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Author |
: Kelly Weill |
Publisher |
: Hachette UK |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2022-02-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781643752198 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1643752197 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Off the Edge by : Kelly Weill
“A deep dive into the world of Flat Earth conspiracy theorists . . . that brilliantly reveals how people fall into illogical beliefs, reject reason, destroy relationships, and connect with a broad range of conspiracy theories in the social media age. Beautiful, probing, and often empathetic . . . An insightful, human look at what fuels conspiracy theories.” —Science Since 2015, there has been a spectacular boom in a centuries-old delusion: that the earth is flat. More and more people believe that we all live on a pancake-shaped planet, capped by a solid dome and ringed by an impossible wall of ice. How? Why? In Off the Edge, journalist Kelly Weill draws a direct line from today’s conspiratorial moment, brimming not just with Flat Earthers but also anti-vaxxers and QAnon followers, back to the early days of Flat Earth theory in the 1830s. We learn the natural impulses behind these beliefs: when faced with a complicated world out of our control, humans have always sought patterns to explain the inexplicable. This psychology doesn’t change. But with the dawn of the twenty-first century, something else has shifted. Powered by Facebook and YouTube algorithms, the Flat Earth movement is growing. At once a definitive history of the movement and an essential look at its unbelievable present, Off the Edge introduces us to a cast of larger-than-life characters. We meet historical figures like the nineteenth-century grifter who first popularized the theory, as well as the many modern-day Flat Earthers Weill herself gets to know, from moms on vacation to determined creationists to neo-Nazi rappers. We discover what, and who, converts people to Flat Earth belief, and what happens inside the rabbit hole. And we even meet a man determined to fly into space in a homemade rocket-powered balloon—whose tragic death is as senseless and absurd as the theory he sets out to prove. In this incisive and powerful story about belief, Kelly Weill explores how we arrived at this moment of polarized realities and explains what needs to happen so that we might all return to the same spinning globe.
Author |
: N. Giffney |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 293 |
Release |
: 2013-06-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137315472 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137315474 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Theory on the Edge by : N. Giffney
Theory on the Edge brings together some of the foremost specialists working at the interdisciplinary interface between Irish Studies, feminist theory, queer theory, and gender and sexuality studies in order to trace the contemporary development of feminist thinking and activism in Ireland.
Author |
: Linda Hutcheon |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 254 |
Release |
: 2003-09-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134937547 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134937547 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Irony's Edge by : Linda Hutcheon
The edge of irony, says Linda Hutcheon, is always a social and political edge. Irony depends upon interpretation; it happens in the tricky, unpredictable space between expression and understanding. Irony's Edge is a fascinating, compulsively readable study of the myriad forms and the effects of irony. It sets out, for the first time, a sustained, clear analysis of the theory and the political contexts of irony, using a wide range of references from contemporary culture. Examples extend from Madonna to Wagner, from a clever quip in conversation to a contentious exhibition in a museum. Irony's Edge outlines and then challenges all the major existing theories of irony, providing the most comprehensive and critically challengin theory of irony to date.
Author |
: N. Giffney |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 417 |
Release |
: 2013-06-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781137315472 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1137315474 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Theory on the Edge by : N. Giffney
Theory on the Edge brings together some of the foremost specialists working at the interdisciplinary interface between Irish Studies, feminist theory, queer theory, and gender and sexuality studies in order to trace the contemporary development of feminist thinking and activism in Ireland.
Author |
: Johnjoe McFadden |
Publisher |
: Crown |
Total Pages |
: 370 |
Release |
: 2015-07-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307986832 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307986837 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Life on the Edge by : Johnjoe McFadden
New York Times bestseller • Life on the Edge alters our understanding of our world's fundamental dynamics through the use of quantum mechanics. Life is the most extraordinary phenomenon in the known universe; but how did it come to be? Even in an age of cloning and artificial biology, the remarkable truth remains: nobody has ever made anything living entirely out of dead material. Life remains the only way to make life. Are we still missing a vital ingredient in its creation? Using first-hand experience at the cutting edge of science, Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe Macfadden reveal that missing ingredient to be quantum mechanics. Drawing on recent ground-breaking experiments around the world, each chapter in Life on the Edge illustrates one of life's puzzles: How do migrating birds know where to go? How do we really smell the scent of a rose? How do our genes copy themselves with such precision? Life on the Edge accessibly reveals how quantum mechanics can answer these probing questions of the universe. Guiding the reader through the rapidly unfolding discoveries of the last few years, Al-Khalili and McFadden describe the explosive new field of quantum biology and its potentially revolutionary applications, while offering insights into the biggest puzzle of all: what is life? As they brilliantly demonstrate in these groundbreaking pages, life exists on the quantum edge. Winner, Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication
Author |
: John Brockman |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 429 |
Release |
: 2013-01-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062230188 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062230182 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis This Explains Everything by : John Brockman
Drawn from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, This Explains Everything will revolutionize your understanding of the world. What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"—The Guardian), posed to the world's most influential minds. Flowing from the horizons of physics, economics, psychology, neuroscience, and more, This Explains Everything presents 150 of the most surprising and brilliant theories of the way of our minds, societies, and universe work. Jared Diamond on biological electricity • Nassim Nicholas Taleb on positive stress • Steven Pinker on the deep genetic roots of human conflict • Richard Dawkins on pattern recognition • Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek on simplicity • Lisa Randall on the Higgs mechanism • BRIAN Eno on the limits of intuition • Richard Thaler on the power of commitment • V. S. Ramachandran on the "neural code" of consciousness • Nobel Prize winner ERIC KANDEL on the power of psychotherapy • Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on "Lord Acton's Dictum" • Lawrence M. Krauss on the unification of electricity and magnetism • plus contributions by Martin J. Rees • Kevin Kelly • Clay Shirky • Daniel C. Dennett • Sherry Turkle • Philip Zimbardo • Lee Smolin • Rebecca Newberger Goldstein • Seth Lloyd • Stewart Brand • George Dyson • Matt Ridley
Author |
: Pyotr Yakovlevich Ufimtsev |
Publisher |
: IET |
Total Pages |
: 452 |
Release |
: 2009-06-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781891121661 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1891121669 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Theory of Edge Diffraction in Electromagnetics by : Pyotr Yakovlevich Ufimtsev
"This book includes in revised form materials from certain articles by the author and Chapters 1, 4, 6, and 7 of his book on PTD [Metod kraevykh voln v fizicheskoi? teorii difrakt?s?ii]"--Page xv. Revision of title published: Encino, Calif. : Tech Science Press, 2003, in series: Contemporary research on emerging sciences and technology. Supplements Fundamental of the physical theory of diffraction (Wiley, 2007)--P. 4 of cover.
Author |
: Sari van Poelje |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 186 |
Release |
: 2021-11-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000429947 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000429946 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis New Theory and Practice of Transactional Analysis in Organizations by : Sari van Poelje
This innovative book presents state-of-the-art thinking on using transactional analysis (TA) to change the structure, relationships and culture in organizations. The book is arranged according to the three levels of organizations described by Eric Berne – the structural, interpersonal and psychodynamic levels – and the chapters expand on his concepts at each level. With contributions by an international range of authors, incorporating a selection of practical case studies, the book illuminates key themes including group and team dynamics, psychological safety, emotion and, most foundationally, boundaries. Exploring the tensions of boundaries that can determine both the stability of a system as well as its innovative potential, this book provides a strong structural framework for TA coaches, consultants and analysts, as well as other professionals working with and within organizations.
Author |
: Russ Marion |
Publisher |
: SAGE Publications |
Total Pages |
: 375 |
Release |
: 1999-01-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781452263762 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1452263760 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Edge of Organization by : Russ Marion
What Newton′s Principia was to his natural science colleagues, Russ Marion′s The Edge of Organization is to today′s social scientists. This book clearly elucidates the arrival of the social sciences at the end of the alley of modernism but then presents us with the tools and ideas to climb out of a dead end, rise above old limitations, and take flight for new horizons bright with promise for advancing both theory and praxis. . . . For social scientists, it is both the most relevant and most easily apprehended treatment to date of the totality of chaos and complexity theory and technique. --Raymond A. Eve, Editor, Chaos, Complexity, and Sociology The Edge of Organization offers a readable, comprehensive, and integrated overview of the new sciences of chaos and complexity. Author Russ Marion describes formal and social organizations from the perspective of chaos and complexity theories. His multidisciplinary approach will appeal to students and scholars across a wide range of social sciences. This book is generously illustrated and includes comprehensive references plus an annotated bibliography of useful books and articles. The Edge of Organization will appeal to students and professionals in sociology, management/ organization studies, management studies, marketing, political science, public administration, and psychology.
Author |
: Charles S. Brown |
Publisher |
: State University of New York Press |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2007-07-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780791479902 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0791479900 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nature's Edge by : Charles S. Brown
Nature's Edge brings together leading environmental thinkers from the natural sciences, geography, political science, religion, and philosophy to explore the complex facets of boundary formation and negotiation at the heart of our environmental problems. The contributors provide a fresh look at how our lives depend on the lines drawn and ask how those lines must be reinscribed, blurred, or even erased to prepare for a sustainable future. Resolving environmental problems calls for the negotiation of multiple, intersecting boundaries—natural, social, political, geographical, and ethical. From the differentiation of species to the formation of communities and moral values, environmental theorists are constantly confronted with a palimpsest of thresholds and mappings: Can nature and culture be divided? Are natural divisions discovered or created? How do political borders and moral economies shape community-building and social transformation?