[PDF] The Growing World Or Progress Of Civilization And The Wonders Of Nature Science Literature And Art Interspersed With A Useful And Entertaining Collection Of Miscellany By The Best Authors Of Our Day eBook

Author : W. M. Patterson and Co
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 38,65 MB
Release : 2017-11-05
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ISBN : 9780260365934

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Excerpt from The Growing World, or Progress of Civilization, and the Wonders of Nature, Science, Literature and Art: Interspersed With an Useful and Entertaining Collection of Miscellany, by the Best Authors of Our Day Dentistry. J apanese Duke of Portland, the. Drew, Daniel Doré's, Gustave, Divorce Customs Dalmatia, Bag-pipers of 0 Drunkards, punishment of. Duel, A, fought in the air. Diamond, the Dorrilism Depths of the Ocean Discovery of a Lost Plant. Diving beneath the Sea. Dull Great Men Duellin Double rrelled Delusivo Buoys. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Trumbull White
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,11 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781020379840

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A lavishly illustrated volume showcasing the most impressive achievements of human civilization and the wonders of the natural world. The book covers a wide range of topics, from science and technology to art and architecture, and features contributions from many of the leading thinkers and experts of the day. With its stunning visuals and engaging prose, Our Wonderful Progress is sure to capture the imagination of readers young and old. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Christopher Ryan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 13,82 MB
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1451659121

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The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which “progress” has perverted the way we live—how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die—in this “engaging, extensively documented, well-organized, and thought-provoking” (Booklist) book. Most of us have instinctive evidence the world is ending—balmy December days, face-to-face conversation replaced with heads-to-screens zomboidism, a world at constant war, a political system in disarray. We hear some myths and lies so frequently that they feel like truths: Civilization is humankind’s greatest accomplishment. Progress is undeniable. Count your blessings. You’re lucky to be alive here and now. Well, maybe we are and maybe we aren’t. Civilized to Death counters the idea that progress is inherently good, arguing that the “progress” defining our age is analogous to an advancing disease. Prehistoric life, of course, was not without serious dangers and disadvantages. Many babies died in infancy. A broken bone, infected wound, snakebite, or difficult pregnancy could be life-threatening. But ultimately, Christopher Ryan questions, were these pre-civilized dangers more murderous than modern scourges, such as car accidents, cancers, cardiovascular disease, and a technologically prolonged dying process? Civilized to Death “will make you see our so-called progress in a whole new light” (Book Riot) and adds to the timely conversation that “the way we have been living is no longer sustainable, at least as long as we want to the earth to outlive us” (Psychology Today). Ryan makes the claim that we should start looking backwards to find our way into a better future.

Author : Jo Marchant
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 46,9 MB
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 0593183045

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A Best Book of 2020 (NPR) A Best Book of 2020 (The Economist) A Top Ten Best Science Book of 2020 (Smithsonian) A Best Science and Technology Book of 2020 (Library Journal) A Must-Read Book to Escape the Chaos of 2020 (Newsweek) Starred review (Booklist) Starred review (Publishers Weekly) A historically unprecedented disconnect between humanity and the heavens has opened. Jo Marchant's book can begin to heal it. For at least 20,000 years, we have led not just an earthly existence but a cosmic one. Celestial cycles drove every aspect of our daily lives. Our innate relationship with the stars shaped who we are—our art, religious beliefs, social status, scientific advances, and even our biology. But over the last few centuries we have separated ourselves from the universe that surrounds us. It's a disconnect with a dire cost. Our relationship to the stars and planets has moved from one of awe, wonder and superstition to one where technology is king—the cosmos is now explored through data on our screens, not by the naked eye observing the natural world. Indeed, in most countries, modern light pollution obscures much of the night sky from view. Jo Marchant's spellbinding parade of the ways different cultures celebrated the majesty and mysteries of the night sky is a journey to the most awe-inspiring view you can ever see: looking up on a clear dark night. That experience and the thoughts it has engendered have radically shaped human civilization across millennia. The cosmos is the source of our greatest creativity in art, in science, in life. To show us how, Jo Marchant takes us to the Hall of the Bulls in the caves at Lascaux in France, and to the summer solstice at a 5,000-year-old tomb at Newgrange, Ireland. We discover Chumash cosmology and visit medieval monks grappling with the nature of time and Tahitian sailors navigating by the stars. We discover how light reveals the chemical composition of the sun, and we are with Einstein as he works out that space and time are one and the same. A four-billion-year-old meteor inspires a search for extraterrestrial life. The cosmically liberating, summary revelation is that star-gazing made us human.