Download or read book Bedeviled written by Jimena Canales and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How scientists through the ages have conducted thought experiments using imaginary entities—demons—to test the laws of nature and push the frontiers of what is possible Science may be known for banishing the demons of superstition from the modern world. Yet just as the demon-haunted world was being exorcized by the enlightening power of reason, a new kind of demon mischievously materialized in the scientific imagination itself. Scientists began to employ hypothetical beings to perform certain roles in thought experiments—experiments that can only be done in the imagination—and these impish assistants helped scientists achieve major breakthroughs that pushed forward the frontiers of science and technology. Spanning four centuries of discovery—from René Descartes, whose demon could hijack sensorial reality, to James Clerk Maxwell, whose molecular-sized demon deftly broke the second law of thermodynamics, to Darwin, Einstein, Feynman, and beyond—Jimena Canales tells a shadow history of science and the demons that bedevil it. She reveals how the greatest scientific thinkers used demons to explore problems, test the limits of what is possible, and better understand nature. Their imaginary familiars helped unlock the secrets of entropy, heredity, relativity, quantum mechanics, and other scientific wonders—and continue to inspire breakthroughs in the realms of computer science, artificial intelligence, and economics today. The world may no longer be haunted as it once was, but the demons of the scientific imagination are alive and well, continuing to play a vital role in scientists' efforts to explore the unknown and make the impossible real.
Download or read book Love Struck written by Shani Petroff and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-12-23 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a fit of rage, Angel mistakenly tells her parents to grow up, and before she knows it, they're zapped back to their teens and running away together because they're so in love. Now Angel's got the weight of the world on her shoulders. Lou Cipher was finally dropping his evil ways, but since he's back to his teen self, who knows how he'll choose to use his special powers?
Download or read book Daddy s Little Angel written by Shani Petroff and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-08-20 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Mom always said my dad is the devil. I never knew she meant it literally!” All Angel’s father (a.k.a. the Devil) wants is to be a part of her life. And in return he has the power to give her anything she wants—including popularity and a date with her long-time crush, Cole Daniels. But Angel will only accept him on her terms: get out of the devil business and leave his special powers out of the equation. Is Angel condemning herself to an eternity of lunch at the losers’ table? Or can she and Daddy Dearest strike some kind of deal? Download quiz scoring key
Download or read book The Bedeviled Valancourt 20th Century Classics written by Thomas Cullinan and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie Caine and her family leave New York to visit the Caine family home, an old farmhouse in Ohio, which her husband has just inherited from a distant aunt. The house, ten miles away from the nearest neighbor, was once owned by a Civil War general reputed to have been a Satanist. But when strange and terrible things begin to happen it soon becomes clear that Satanic worship is still alive and well in the community, and so might be the General, who Maggie suspects is taking possession of her teenage son . . . A rediscovered modern horror classic by Thomas Cullinan, author of the twice-filmed Civil War horror novel The Beguiled, The Bedeviled (1978) is an occult chiller whose suspenseful plot and surprising twists will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the shocking finale. "Suspenseful . . . Cullinan does not take the easy way out, and never tries to explain things away by natural causes. The ending is bitter and scary." - The New York Times "Horror that should keep exorcism fans up all night." - Publishers Weekly "A good old-fashioned supernatural thriller. A bit of incest, brutal murders and other eerie occurrences all make a heady brew. It's plain and simple scary." - Memphis Press Scimitar
Download or read book Bedeviled written by Jimena Canales and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-09 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How scientists through the ages have conducted thought experiments using imaginary entities—demons—to test the laws of nature and push the frontiers of what is possible Science may be known for banishing the demons of superstition from the modern world. Yet just as the demon-haunted world was being exorcized by the enlightening power of reason, a new kind of demon mischievously materialized in the scientific imagination itself. Scientists began to employ hypothetical beings to perform certain roles in thought experiments—experiments that can only be done in the imagination—and these impish assistants helped scientists achieve major breakthroughs that pushed forward the frontiers of science and technology. Spanning four centuries of discovery—from René Descartes, whose demon could hijack sensorial reality, to James Clerk Maxwell, whose molecular-sized demon deftly broke the second law of thermodynamics, to Darwin, Einstein, Feynman, and beyond—Jimena Canales tells a shadow history of science and the demons that bedevil it. She reveals how the greatest scientific thinkers used demons to explore problems, test the limits of what is possible, and better understand nature. Their imaginary familiars helped unlock the secrets of entropy, heredity, relativity, quantum mechanics, and other scientific wonders—and continue to inspire breakthroughs in the realms of computer science, artificial intelligence, and economics today. The world may no longer be haunted as it once was, but the demons of the scientific imagination are alive and well, continuing to play a vital role in scientists' efforts to explore the unknown and make the impossible real.
Download or read book Bedeviled written by Maureen Child and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2009 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maureen Child, a descendant of Otherworldly Faeries, suddenly finds herself endowed with superhuman strength and the ability to fly awkwardly through the air, abilities that are needed to solve Otherworld problems, including her attraction to a hunky Faery warrior. Original.
Download or read book Bedeviled written by Colin Duriez and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle between good and evil—in both the seen and unseen worlds—was clearly at play in the era of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and their friends in the Oxford literary group, the Inklings. Colin Duriez delves into this interplay, exploring the literature and thought of these writers in regard to evil and spiritual warfare, particularly during wartime.
Download or read book Bedeviled written by Dunja Rašić and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghouls, ifrits, and a panoply of other jinn have long haunted Muslim cultures and societies. These also include jinn doppelgangers (qarīn, pl. quranāʾ), the little-studied and much-feared denizens of the hearts and blood of humans. This book seeks out jinn doppelgangers in the Islamic normative tradition, philosophy, folklore, and Sufi literature, with special emphasis on Akbarian Sufism. Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240) wrote on jinn in substantial detail, uncovering the physiognomy, culture, and behavior of this unseen species. Akbarians believed that the good God assigned each human with an evil doppelganger. Ibn ʿArabī’s reasoning as to why this was the case mirrors his attempts to expound the problem of evil in Islamic religious philosophy. No other Sufi, Ibn ʿArabī claimed, ever managed to get to the heart of this matter before him. As well as offering the reader knowledge and safety from evil, Ibn ʿArabī’s writings on jinnealogy tackle the even larger issues of spiritual ascension, predestination, and the human relationship to the Divine.
Download or read book Careful What You Wish For written by Shani Petroff and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Angel wanted was to help poor nerdy Max break into the popular crowd. But somehow the wires got crossed and she ended up granting all of Gabi's secret desires instead. Not that Angel has anything against Gabi getting what she wants. It's just that the things Gabi dreams about—starring in a reality TV show with Angel at her side and dating Angel's boyfriend, Cole—just happen to be the stuff of Angel's worst nightmares.
Download or read book Bedeviled Angel written by Annette Miller and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Right from the start, Misty knows there are things Jack McClennan isn't telling her. Like why a law enforcement agency that deals mainly with paranormal threats is hunting him. As a liaison with the largest paranormal law enforcement agency, she believes she could help him. All she really knows is that he's a special man who she'd move heaven and hell to be with. Jack McClennan is running from his former organization. Betrayed by his side and the law, he trusts no one and despises every hero he feels turned their back on him. When Misty enters his life, she awakens emotions long buried. He can't tell her about his past. He can't even tell her his real name. Will he still want her when he discovers she's part of the hero community he hates?
Download or read book Bewitched and Bedeviled written by K. Uszkalo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narratives of possession have survived in early English medical and philosophical treatises. Using ideas derived from cognitive science, this study moves through the stages of possession and exorcism to describe how the social, religious, and medical were internalized to create the varied manifestations of demon possession in early modern England.
Download or read book The Bedeviled Bride written by Jerrica Knight-Catania and published by Second Wind Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Elizabeth Wetherby, formerly Crawley, has married the wrong man, after being duped by his identical twin brother. Now, to escape scandal, she and her new husband have taken refuge at Dunbocan, their Scottish estate. Having been a highly popular and active member of the ton, she worries that being stranded in the Highlands will be a horrible bore. But how can one be bored when a ghost haunts one's home? Michael Wetherby has been in love with Elizabeth Crawley, now Wetherby, since the day he met her. So, when his identical twin brother suggested they trade places one night, he was happy to oblige. But the charade got out of hand, and the next thing he knew, he was leg-shackled to a woman who didn't want him. Now, they both must make a choice: be miserable together, or learn to love one another. Either way, till death do them part.
Download or read book Short Story Press Presents Bedeviled Nightingale written by Short Story Press and published by Short Story Press. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Story Press Presents Bedeviled Nightingale by Ruth Pettite Incorporating real time happenings, “Bedeviled Nightingale” works to explain tragic times for even those people we don’t think it could happen to. Brianna is an author, hunkered in her cabin for relaxation and work. She uses the cabin as her office and her home, away from the hustle from the city. Divorced and focused, Brianna wants nothing to do but to take care of her world. She enjoys the nature around her and what it provides, until her ex-husband comes knocking down her door. Her Southern ways taught her many things, including ignoring people she doesn’t want to be around or talk to. Nathaniel brings bad news from the lower country, cueing Brianna to pack and go with him to her father. Family secrecy is one of many things found in this town. Brianna’s family is no different. From the lack of communications to the destruction of other family members, this family was doomed from the start. Desperation brings out the best in people, but not always in the best circumstances. Brianna and Nathaniel both find this out when Short Story Press and Ruth Pettite present “Bedeviled Nightingale.” Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.
Download or read book The Bedeviled Viscount Brockton written by Kasey Michaels and published by Kathryn Seidick. This book was released on 2017-07-22 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **PLEASE NOTE: This is the JUST GOOD CLEAN FUN version of ESCAPADE by New York Times bestselling romance author Kasey Michaels** For a limited time, get two free books from Kasey > bit.ly/kaseymichaels Country born and bred Miss Caledonia Johnston has come to London during the Silly Season, not to dance and flirt, and please her Mama by making an advantageous match. In fact, her parents don’t even know she’s there, which is probably a good thing, as she’s fibbed her way to Mayfair to Wreak Revenge on a certain Mr. Noel Kinsey (and sees nothing wrong with that because, well, she’s Callie, and she somehow believes she’s rather invincible, with Right on her side). Enter one Simon Roxbury, Viscount Brockton, surprising himself when he comes to Callie’s aid…which infuriates her, but she’ll find a way around him to complete her “mission.” He seems nice enough, and his mother is a dear thing, so she agrees to be good…especially considering she’d almost shot the man. Come along as amused friends interfere, simple plans twist themselves into hilarious knots, and True Love (currently hiding in the bushes, hoping to remain safe away from these two mis-matched schemers), takes a few chances of its own. "Using wit and romance with a master's skill, Kasey Michaels aims for the heart and never misses." -- #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Nora Roberts Thanks for reading!
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Bedeviled Foot written by Thomas Kent Miller and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adventure of the Bedeviled Foot is at once an exciting prequel to as well as a sequel to The Adventure of the Devils Foot-Sherlock Holmes strangest case. Holmes and Watson were supposed to be on vacation of sorts amongst the Cornish greenery and archaeological treasures, since it had become clear enough that the pressure of the detectives investigations had taken a toll on his nerves, and a few days away from London in the country was prescribed. But their excursion was rudely interrupted when murders most heinous came to light. The so-called Devils Foot was a deadly substance of unknown origin that kills when inhaled. The earlier story directed our attention to the unflawed greenery of the Cornish countryside. The Bedeviled Foot finds Holmes on the African veldt combatting the Devils own legions of marauding little buggers, where he encounters the root of that curiously toxic devils foot for the first time.
Download or read book Beverly Bedeviled One Town s True Connections with the Witchcraft of 1692 written by Edward R. Brown and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True stories about the connections between Beverly, Massachusetts and the Salem witchcraft hysteria.
Download or read book Bedeviled written by Tom DeFalco and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter suspects his daughter, Mayday, of sneaking out of the house at night to practice her powers as Spider-Girl, but before they talk, she gets caught up in a fight with Crazy Eight and Darkdevil.
