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On the Fringe

Michael D. Gordin
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Author : Michael D. Gordin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780197555781

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Everyone has heard of the term "pseudoscience", typically used to describe something that looks like science, but is somehow false, misleading, or unproven. Many would be able to agree on a list of things that fall under its umbrella-- astrology, phrenology, UFOlogy, creationism, and eugenics might come to mind. But defining what makes these fields "pseudo" is a far more complex issue. It has proved impossible to come up with a simple criterion that enables us to differentiate pseudoscience from genuine science. Given the virulence of contemporary disputes over the denial of climate change and anti-vaccination movements--both of which display allegations of "pseudoscience" on all sides-- there is a clear need to better understand issues of scientific demarcation. On the Fringe explores the philosophical and historical attempts to address this problem of demarcation. This book argues that by understanding doctrines that are often seen as antithetical to science, we can learn a great deal about how science operated in the past and does today. This exploration raises several questions: How does a doctrine become demonized as pseudoscientific? Who has the authority to make these pronouncements? How is the status of science shaped by political or cultural contexts? How does pseudoscience differ from scientific fraud? Michael D. Gordin both answers these questions and guides readers along a bewildering array of marginalized doctrines, looking at parapsychology (ESP), Lysenkoism, scientific racism, and alchemy, among others, to better understand the struggle to define what science is and is not, and how the controversies have shifted over the centuries. On the Fringe provides a historical tour through many of these fringe fields in order to provide tools to think deeply about scientific controversies both in the past and in our present.

Physics on the Fringe

Margaret Wertheim
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Author : Margaret Wertheim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780802778734

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For the past fifteen years, acclaimed science writer Margaret Wertheim has been collecting the works of "outsider physicists," many without formal training and all convinced that they have found true alternative theories of the universe. Jim Carter, the Einstein of outsiders, has developed his own complete theory of matter and energy and gravity that he demonstrates with experiments in his backyard,-with garbage cans and a disco fog machine he makes smoke rings to test his ideas about atoms. Captivated by the imaginative power of his theories and his resolutely DIY attitude, Wertheim has been following Carter's progress for the past decade. Centuries ago, natural philosophers puzzled out the laws of nature using the tools of observation and experimentation. Today, theoretical physics has become mathematically inscrutable, accessible only to an elite few. In rejecting this abstraction, outsider theorists insist that nature speaks a language we can all understand. Through a profoundly human profile of Jim Carter, Wertheim's exploration of the bizarre world of fringe physics challenges our conception of what science is, how it works, and who it is for.

The Folk of the Fringe

Orson Scott Card
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Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Orb Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429966535

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In Orson Scott Card's classic apocalyptic science fiction novel The Folk of the Fringe, only a few nuclear weapons fell in America--the weapons that destroyed the nation were biological and, ultimately, cultural. But in the chaos, the famine, the plague, there existed a few pockets of order. The strongest of them was the state of Deseret, formed from the vestiges of Utah, Colorado, and Idaho. The climate has changed. The Great Salt Lake has filled up to prehistoric levels. But there, on the fringes, brave, hardworking pioneers are making the desert bloom again. A civilization cannot be reclaimed by powerful organizations, or even by great men alone. It must be renewed by individual men and women, one by one, working together to make a community, a nation, a new America. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

On the Fringe

Donald R. Gallo
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Author : Donald R. Gallo
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03
Category : High schools
ISBN : 0613616502

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For use in schools and libraries only. Kids who are geeks, unathletic, poor, emotionally fragile, loners, or unattractive by current standards form the heart of this collection of exceptional stories by well-known authors.--School Library Journal.

On the Fringe

I. Taylor
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Author : I. Taylor
Publisher : Pimpernel Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1910258776

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"Imogen Taylor started work at Colefax & Fowler in 1949, and spent many years as assistant to John Fowler. She went on to become one of the most prominent interior decorators of the latter part of the twentieth century, working in Britain and the Middle East and extensively in the United States. She retired in 1999, after fifty years at Colefax & Fowler. On the Fringe is a unique chronicle of the twentieth-century decorative scene and the changing social world"--Cover.

Into The Fringe

Dr. Karla Turner PhD
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Author : Dr. Karla Turner PhD
Publisher : BookRefine Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781495902758

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A True Story of Alien Abduction - One of the most important, sincere and honest abduction stories out there. Finally back in print. Following the 2013 reissue of TAKEN, a book that has been out of print for several years and fetched excessive amounts amongst collectors and those wishing to get their hands on such a legendary piece of non-fiction, INTO THE FRINGE is where it all began for Dr Karla Turner and her family. As with the reissue of TAKEN, INTO THE FRINGE is an officially authorized republication with the sole input of Karla Turner's widower Elton. Endorsed and approved by Elton Turner with the highest respect for the importance of the story; we excitedly bring INTO THE FRINGE to the 21st century. Into the Fringe documents the account of alien abduction and how Karla Turner, along with her family, uncovered the memories and physical evidence of their encounters with beings from outside of our own planet. "This brave and defiant refusal, in the name of humanity, to countenance suffering from an alien tyrant masquerading as a benefactor, is Karla Turner's final legacy." - John Chambers, UFO Magazine

Filmmaking on the Fringe

Maitland McDonagh
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Author : Maitland McDonagh
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0806515570

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Provides candid interviews with low budget filmmakers who have made exploitation films their specialty, including Zalman King, Wes Craven, Jim Wynorski, and Paul Bartel

The Fringe Hours

Jessica N. Turner
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Author : Jessica N. Turner
Publisher : Revell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0800723481

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Every woman has had this experience: you get to the end of the day and realize you did nothing for you. And if you go days, weeks, or even months in this cycle, you begin to feel like you have lost a bit of yourself. While life is busy with a litany of must-dos--work, parenting, keeping house, grocery shopping, laundry and on and on--women do not have to push their own needs aside. Yet this is often what happens. There's just no time, right? Wrong. In this practical and liberating book, Jessica Turner empowers women to take back pockets of time they already have in their day in order to practice self-care and do the things they love. Turner uses her own experiences and those of women across the country to teach readers how to balance their many responsibilities while still taking time to invest in themselves. She also addresses barriers to this lifestyle, such as comparison and guilt, and demonstrates how eliminating these feelings and making changes to one's schedule will make the reader a better wife, mother, and friend. Perfect for any woman who is doing everything for everyone--except herself--The Fringe Hours is ideal for both individuals and small group use.

Policing the Fringe

Charles Scheideman
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Author : Charles Scheideman
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781550177145

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From the 1960s through the 1980s, RCMP Sergeant Charlie Scheideman spent much of his time patrolling the "dark corners of the Interior of British Columbia" where "the citizens would meet the modern criteria for redneck: if their veranda collapsed it would kill more than four dogs; they think 'harrass' is two words, and so on." Such places weren't much fun to police but they were full of characters, many of whom make their way into Charlie's entertaining book, Policing the Fringe. We meet Walter and Wilbur, two Hixon hillbillies who went on a bender and decided it would be fun to stagger out onto the Cariboo Highway with a rifle and hold up passing cars, which worked well enough until they held up a motorhome from Alaska that turned out to be better armed than they were. We meet Petre, the hard-working hermit who was cheated out of his savings by three slick-talking mining promoters and waited to take his revenge—with an axe. With wry humour and a policeman's eye for relevant detail, Scheideman recounts events that range from the ridiculous to the horrific to the tragic. Once he stopped a car in the Fraser Canyon driven by three normally responsible American fishermen, who on this occasion were careening wildly from one guard rail to another. Their defence? They had failed to allow for the added kick of Canadian beer. His most searing memory was of waiting for the embers of a burned house to cool enough so he could retrieve the bodies of two small victims while in a nearby house, party-goers kept right on partying. One of the most revealing accounts ever written about policing in small-town Canada, this book bristles with unforgettable stories about the author's 27 years working on the RCMP's front lines. It will give readers new respect for the men and women who patrol Canada’s backroads—both because of the extremely taxing work they do and the good spirit with which they do it.

On the Fringe

David M. Rayside
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Author : David M. Rayside
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501729638

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Does the idea of equality for sexual minorities have as strong an influence as the media suggest? How often do politicians come out forthrightly in support of gay rights? Drawing on more than three hundred interviews with activists, politicians, officials, legislative aides, and journalists, David Rayside shows that gays, lesbians, and their political issues are still on the fringe of the political mainstream. His landmark study of political access demonstrates that, despite the overall tempering of anti-gay rhetoric in the 1990s, opponents of equality are formidable, and standing up for sexual minorities is still widely thought to be politically risky. Rayside documents a high-profile controversy in each of three countries: gays and lesbians in the military in the United States, sexual orientation and human rights legislation in Canada, and the age-of-consent battle in the United Kingdom. In addition, in-depth interviews of openly gay elected officials from three countries—U.S. Congressman Barney Frank, Canadian Member of Parliament Svend Robinson, and British M.P. Chris Smith—provide an inside look at the political process: the negotiation of gay and lesbian policy issues on a daily basis, the attitudes of colleagues in various political parties, and the tensions created when grassroots and mainstream activism intersect with each other. The only major book to look at gay and lesbian politics in three culturally similar but politically disparate countries, On the Fringe explores the political workings and impact of a modern social movement.

The Future of the Fringe

Michael Buxton,Andrew Butt
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Author : Michael Buxton,Andrew Butt
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781486308965

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Peri-urban landscapes are some of the world’s most vulnerable areas. Although they are often thought of simply as land awaiting development, these landscapes retain important natural resources and make valuable contributions to agriculture, water use, biodiversity conservation, landscape preservation and human well-being. Billions of people use them and enjoy their natural values. Their continuing loss threatens to alter our relationships with nature and have a negative impact on the environment. The Future of the Fringe first explores the history of peri-urban areas, international peri-urban policy and practice, and related concepts. It analyses internationally relevant issues such as green belts and urban growth boundaries, regional policy, land supply and price, and the concepts of liveability, attractiveness, well-being and rural amenity. It then examines a range of Australian peri-urban issues, as an extended case study. The book argues for a precautionary approach so that we retain the greatest number of options to adapt during rapid and unprecedented change.

The Fringe Dwellers

Nene Gare
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Author : Nene Gare
Publisher : Text Publishing
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781921961823

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Set in a remote area of Western Australia, The Fringe Dwellers is the story of two part-Aboriginal sisters, Noonah and Trilby, who live in a family camp on the fringe of white society. Noonah accepts her position—but Trilby refuses to.

Farming on the Fringe

Sarah James
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Author : Sarah James
Publisher : Springer
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319322353

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This volume offers a new perspective to debates on local food and urban sustainability presenting the long silenced voices of the small-scale farmers from the productive green fringe of Sydney’s sprawling urban jungle. Providing fresh food for the city and local employment, these culturally and linguistically diverse farmers contribute not only to Sydney’s globalizing demographic and cultural fabric, but also play a critical role in the city’s environmental sustainability. In the battle for urban space housing development threatens to turn these farmlands into sprawling suburbia. In thinking from and with the urban ‘fringe’, this book moves beyond the housing versus farming debate to present a vision for urban growth that is dynamic and alive to the needs of the 21st century city. In a unique bringing together of the twin forces shaping contemporary urbanism - environmental change and global population flows - the voices from the fringe demand to be heard in the debate on future urban food sustainability.

Politics on the Fringe

Edward G. DeClair
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Author : Edward G. DeClair
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0822321394

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A study of the French National Front and its implications for the rest of the western world.

Living on the Fringe

Abraham Entin
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Author : Abraham Entin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1621482359

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When Ed Entin decided to torch his draft card, everything about his life changed. He had his whole life mapped out. It was 1966 and Eddie had just been accepted into Yale Law School--his ticket out of the Army and Vietnam and into a life of secure prosperity. It took only one day, one decision to change the course of his life. What follows is a sometimes harrowing, often hilarious, and always illuminating ten-year journey through the social, political, and spiritual turmoil of the era. For anyone wondering how it was back then--or how to get through right now--Living on the Fringe provides a look at how one person waded into the turbulent waters of his time and came out whole, dry, and ready to face the future. And with a new name to match the person he had become. "Abraham Entin has written a really magnificent book...a delightful read from cover to cover. So buy it and read it--you won't be disappointed." --Ken Cloke, author, founder and director of Center for Dispute Resolution "Abraham Entin has written an outrageous, hugely entertaining memoir...about what it's like to go up against the man and come out smiling--and still fighting--on the other side." --Saul Rubinek, actor, writer, producer, and director in theater, film, and television