you would be better off reading Sitchin or somebody else.
Many Flaws but Very Interesting.......2006-07-22
Although reviewer dave_42 brings up various good points, this book still has some interesting info, I would absolutely not give it to a newbie Christian or even a solid one, but only to an advanced one, otherwise you may end up leading the reader to a bad path. It's good for late night reading when you can't fall asleep.
Book Description
Discover a time of ritual and sacrifice...A land steeped in blood and glory...A family of brothers whose deadly rivalries and glorious ambitionswill forever mark the world.
In this rousing epic, Bernard Cornwell has created the Most compelling and powerful human drama of its kind since Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth and Edward Rutherford's Sarum.
Customer Reviews:
This one is disappointing..........2007-09-17
This work certainly does not show Cornwell at his best. The plot is thick and slow, and the book is really boring. Stick with Sharpe, Starbuck, or even Redcoat for much better works than this one. Avoid.
Could of happened........2007-07-01
Cornwell is a master story teller. His tale may be close to the truth. Religion seems to be at the root cause of so many mysteries and atrocities that his tale is credible. Good book to read, very entertaining.
Stonehendge.......2007-05-16
As ususal Bernard Cornwell magically carries you back in time. While this story is obviously all fiction his ability to make the characters and possiblities real is a joy to experience. He supplies the reader with imaginative story line and believable scenarios. Althougth you know the end before you even open the book, the journey was enlightening and thought provoking. A great story that keeps you thinking even after the last page.
Excellent.......2007-04-16
I thought this book was fantastic. I listened to the audio version and it kept me captivated from the first minute I started listening (It was wonderfully read). I think anyone who finds fault with this book must have been hoping to do so from the onset. This book is a great read (or listen in my case). I think it is an ingenious fictional (yet probably fairly acurate from an antropology point of view) tale which describes the bringing about of the great wonder of Stonehenge.
I loved it!.......2007-01-13
I love this book. I listened to it on tape, and found myself wanting to drive places when I didn't need to, so I could keep listening. I ate this book up, it was so interesting.
Book Description
Since its first and prize-winning edition of 1983, Stonehenge Complete has established itself as the classic account of this most famous of ancient places. For this new edition, Christopher Chippindale has revised and updated the story to include the latest theories and discoveries.
People have puzzled over Stonehenge for centuries, speculating and dreaming about it, drawing and painting it, trying to make sense of it. Here is the story of the one real Stonehenge, as well as the many unreal Stonehenges that archaeologists, tourists, mystics, astronomers, artists, poets, and visionaries have made out of it. New studies in the last decade have revolutionized our knowledge of the complex sequence of structures that make its celebrated profile; remarkably, these new discoveries have been made without new excavations.
Stonehenge today is as lively as it ever was. After a period of dissent and confrontation, visitors are once again welcome to see the sun rise over the Heel stone on midsummer solstice day, and some 20,000 people are expected to gather at midsummer dawn this year. As the new edition explains, they are in error: although Stonehenge is indeed astronomically oriented, it is not aligned on the midsummer sunrise at all. 265 illustrations, 15 in color.
Customer Reviews:
Lots of what it is not.......2006-11-01
A solid treatment of the written history regarding Stonehenge. The author likes to chuckle at all the theories he believes are incorrect about the origins of the site. However the author spends more time pointing out how everyone else is incorrect rather than providing summaries of any new likely theories as to it's origin and function. For me I was disappointed by this ommission and feel it is unfair to bash others opinions without presenting in equal detail your own.
Stonehenge.......2005-10-05
Book was very thorough, well planned, and easy to follow. Alot of information.
The book "Stonehenge Complete" is a good read.......2004-12-16
A good book, but Christopher Chippindale failed to mention the first stones brought to Stonehenge in the Late Neolithic Period from the South Wales Coalfield area. Stonehenge's first hauled stones, of course, are the white Early Carboniferous (Mississippian) Period, Arundian Age, High Tor (Birnbeck) Limestone Formation calcium carbonates of its original counterscarp bank (3/4's later moved to Heelstone ditch and Stonehenge's nearest barrow 100 metres east-southeast of Heelstone). These first transported stones overlay Stonehenge's geologic outcrop of white Late Cretaceous Period, Santonian Age, Seaford Chalk Formation calcium carbonates. Other than Christopher Chippindale not mentioning these Stonehenge Whitestones, as they are commonly referred to by BGS (British Geological Survey) geologists, the book "Stonehenge Complete" is a good read.
The Title is a Good Indication.......2004-11-23
If you're looking for a good overview of the History of Stonehenge, this is it. This book covers the 800 years of known writing of Stonehenge to convey a good idea of the history of the monument.
The book was originally published in 1983, and still contains some of the historical viewpoints of Britain in that era, but on the whole is fair and well done. There is some removal of the Astronomical material from first edition, and it instead points toward other sources more involved with that one aspect. Likewise, the archeological data is only what is appropriate for this view of Stonehenge and its surrounding monuments.
If you only have one book on Stonehenge, this should be it, and if you plan on visiting the monument, pick it up first and at least browse through. You will understand the monument so much better, and really appreciate it.
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A killer beast—half-man, half-apelike—terrorizes the English plain on which Stonehenge lies. Fifteen-year-old Jackson Cauley, with the help of his anthropologist aunt and a local girl, has tracked down the predator's lair. But the source of the beast's power lies in the ancient Doom Stone of Stonehenge, and unless its secret is unlocked, the deadly slaughter will continue.
1995 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (ALA)
1996 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)
1997-98 Texas Lone Star Reading List
1998 Soaring Eagle Book Award Honor Book (WY)
Customer Reviews:
The great book.......2007-04-04
This book would be great for people like me,mystery readers.When the book starts to get good the 13-year old boy named Jackson and his Aunt Sahra go to find a monster at an old windmill near a graveyard,they find the monster and a young girl,but once the monster gets angry it attacks Jackson and his aunt,Jackson got out o.k. but his aunt was not so lucky.now it's up to Jackson and Alma The young girl,to stop the monster
the best book.......2006-09-21
The book the doom stone is a great book. It takes place in england at the stonehenge. the conflict is that there is a beast that is killing people and theres only one way to stop it.Jackson is the main character in the story. It all starts with Jackson riding in a land rover to visit his aunt Sara.On the way they pass stonehenge and Jackson witness a large figure attcking a man with a long pony tail.Later he finds out about the beast.The military wants it dead.They are flying in a helicopter provided by the milatary.They find an old mill. They look inside of it and find the beast shot from inside the mill are herd before the could leave his auntSarah gets bit.Somehow the beast can control her thoughts.She is now in the hospitalJackson and a grave diggers daughter meet and become good friends.Later they find a cave with a bunch of hamless little creatures they also find the beast. Later on in the story they find what can kill him they fight in a tower to kill the beast.This is the most interesting book i had ever read and is now my favorite.
cole k.......2005-12-15
This month, in my english class i read a book called the doom stone. I give this booke a 3 out of 5. it was mediocer at best. The book, i thought, had poorly developed characters, i disliked the plot line, and the book wasn't really like the reviews said. I also thought the story dragged on about a lot of things. Don't get me wrong, I like Paul Zindel, but this wasn't my favorite book from him. That is why I give this book a 3 out of 5.
The book The Doom Stone is a story sbout about a boy named Jackson who lives with his aunt. They go to England to stone henge to study attack sights. they find the monster and it bights his aunt. his aunt starts wierding out so jackson goes to find the beast. He meats a girl named alma and together the solve the mystery of the monster.
The doom stone.......2005-12-10
There was a kid named Jackson who was 14 years old who always went to vist his aunt sarah sho studied and helped people all across the world one day when Jackson went to see his aunt, she was in England. On his drive to see his aunt, they passed the Stonedhenge. Jackson looked out the window and saw a yound ma with a pnytail running as if some thing terrible was chassing him. Jackson saw some thing big liike a beast running behind him jump, bite, and kill him. Jackson told the driver, "Stop, some one is being attacked"! The driver gets out, and they see there to help stop the beast, so they go out to try to stop it. Hit aunt gets bet by it, and the beast takes over her. The book is about how Jackson tries to kill the beastand save his aunt.
It was exciting and thrilling because they keep chasing the monster, and things always go from bad to worse. I also thought that is was scary at parts and made you think about what was going to happen next. I liked it because it was like a horror book, the monster kills lots of people and hurts people, and it was also cool how it took over people when it bits them.
I didn't like that the monster was invincible and could't be killed that easily. I don't the fables of the stones. I also didn't like the way it began or ended. I didn't like the plot of the story and how the story ran to gather so quickly.
OUt of all i give it a 2 out of 5 because it was a good story, and i liked it. I would probably read it once again but never 2 to 3 more times. It was ok but not the best book i ever read. Why i didn't give it a very high rating is because Im not into knowing what a story about Stonehenge really. I never really wondered what kind of powers it has or any of that stuff. I also didn't think that the monster was that scary. The only thing i realy liked about it was that it was more horrobook and it keeps you thinking.
Cody's Review.......2005-04-25
Cody Werner 7-o 4/25/05
The Doomstone
Paul Zindell
The book The Doomstone is about a kid named Jackson.
In the story Jackson visits his aunt Sarah in England. While he is there, a couple strange things happen. For example: when he first gets there he witnesses a murder out the side of sergeant Tillman's Land rover. He also hears from his aunt that there have been a lot of murders happening at Stonehenge lately. He learns that his aunt is working at Stonehenge as an anthropologist. I think the book The Doomstone is one of the best books I ever read. I recommend this book to anyone who likes Paul Zindells books.
Product Description
A novel by the author of Caucasia.
Customer Reviews:
Bravo Zulu.......2007-10-14
BZ-Bravo Zulu means "Well Done" in Navy speak.
I can't anymore than the previous reviews.So I will just say Bravo Zulu!
Hutch
A Call To Arms.......2007-08-04
Getting the knowledge of THIS book into your hands IS THE PLOT of this "fictional" tale. One gets the impression that this is only classified as fiction out of courtesy (to whom?). Sure, there are villains and heroes, and even a little chase scene, but most of this book is monologue by Wise Ones, explaining their knowledge to the layperson who is about to release it to the world, and why he shouldn't do so. So, by virtue of the fact that you get to read their explanations, you are privy to their knowledge, and that you're reading is its announcement to the world. Full of interesting facts, quotes, & suppositions, that is great reading for anyone interested in religious history, the military-industrial complex, the dysfunctional society, and ancient arts & sciences. Now that you have the knowledge, what's the next step?
Stellar Novelette........2007-05-10
A more radical and convincing speculative work than The Da Vinci Code. Plausible explanations and scientific evidence uncover the earth's cataclysmic past (& future), an ancient global civilization, and the mythical origin of religion. Other excellent books: Secret Destiny of America, The Christ Conspiracy and Golden Thread of Time.
Customer Reviews:
From 1963 - Info now on the Internet.......2006-10-28
The article that the author originally published appears as an appendix in this book reprinted in 1988. Although the author is to be lauded for his breakthrough in the field, the book itself is mostly light fluff about the history of the area with the meat of the text in the appendices with the original articles.
Most of what is in this book can be found on the Internet in about 10 seconds with a good search engine looking for stonehenge astronomical alignments.
A computer from the Neolithic Age.......2005-11-09
When an astronomer looks at Stonehenge, he has to find alignments with the moon and the sun. It is all the easier since this civilization that built Stonehenge (Neolithic men around 1900-1500 BC) was based on a « religion » centered on the sun and the moon because these two entities were dictating their rhythms onto man's activities : agriculture first of all, but also their whole planning of all their resources to be able to face the hard season, the winter. But what Hawkins finds is a lot more disquieting. First Stnehenge is on the only latitude where the main alignments with the sun and those with the moon are perpendicular, hence project a rectangle on the ground which is one of the basic forms of the first design of Stonehenge. What's more the 56 Aubrey holes are the exact number of solar years necessary to calculate the moon cycles (19 + 19 + 18), still in the first Stonehenge. All the subsequent phases (two main building phases) will keep these basic alignments, multiply them and emphasize them. Howkins further shows that, well-used, the 56 Aubrey holes are a computing device to predict the moon eclipses. That is amazing. It can't be proved that it was used like that at the time, but the power is in the structure. Difficult to think it's only a coincidence. How could they have come to the number 56 in any other different way (7x8, 14x4, 28x2 are not significant) ? But the book raises a question in my mind that Hawkins never examines. The geographical (51°13 latitude north) position, the long building period (300 to 400 years) over 30 to 40 life expectancy generations or 60 to 80 active life generations, imply that the knowledge of the design was transmitted after having been invented and set : the place needed a vast coordination in space, and the time needed a transmission device. This implies a « common » language among the neolithic men in the whole of Europe, and this implies some kind of a transcribing device to keep and transmit the basic parameters. This means reckoning (this is no problem since even illiterate people can count) and a symbolic writing procedure. We could imagine pure oral transmission, though it sounds eefy for technical and numerical elements. And after all we had believed the Celts had no writing system, till we discovered the Ogham alphabet that was used by the druids in their time, projecting thus the Celts from prehistory into history itself. The designing and the managing of the building of Stonehenge also imply that this neolithic society had an elite both in intelligence and in social position. Priests ? Maybe, but intellectuals for sure.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, Université Paris Dauphine, Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne
Convincing.......2005-07-11
To be quite honest, at first I expected this book to be "trash," to be merely entertaining but not contain any other useful information. I was set to rebuke whatever Hawkins claimed. To my surprise, I found a well-written scientific book that contained some very convincing ideas. Yes, the book is now 40 years old and technology has advanced (it was rather amusing to read what he wrote about computers and hopes for the future), but I think we'd come up with these same findings today.
An ancient whiz-wheel.......2003-11-02
For 3000 years men have pondered this brooding monument to the past and groped to understand the purpose. The Stonehenge object demands this sort of wonder.
The humans who looked and wondered encompassed every phase of human history from the stone/early-bronze age until today. They built legends and myths about the builders based upon themselves, their own abilities as societies and their assumptions about the men who preceded them. Those who couldn't conceive of a technology capable of moving 50 ton boulders from many miles away explained what they saw with Gods and magic. Those who lived in the bloody ages of warfare and vain royalties explained what they saw in those terms. Always they assumed the men of the past were at least as ignorant and savage as themselves.
The men who built Stonehenge during the centuries between 1750 and 1500 BC might have been bloody. But they were not ignorant. The subsequent centuries of men could never conceive of the purpose of Stonehenge until computers were invented. Stonehenge is, itself, a massive computer. Hawkins, an astronomer at the dawn of the recent computer age, applied an IBM computer and finally solved the mystery of purpose in the huge stones in 1963.
The monument required millions of man-hours to build and an understanding of astronomy not repeated for tens of centuries. At least a major part of the Stonehenge purpose involved predicting celestial events on a scale almost as grandiose as Stonehenge itself.
Hawkins wrote this book four decades ago. Until his discoveries and publication hundreds of theories surrounded the monument. Today, because of Hawkins, any conflicting new theory on any aspect of Stonehenge has to be weighed against his findings and proven. This is the Hawkins accomplishment. Men finally have a clearer view, not only of the massive stones, but of the complex intellects and shocking accomplishments of stone age and bronze age man. Stonehenge finally demonstrates the intellect of the creators more than the unbelievable technological project of itself those later men could always see.
This book is a must read.
Detecting From the Stones.......2001-10-25
The author is a Professor of Astronomy who chose to investigate Stonehenge. He concluded that Stonehenge was a sophisticated astronomical observatory designed to predict eclipses. The positioning of the stones provides a wealth of information, as does the choice of the site itself. If you can see the alignment, general relationship, and the use of these stones then you will know the reason for the construction. The author, and other astronomers, discovered the 56-year cycle of eclipses by decoding Stonehenge!
Stonehenge was constructed from about 1900BC to 1600BC. Appendix B tells how the movement of stones once each year from an initial fixed position will predict accurately every important lunar event for hundreds of years. This computer would need resetting about once every 300 years by advancing the stones by one space. Mankind generally used the cycle of the moon as a unit of timekeeping.
The most significant Stonehenge positions line up to point to some unique sun of moon position (Figure 12). Chapter 7 tell how they used an IBM 704 computer in 1961 to plot the Stonehenge positions (120 pairs of points) and calculated where the lines would hit the sky (p.105). Chapter 9 asks if the Aubrey holes can be proved to have been used as a computer? No, but it is the most reasonable solution proposed so far.
This entertaining and educational book tells about the author's investigations and conclusions. It is a classic science book for the general reader.
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How is vivisection related to Stonehenge? It might take a few leaps of history, but you'll find the answer in The Knowledge Web, another of science historian James Burke's compelling collections of circular narratives that have informed and inspired astute readers for years. Best known for his outstanding documentary series Connections, Burke has a genius for unraveling complex threads of history and sharing with us the remarkable coincidences and contingencies that built our modern world. In The Knowledge Web he shows us how the rapid flow of information engenders greater possibilities for the kinds of chance meetings that drive progress.
Burke uses a very neat trick that both demonstrates the potential of hypertext and makes a more pleasurable reading experience. When mentioning certain key figures or events, he includes a footnote that points the reader not to the bottom of the page or the end of the book, but to another point in the text where the figure or event comes into play again. Many other writers would find this impossible to pull off, but Burke's style is perfectly suited for these jumps; if anything, his major theme of interconnectedness is driven home in a fresh new way. Whether or not you're a fan of Burke's unique style, The Knowledge Web will delight and amaze you with its visions of the delicacy of history and the many paths the past must take to reach the future. --Rob Lightner
Book Description
In The Knowledge Web, James Burke, the bestselling author and host of television's Connections series, takes us on a fascinating tour through the interlocking threads of knowledge running through Western history. Displaying mesmerizing flights of fancy, he shows how seemingly unrelated ideas and innovations bounce off one another, spinning a vast, interactive web on which everything is connected to everything else: Carmen leads to the theory of relativity, champagne bottling links to wallpaper design, Joan of Arc connects through vaudeville to Buffalo Bill.
Illustrating his open, connective theme in the form of a journey across a web, Burke breaks down complex concepts, offering information in a manner accessible to anybody -- high school graduates and Ph.D. holders alike. The journey touches almost two hundred interlinked points in the history of knowledge, ultimately ending where it begins.
At once amusing and instructing, The Knowledge Web heightens our awareness of our interdependence -- with one another and with the past. Only by understanding the interrelated nature of the modern world can we hope to identify complex patterns of change and direct the process of innovation to the common good.
Customer Reviews:
My brain now has whiplash.......2004-11-25
There is no narrative purpose to this book. My mind was given its most powerful jolt of whiplash starting with chapter 4. This chapter starts with an explanation of black holes, THREE pages later we have a short history of the Pony Express, THREE pages later we deal with Joan of Arc. By the way, chapter 5 starts with instant coffee. I now have a headache.
Good if you can't get enough of Burke.......2001-07-06
I admit it, I am a big fan of James Burke. Ever since the fascinating BBC series, "Connections" I have been an avid reader of history. Most interesting to me is Burke's over-arching thesis regarding the role of technology in shaping history. I have gladly added this to my collection of Burke's works. However, I found the method of presentation, which amounts to an attempt to turn the work into a sort of hypertext, gimmicky and distracting. I gave up on trying to dart back and forth among the various interconnected sections. Perhaps, in a few years, I may find this device useful for some purpose, but I cannot see how it is any sort of advance over a standard index.
Nonetheless, I recommend this to anyone with an interest in history and technology. Burke simplifies and makes intriguing the progress of human technology, and its role in the progress of humanity itself, in a way that is fun and engaging to read. This book made me go back and re-read old history texts with a new outlook. As far as Burke's books go, however, I recommend _The Pinball Effect_ more highly as the device does not distract as much from the content. I eagerly await his next television series. I do so hope one is in the offing. hint, hint, Professor Burke!
Enjoyable!.......2000-09-09
Very 'browsable' little book. If you like Burke's TV programmes (notice the hoity toity British spelling) and don't mind his hurried non-sequitur transitions form one topic to another- then you'll enjoy this book. The Knowledge Web is so jam-packed with facts and anecdotes that you'll be able to annoy friends and dinner companions for fortnights (I can't stop) to come with little gems of knowledge.
Misleading Title, Blurb, Introduction, Etc........2000-07-31
This book was a sorry disappointment. I will preface my further remarks by saying that I am a huge fan of Mr. Burke's television productions, and (ironically) I actually enjoyed the book a great deal, but for mostly all the wrong reasons.
The fact is that the book does not deal with what is alluded to by the title, the jacket copy, or the author's introduction. Unfortunately, those were the only elements that I scanned when looking over the book in the store (and then buying it online ;-). The marketting blurb on the cover says "From electronic agents to Stonehenge and back...". Well, there was a very small bit about electronic agents and believe it or not, Stonehenge wasn't mentioned once throughout the entire book. Mr. Burke was not well served here by his market driven editors.
The only reason I still enjoyed the book is that I love both history and technology, and that's the terrain through which this addled account rambles. Regrettably, this book was more like an extended outpouring of jumbled, loosely 'connected' trivia from a hyper-loquacious Alzheimer's patient, than anything truly salient or purposeful. There was absolutely no discernible point to the narrative. The author's attempt to put the work into some kind of prosaic hyperlink format was a bit embarrassing as well. Lastly, the book ended abruptly and arbitrarily, almost as if Mr. Burke's nurse had come in and said "That's all for today. It's time for Mr. Burke's evening feeding. Maybe you can come back tomorrow." I hope not.
Stimulates Your Mind.......2000-05-29
This is almost like a technological "Ulysses" by James Joyce. The author almost does a stream of consciousness, and does repeat himself at least three or four times through the 262 page book. It is a journey that reminds me of Andy Grove's book on change, as you see how inventions, technology, greatly influenced history and the advance of our knowledge. Most importantly, it shows how new things can make people a lot of money, those that don't change, lose a lot of money, and is fascinating---although the connections of events wanders from century to century and subject to subject. I thought this was not only fascinating, but there are many levels in the writing just as there are in James Joyce's fiction. This book is pure fact, however.
Book Description
The megalithic monuments of the world, including Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid, can be understood as maps of the Earth. While researching the metrology of the megalithic monuments of Britain and Egypt, the author made this important and previously unnoticed observation: these monuments are, in fact, maps! Many of these maps include within their structure the latitudes of specific topographical features on the surface of the vEarth. Some specific discoveries: • The Avebury Henge is a map of the Earth • Stonehenge is a map of Earth's orbit • The Great Pyramid is a map of the continents • The Imperial Measurement System is based on the Great Pyramid: the mile measures 1760 yards and the pyramid, 1760 cubits
Customer Reviews:
A New Light.......2007-06-30
A great read for those who are interested in ancient Egyptian history. Ellis is to be applauded for his research that sheds a new light on Thoth. Although I would not consider Thoth an 'architect of the universe,' his place in ancient history is important and his contributions to humanity are enormous.
This is a great book for research purposes. Bettye Johnson, author, Secrets of the Magdalene Scrolls.
Evil Spirits Started Attacking.......2006-07-05
I had been looking forward to reading this book due to my interest in the Egyptian God Thoth who some think was a form of the Christ spirit.
However when I got to around page 100 he starts talking about these "legends" that Christ had a kid with Mary Magdalene.
He presents this as fact but a lot of discussion has gone on about these stories recently due to the Da Vinci Code. There is no basis in reality in those legends.
As soon as I read this I felt like I had been punched in the gut. I suspected the evil spirits would start attacking me.
Sure enough around 4:00 AM I could hear them chanting.
I figured I would wait until the morning to throw the book away but they kept making these weird sounds so I had to throw it away immediately.
So I never got past around page 100.
Anyway this guy talks about these legends like they are facts. So I have to assume he does this with other information of questionable value.
For example how likely is it that someone saved the spear that was used to stab Christ on the cross and still has it ?
About as likely as a snowball in hell.
Jeff Marzano
A THOTH TO THINK ABOUT.......2005-08-09
I have read many authors on the subjects of Egyptology, Creation vs. Evolution, and of course the mighty Bible. Ralph Ellis's books are the one's worth the taking time to read. I do not say this lightly. Ellis has done the research and even though his writing style sometimes bogs down, he is the authority of our times. I have read others as I say. Osman's books were a good beginner into these subjects, but they are not the place to stop at and consider that the subject has been fulfilled in explanation. Budge is a favorite, but of course his information is out of date. Nedless to say, if you want current information, and the stuff that sticks to the ribs, then Ralph Ellis is your author. Start with "Jesus: Last of the Pharoahs" or "Thoth: Architect of the Universe", and don't just stop there!!! Read his whole series. You'll be glad that you did. Still even so, there are critics of Ellis, as usually comes from the more ignorant crowd or the religious bigot. Take a deep breath and let the pests fly off and just read these books for what they are worth and with an open mind, without the critical nature that has been pablum fed into us since childhood. Indeed, for those who keep their priorities straight, and an open mind, these books are worth their weight in gold.
Yori
Egypt in mind's eye.......2005-05-30
This book is not an entertainment subject, unless you are engineeringly inclined. The author takes his time to fill the pages, but the information contained within may change your understanding of religion, history and culture as we know it. Don't get me wrong, the book is not about new age or occult. He casts light upon the reason these world wonders were built, what type of messages they carry, some speculations about their functions and ultimately, some decrypting theories in mathematics which connect the historic achievements like Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid to a profound goal. Not discarding the indifferent judgement of Occam's Razor, the author is very frank about his speculations. If you think anything unknown must be subject to objective consideration, this book might provide you with serious thoughts to consider. In contrast to pegging these monuments as "built with religious thoughts", which by the way, is the official explanation evading the Razor; he is not afraid to test his ideas under the Razor. If you think our technology would be considered as magic earlier, you might apply the same state of mind to the discoveries and assertations contained in this book. Very satisfying!
Just plain awful.......2003-03-10
I'm a serious student of alternative history and was looking in earnest to read Ellis' book, because it has been footnoted by some big names in the field.
What a disappointment! This book might be of some interest to engineers and people who love to play with numbers, but it makes zero sense historically. Not only is Ellis' final concluclusion absurd, but the length of time it takes to get there is far too long. The writing is clumsy and the thoughts convolulted.
This is one time I'm sorry I spent the money.
Book Description
In the past, it was believed that only giants, wizards, Druids, and aliens were extraordinary enough to have built the mythical Stonehenge, but our kit makes it easy for everyone, whether you can map a leyline or not. Complete with 16 stone replicas, a beautiful placement mat, and a 32-page guide, it won't take a trip to England for your family, friends, and coworkers to admire this ancient wonder.
Customer Reviews:
Pay Close Attention to the Product Dimensions!.......2007-06-26
Pay close attention to the Product Dimensions: 3.2 x 3 x 1.3 inches. It's very small, with TINY pieces.
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