Prometheans

Author : Ben Bova
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429932493

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Prometheans by Ben Bova Pdf

Down with Pessimists! In a rich mix of fiction and science, fact and speculation, Ben Bova presents the Promethean pioneers whose technologic genius fuels our dreams --- and our future. Discover the exciting adventures of Sam Gunn --- first man to rig a still on the moon; and Chet Kinsman, first to try zero-gee seduction. The man who tamed hurricans and the man whose vision of orbital immortality lost him all he loved on Earth. The day politics, media and bio-engineering met, and the day an assassin took aim on the stars . . . Plus the equally thrilling stories of the real pioneers of space industry and defence; Carl Sagan's quest to find intelligent life in the universe; how wealth and riches fall from the sky; and the potential pleasure of romance in orbit. The next time the headlines belong to anti-science pessimists, remember --- tomorrow belongs to Prometheans, the dreamers who steal fire and tame stars. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : William B. Meyer
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319292632

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The Progressive Environmental Prometheans by William B. Meyer Pdf

This book is devoted to the exploration of environmental Prometheanism, the belief that human beings can and should master nature and remake it for the better. Meyer considers, among others, the question of why Prometheanism today is usually found on the political right while environmentalism is on the left. Chapters examine the works of leading Promethean thinkers of nineteenth and early and mid-twentieth century Britain, France, America, and Russia and how they tied their beliefs about the earth to a progressive, left-wing politics. Meyer reconstructs the logic of this “progressive Prometheanism” and the reasons it has vanished from the intellectual scene today. The Progressive Environmental Prometheans broadens the reader’s understanding of the history of the ideas behind Prometheanism. This book appeals to anyone with an interest in environmental politics, environmental history, global history, geography and Anthropocene studies.

Author : David Sinclair
Publisher : Magus Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Lost Superpowers of Ancient Humanity: In Search of the Prometheans by David Sinclair Pdf

Did alien astronauts visit the ancient earth or were the real "aliens" the ancient humans themselves? People today imagine that ancient humans were just like us, but at a more primitive stage of development. In fact, ancient humans were nothing like us. They had incredible abilities - superpowers - that we have now lost. We discarded them in the course of becoming modern, conscious humans, but these superpowers still lie latent in all of us, and can be recovered in the right circumstances. The ancient humans were the Prometheans, bridging the gap to the gods, and supremely well-versed in carrying the divine fire. They knew the secrets of the gods. Isn't it time to regain all of their lost knowledge and power?

Author : Ben Bova
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765387240

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Mercury and Prometheans by Ben Bova Pdf

Two complete books for one price from six-time Hugo Award-winning author Ben Bova Mercury The planet closest to our Sun is a barren, heat-scorched world. But there are those who hope to find wealth in its desolation. Saito Yamagata seeks to generate power to propel starships into deep space. Astrobiologist Victor Molina is searching for evidence of life. Bishop Elliot Danvers has been sent to keep close tabs on Molina. But all three of these men are blissfully unaware of their shared history, of their connection to the collapse of a geosynchronous space elevator a generation ago, and of the man who now seeks his revenge. Prometheans Discover the pioneers whose technologic genius fuels our dreams--and our future. The man who tamed hurricanes and the man whose vision of orbital immortality lost him all he loved on Earth. The day politics, media, and bioengineering met, and the day an assassin took aim on the stars.... Tomorrow belongs to Prometheans. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Max Adams
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849167086

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The Prometheans by Max Adams Pdf

The richly varied lives of the Martin brothers reflected the many upheavals of Britain in the age of Industrial Revolution. Low-born and largely unschooled, they were part of a new generation of artists, scientists and inventors who witnessed the creation of the modern world. William, the eldest, was a cussedly eccentric inventor who couldn't look at a piece of machinery without thinking about how to improve it; Richard, a courageous soldier, fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo; Jonathan, a hellfire preacher tormented by madness and touched with a visionary genius reminiscent of William Blake, almost burned down York Minster in 1829; while John, the youngest Martin, single-handedly invented, mastered and exhausted an entire genre of painting, the apocalyptic sublime, while playing host to the foremost writers, scientists and thinkers of his day. In The Prometheans Max Adams interweaves the fascinating story of these maverick siblings with a magisterial and multi-faceted account of the industrial, political and artistic ferment of early 19th-century Britain. His narrative centres on a generation of inventors, artists and radical intellectuals (including the chemist Humphry Davy, the engineer George Stephenson, the social reformer Robert Owen and the poet Shelley) who were seeking to liberate humanity from the tyranny of material discomfort and political oppression. For Adams, the shared inspiration that binds this generation together is the cult of Prometheus, the titan of ancient Greek mythology who stole fire from Zeus to give to mortal man, and who became a potent symbol of political and personal liberation from the mid-18th century onwards. Whether writing about Davy's invention of the miner's safety lamp, the scandalous private life of the Prince Regent, the death of Shelley or J.M.W. Turner's use of colour, Adams's narrative is pacy, characterful, and rich in anecdote, quotation and memorable character sketch. Like John Martin himself, he has created a sprawling and brightly coloured canvas on an epic scale.

Author : Robert S. De Ropp
Publisher : Jonathan Cape
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035073381

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The New Prometheans by Robert S. De Ropp Pdf

Author : Barbara D. Savage
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300270273

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Merze Tate by Barbara D. Savage Pdf

A powerful and inspiring biography of Merze Tate, a trailblazing Black woman scholar and intrepid world traveler Born in rural Michigan during the Jim Crow era, the bold and irrepressible Merze Tate (1905-1996) refused to limit her intellectual ambitions, despite living in what she called a "sex and race discriminating world." Against all odds, the brilliant and hardworking Tate earned degrees in international relations from Oxford University in 1935 and a doctorate in government from Harvard in 1941. She then joined the faculty of Howard University, where she taught for three decades of her long life spanning the tumultuous twentieth century. This book revives and critiques Tate's prolific and prescient body of scholarship, with topics ranging from nuclear arms limitations to race and imperialism in India, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa. Tate credited her success to other women, Black and white, who helped her realize her dream of becoming a scholar. Her quest for research and adventure took her around the world twice, traveling solo with her cameras. Barbara Savage's skilled rendering of Tate's story is built on more than a decade of research. Tate's life and work challenge provincial approaches to African American and American history, women's history, the history of education, diplomatic history, and international thought.

Author : Timothy Madigan
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781443802642

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Promethean Love by Timothy Madigan Pdf

The myth of Prometheus has inspired countless generations of humanists throughout the ages. Prometheus -- who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans to help them survive -- remains a symbol for those who reject theistic orthodoxies and who fearlessly challenge accepted beliefs. Artists such as Byron, Goethe, Beethoven and Wagner have been influenced by this story. Most importantly, Prometheus is a symbol for selfless love. In this collection of essays, the Promethean myth and its relationship to the philosophy of love is explored from its origins in Ancient Greece, to its similarities and contrasts with the figure of Christ. Special emphasis is given to the work and writings of Paul Kurtz, the foremost contemporary defender of humanism as a worldview, who has made the figure of Prometheus a special part of his own philosophy.

Author : John S. Lambert
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : PSU:000000879019

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The New Prometheans by John S. Lambert Pdf

Author : Courtenay Raia
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226635354

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The New Prometheans by Courtenay Raia Pdf

The Society for Psychical Research was established in 1882 to further the scientific study of consciousness, but it arose in the surf of a larger cultural need. Victorians were on the hunt for self-understanding. Mesmerists, spiritualists, and other romantic seekers roamed sunken landscapes of entrancement, and when psychology was finally ready to confront these altered states, psychical research was adopted as an experimental vanguard. Far from a rejected science, it was a necessary heterodoxy, probing mysteries as diverse as telepathy, hypnosis, and even séance phenomena. Its investigators sought facts far afield of physical laws: evidence of a transcendent, irreducible mind. The New Prometheans traces the evolution of psychical research through the intertwining biographies of four men: chemist Sir William Crookes, depth psychologist Frederic Myers, ether physicist Sir Oliver Lodge, and anthropologist Andrew Lang. All past presidents of the society, these men brought psychical research beyond academic circles and into the public square, making it part of a shared, far-reaching examination of science and society. By layering their papers, textbooks, and lectures with more intimate texts like diaries, letters, and literary compositions, Courtenay Raia returns us to a critical juncture in the history of secularization, the last great gesture of reconciliation between science and sacred truths.

Author : Vincent Venturella
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781300356936

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The Legacy of Heroes: Heroic Races by Vincent Venturella Pdf

Author : Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Publisher : Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Chemistry
ISBN : 0071407952

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Prometheans in the Lab by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne Pdf

Table of contents includes: Soap and Nicholas Leblanc, Color and William Henry Perkin, Sugar and Norbert Rillieux, Clean water and Edward Frankland, Fertilizer, poison gas, and Fritz Haber, Leaded gasoline, safe refrigeration and Thomas Midgley, Jr., Nylon and Wallace Hume Carothers, DDT and Paul Hermann Muller, Lead-free gasoline and Clair C. Patterson.

Author : Michal Lysek,Ian Stewart,Stephen Mayo
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-18
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781105867262

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New Horizon Player's Guide 2nd Edition by Michal Lysek,Ian Stewart,Stephen Mayo Pdf

Welcome to a world that is not our own. Mankind's new home among the stars is more than they ever imagined when they left Earth. The settlers are surrounded by bizarre alien creatures that are often as deadly as they are amazing. Their lives are filled with the wonders of technology, but are held together by the strength of their resolve. Mankind walks this new world hand in hand with wafans, their sister race of sentient living machines, designed during the darker days of humanity's past. This is the world we live in, this is New Horizon. New Horizon is a roleplaying game that incorporates elements of science fiction, fantasy, utopian and dystopian fiction, and speculative fiction. New Horizon is a setting where advanced technologies and futuristic innovations are interweaved with the primeval roughness of an untamed world. It is a place where technology and nature are often seen struggling against one another, each protecting itself from the spread of the other.

Author : Robert W. Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780557272648

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The Promethean Divide by Robert W. Reid Pdf

Three adventurers; a wealthy publisher, a soldier-of-fortune private eye, and an eccentric techie investigate the suspicious death of a friend. The case puts them on the trail of a strange serial killer who seems to have extraordinary powers. Their search leads to a secret society and astounding truths about mankind's past and future. As the human race rapidly approaches its technological singularity, these three comrades become enmeshed in the unfolding future of mankind. They are privileged to glimpse man's destiny on the other side of The Promethean Divide.

Author : Wole Soyinka
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Nigeria
ISBN : 0914478494

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Critical Perspectives on Wole Soyinka by Wole Soyinka Pdf

Distinguished scholars analyze the plays, poetry, and prose of Wole Smoyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986. Essays trace his career and place his work in the general context of African literature.