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Author : Irl Roger Hicks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : UOM:39015031908158
Author : Irl R. Hicks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : LCCN:01027306
Author : Irl Roger Hicks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : CHI:24880828
Author : Irl Roger Hicks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : CHI:096535938
Author : Irl Roger Hicks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : UOM:39015063752276
Author : Richard J. Goodrich
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781633888579
Halley’s Comet visits the earth every seventy-five years. Since the dawn of civilization, humans had believed comets were evil portents. In 1705, Edmond Halley liberated humanity from these primordial superstitions (or so it was thought), proving that Newtonian mechanics rather than the will of the gods brought comets into our celestial neighborhood. Despite this scientific advance, when Halley’s Comet returned in 1910 and astronomers announced that our planet would pass through its poisonous tail, newspapers gleefully provoked a global hysteria that unfolded with tragic consequences. In Comet Madness, author and historian Richard J. Goodrich examines the 1910 appearance of Halley’s Comet and the ensuing frenzy sparked by media manipulation, bogus science, and outright deception. The result is a fascinating and illuminating narrative history that underscores how we behave in the face of potential calamity – then and now. As the comet neared Earth, scientists and journalists alike scrambled to get the story straight as citizens the world over panicked. Popular astronomer Camille Flammarion attempted to allay fears in a newspaper article, but the media ignored his true position that passage would be harmless; weather prophet Irl Hicks, publisher of an annual, pseudo-scientific almanac, announced that the comet would disrupt the world’s weather; religious leaders thumbed the Bible’s Book of Revelation and wondered if the comet presaged the apocalypse. Newspapers, confident that there was gold in these alternate theories, gave every crackpot a megaphone, increasing circulation and stoking international hysteria. As a result, workmen shelved their tools, farmers refused to plant crops they would never harvest, and formerly reliable people stopped paying their creditors. More opportunistic citizens opened “comet insurance” plans. Others suffered mental breakdowns, and some took their own lives. Comet Madness reveals how humans confront the unknown, how scientists learn about the world we inhabit, and how certain people—from outright hucksters to opportunistic journalists—harness fear to produce a profit.
Author : Irl R. Hicks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Almanacs
ISBN : STANFORD:36105046468588
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C2612243
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1094 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1919-07
Category : American literature
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172119877930
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Bees
ISBN : UCAL:$B227825
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063357029
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Bees
ISBN : UCAL:$B229543
Author : Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1256 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128868796
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1282 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105128868820
Author : Christopher Hoolihan
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1580462847
This is a catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of rare books dealing with 'popular medicine' in early America which is housed at the University of Rochester Medical School library. The books described in the catalogue were written by physicians and other professionals to provide information for the non-medical audience. The books taught human anatomy, hygiene, temperance and diet, how to maintain health, and how to cope with illness especially when no professional help was available. The books promoted a healthy lifestyle for the readers, giving guidance on everything from physical fitness and recreation to the special health needs of women. The collection consists of works dealing with reproduction (from birth control to delivering and caring for a baby), venereal disease, home-nursing, epidemics, and the need for public sex education.