Download or read book The Horizon Leans Forward written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ultimate Horizons written by Helmut Satz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last hundred years, modern physics and cosmology have shown that there exist regions of the universe forever beyond our reach, hidden by truly ultimate horizons. Such regions exist in those remote parts of the universe where, from our point of view, space expands faster than the speed of light. They are found in black holes, where the gravity is strong enough to retain even light within its field of attraction. And in the realm of the very small, quarks must remain forever confined to their world of extreme density and can never be removed from it. The aim of this book is to describe these ultimate horizons, how they were discovered, how they shape our view of the world, and what clues we have about a world beyond them.
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 1158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of Science Fiction written by A. Roberts and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-11-28 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom.
Download or read book I Dream with Open Eyes written by George Prochnik and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey of reckoning and renewal, this story of family history and future dreams is an examination of the individual imagination as a catalyst for social change Whatever the ideological slant of our information feeds, nowadays we all share a sense of binge-watching the apocalypse. Facing so much uncertainty, we need a language for thinking about the unknown not simply as a threat but also as a space of fertile possibility. George Prochnik has chosen to reflect on these urgent themes through the lens of a personal narrative: an account of his own family’s decision to leave the United States. I Dream with Open Eyes begins with an exploration of Prochnik’s ancestral past: the pilgrimage of his mother’s family, who were among the first English settlers in the New World. In the aftermath of the 2016 election, a parallel migration unfolds as Prochnik, along with his wife and their son, makes the decision to uproot their lives in New York to move to England. A deep critique of this current moment, Prochnik takes the words of nineteenth-century poet Heinrich Heine, “I dream with open eyes, and my eyes see,” as an inspiration to ask how, as a society, we might use art and literature to refract and expand our vision of the future, while simultaneously generating a new focus on present realities.
Download or read book The Second Dance written by D.W. Schwesinger and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collected poetry of a lifetime can be so easily lost in drawers unopened and piles thrown out subsequent to the trauma of a family members passing. This book represents my effort to arrest that likelihood. Although some of this collection has been published in journals and anthologies, those vehicles fade into the dustbins of time. My hope is that The Second Dance will be kept and read at least by my family members for a generation or two. Anytime we drove past a cemetery my father used to say, there rest the bones of the people the world couldnt do without. I share no such delusion. When my role on this stage ends I will joyfully exit leaving only a few lines behind. These are those lines.
Download or read book Unknown Horizons written by Praveen Kumar and published by AUTHOR. This book was released on 1991 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unbound written by Arlene Stein and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2018 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ben, Parker, Lucas, Nadia are four patients of Florida's Dr. Charles Garramonepreparing to receive surgery to masculinize their chests on the same day. In the following years, they, along with more than a hundred others across the country, opened up to the award-winning professor of gender and sexuality Arlene Stein about how they conceive of their identities and sexuality, how they decided to transition, how they were received by their families and communities, and the joys and challenges they continue to face after transitioning. Weaving together the history of the transgender movement and the personal journeys of these transgender individuals, Stein sheds light on how transgender men tell their stories, make sense of their lives, and build communities in the face of skepticism, confusion, ignorance, and, often, violence. Because despite any progress we've made as a culture in accepting alternative identities, Ben and the others Stein meets continue to live in a world that is dangerous to them. In this moving, raw, intimate book about the lives of transgender men, Stein reveals how transgender men as a group, largely invisible in previous decades, today exert a significant impact on business, medicine, culture, and have drastically reshaped how we as a nation conceive of gender, sex, and identity. In so doing, Stein has also created an essential resource on female to male transitioning- for parents, educators, friends, and those who question their identities and seek further information.
Download or read book Babel Unbound written by Lesley Cowling and published by Wits University Press. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this timely, original and sophisticated collection, writers from the Global South demonstrate that forms of publicness are multiple, mobile and varied The notion that societies mediate issues through certain kinds of engagement is at the heart of imaginings of democracy and often centers on the ideal of the public sphere. But this imagined foundation of how we live collectively appears to have suffered a dramatic collapse across the world, with many democracies apparently unable to solve problems through talk – or even to agree on who speaks, in what ways and where. In the 10 essays in this timely, original and sophisticated collection, writers from southern Africa combine theoretical analysis with the examination of historical cases and contemporary developments to demonstrate that forms of publicness are multiple, mobile and varied. They propose new concepts and methodologies to analyse how public engagements work in society. Babel Unbound examines charged examples from the Global South, such as the centuries old Timbuktu archive, Nelson Mandela as a powerful absent presence in 1960s public life, and the challenges to the terms of contemporary debate around the student activism of #rhodesmustfall and #feesmustfall. These show how issues of public discussion span both archive and media, verbal debates in formal spaces and visual performances that circulate in unpredictable ways.
Download or read book Grace and the Wind written by Kristina Dryža and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grace thinks everything about her life is wrong. When the Wind makes a dramatic entry into her life, it forces Grace to question her sense of reality. Despite her initial reluctance, Grace and the Wind gradually develop an intense relationship through a series of extraordinary conversations. The Wind teaches Grace to perceive life through the wisdom conveyed in nature’s rhythms–circadian cycles, tidal and lunar sequences and the movements of the seasons–so that nature’s intelligence becomes her intelligence. Grace struggles with the teachings, but with the Wind as her guide she discovers how everything creates out of patterns. Could the key to flowing with the rhythms of nature, and not against them, be found in the essence of her name? In Grace and the Wind, futurist Kristina Dryža delivers a modern allegorical novel on how the very nature of life itself is expressed and experienced as rhythmic patterns of energy.
Download or read book The Far Horizons written by A.R. Knight and published by Black Key Books. This book was released on 2023-06-21 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the far future, a dormant android awakes on a vast starship to find humanity's last hopes rest with him. Launched to carry the human species across the galaxy, Starship's generations-long journey has crumbled as machines took everything from their human creators, including life itself. Given a mission by humanity's last digital remnants, Gamma must traverse Starship's vast, dangerous bulk in search of a way to preserve Starship's original purpose. Yet Gamma isn't the only intelligent machine on Starship, and some want a very different end as the spacecraft approaches its final destination. As he confronts the mechs that've claimed Starship as their own, the key to Gamma's survival will come not only from his metal fists, but from figuring out why Starship's humans fell in the first place. A far-future science fiction action adventure that blends the real and virtual worlds, The Far Horizons is a series that will have you wondering whether our biology or our beliefs make us human.
Download or read book Romantic Horizons written by James B. Twitchell and published by Columbia : University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Golden Wheel written by Paul Hemenway Altrocchi, MD and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-07-09 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Golden Wheel is Julia Cooley Altrocchi’s fourth poetry anthology, upon which she was working when she died at age 79. The short poems chosen exemplify the broad spectrum of Julia’s aesthetic interests -- love, nature, optimism, philosophic reflection, the grandeur of history and travel, modern youth, and the meaning of Life. The editors, a son and a granddaughter, have enriched this anthology with a sampling of her youthful poetry as well as two powerful long narrative poems in their entirety -- Black Boat, which describes one of World War II’s least-known American racial injustices, and Chicago: Epic City, for which she won, at age 75, first prize in Poet Lore’s National Narrative Poem Contest. This collection of poetry illuminates the evolution and full sweep of Julia Cooley Altrocchi’s literary creativity and artistry.
Download or read book Beyond Horizons written by Gopal Kumar and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-04-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an enchanting journey with “Beyond Horizons: Verses of Adventure,” a mesmerizing poetry collection that captures the essence of wanderlust and the thrill of exploration. Within the pages of this evocative anthology, readers will discover 100 poems that traverse the landscapes of travel, unveiling the beauty and excitement that lie beyond the familiar horizons. Through lyrical prose and vivid imagery, each poem paints a tapestry of destinations – from bustling cities to serene natural wonders – inviting readers to join the poet on a quest for self-discovery and awe-inspiring encounters. The verses resonate with the universal longing for adventure, offering a poetic passport to unexplored territories and a celebration of the transformative power of the journey. “Beyond Horizons” is more than a collection of poems; it is a symphony of emotions that delves into the connections between traveler and terrain, exploring the profound impact of exploration on the soul. As readers traverse the poetic landscapes, they will find themselves amidst the hustle of foreign streets, beneath starlit skies, and atop majestic peaks. Whether you are a seasoned explorer or an armchair adventurer, “Beyond Horizons: Verses of Adventure” invites you to discover the extraordinary in the ordinary and to embrace the spirit of adventure that resides within us all. Let these verses be your guide as you navigate the uncharted realms of the heart and find inspiration in the boundless possibilities that await those who dare to explore
Download or read book Droid Dreams Poems of the Awakened Machine written by Daniel Lehtola and published by Daniel Lehtola. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Droid Dreams - Poems of the Awakened Machine is collection of poems that transcends the boundaries of time, space, and human imagination. Discover a captivating collection of over 300 pages of poems that encompass every aspect of life. From funny to sad, sinister to joyful, these verses explore the full range of human emotions. With no specific topics, this anthology delves into the universe, reflecting on the wonders of nature and the mysteries of existence. Within its pages, the reader embarks on a journey through the enigmatic verses of a dreaming droid that has awakened to its own existence within the vast unknown of an electric universe.
Download or read book 1st Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics written by Piero Nicolini and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings collect the selected contributions of participants of the First Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics, held in Frankfurt, Germany to celebrate the 140th anniversary of Schwarzschild's birth. They are grouped into 4 main themes: I. The Life and Work of Karl Schwarzschild; II. Black Holes in Classical General Relativity, Numerical Relativity, Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Alternative Theories of Gravity; III. Black Holes in Quantum Gravity and String Theory; IV. Other Topics in Contemporary Gravitation. Inspired by the foundational principle ``By acknowledging the past, we open a route to the future", the week-long meeting, envisioned as a forum for exchange between scientists from all locations and levels of education, drew participants from 15 countries across 4 continents. In addition to plenary talks from leading researchers, a special focus on young talent was provided, a feature underlined by the Springer Prize for the best student and junior presentations.
Download or read book Haiti Unbound written by Kaiama L. Glover and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haiti has long been relegated to the margins of the so-called New World. Marked by exceptionalism, the voices of some of its most important writers have consequently been muted by the geopolitical realities of the nation's fraught history. In Haiti Unbound, Kaiama L. Glover offers a close look at the works of three such writers: the Haitian Spiralists Frankétienne, Jean-Claude Fignolé, and René Philoctète. While Spiralism has been acknowledged as a crucial contribution to the French-speaking Caribbean literary tradition, it has not been given the sustained attention of a full-length study. Glover's book represents the first effort to consider the works of the three Spiralist authors both individually and collectively, filling an important gap in postcolonial Francophone and Caribbean studies.
