Aristotle, and (translated by P H Wickstead and F M Cornford), Physics books I-IV, Harvard University Press, William Heinemann 1980 Introduction: 'The title "Physics" is misleading. .. "Lectures on Nature" the alternative title found in editions of the Greek text, is more enlightening. ... The realm of Nature, for Aristotle, includes all things that move and change ... . Thus the ultimate "matter" which, according to Aristotle, underlies all the elementary substances must be studied, in its changes at least, by the Natural Philosopher. And so must the eternal heavenly spheres of the Aristotelean philosophy, insofar as they themselves move of are the cause of motion in the sublunary world.' 
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Cantor, Georg, Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite Numbers (Translated, with Introduction and Notes by Philip E B Jourdain), Dover 1955 Jacket: 'One of the greatest mathematical classics of all time, this work established a new field of mathematics which was to be of incalculable importance in topology, number theory, analysis, theory of functions, etc, as well as the entire field of modern logic.' 
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Damasio, Antonio R, The Feeling of What Happens : Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness , Harcourt Brace 1999 Jacket: 'In a radical departure from current views on consciousness, Damasio contends that explaining how we make mental images or attend to those images will not suffice to elucidate the mystery. A satisfactory hypothesis for the making of consciousness must explain how the sense of self comes to mind. Damasio suggests that the sense of self does not depend on memory or on reasoning or even less on language. [it] depends, he argues, on the brain's ability to portray the living organism in the act of relating to an object. That ability, in turn, is a consequence of the brain's involvement in the process of regulating life. The sense of self began as yet another device aimed an ensuring survival.' 
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Hille, Einar , Analytic Function Theory, Volume 2 , Chelsea 1973 Foreword: 'Volume II ... is a direct continuation of volume I.'  
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Hille, Einar , Analytic Function Theory, Volume 1 , Chelsea 1973 Foreword: 'This book represents an effort to integrate the theory of analytic functions with modern analysis as a whole, in particular to present it as a branch of functional analysis, to which it gives concrete illustrations, problems and motivation.  
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Jech, Thomas, Set Theory, Springer 1997 Jacket: 'This book covers major areas of modern set theory: cardinal arithmetic, constructible sets, forcing and Boolean-valued models, large cardinals and descriptive set theory. . . . It can be used as a textbook for a graduate course in set theory and can serve as a reference book.' 
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Misner, Charles W, and Kip S Thorne, John Archibald Wheeler, Gravitation, Freeman 1973 Jacket: 'Einstein's description of gravitation as curvature of spacetime led directly to that greatest of all predictions of his theory, that the universe itself is dynamic. Physics still has far to go to come to terms with this amazing fact and what it means for man and his relation to the universe. John Archibald Wheeler. . . . this is a book on Einstein's theory of gravity. . . . ' 
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Monk, Ray, Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius, Vintage ex Jonathan Cape 1990 1990 Review: 'With a subject who demands passionate partisanship, whose words are so powerful but whose actions speak louder, it must have been hard to write this definitive, perceptive and lucid biography. Out goes Norman Malcolm's saintly Wittgenstein, Bartley's tortured, impossibly promiscuous Wittgenstein, and Brian McGuinness's bloodless, almost bodiless Wittgenstein. This Wittgenstein is the real human being: wholly balanced and happily eccentric . . . ' The Times 
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Nicolis, G , and Ilya Prigogine, Self Organisation in Nonequilibrium Systems: From Dissipative Structures to Order through Fluctuations, Wiley Interscience 1977 General Introduction: 'The aim of the present monograph can ... be expressed as the studiy of self-organisation in non-equilibrium systems, characterised by the appearance of dissipative structures through the amplification of appropriate fluctuations. ... The natural approach to the problem of the emergence of new patterns is bifurcation theory. The purpose of this theory is to study the possible branching of solutions that may arise under certain conditions. We have tried to present a readable introduction to this rapidly expanding field ... Our main emphasis is in physical examples and simple but representative models, and our aim is to give the reader an idea of the variety of space-time structures that may arise through bifurcation. ... ' 
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Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, The Divine Milieu, Harper Perennial Modern Classics 2001 ' "The volume includes a scholarly and most helpful Foreword by Jesuit scholar Thomas M. King, who outlines the life of Teilhard de Chardin and helps the reader to understand the context in which The Divine Milieu was written. He writes of a Jesuit priest whose work did not sit easily with the Roman Catholic hierarchy of the early twentieth century. He portrays a man in some spiritual turmoil, living through events of great magnitude, who is seeking to make sense of all that is around him and of his own reaction to those events. The Divine Milieu was not written for those who were comfortable in their Catholic faith, but for the doubters and waverers – those for whom classical expressions of religious faith had long lost their meaning. I commend this volume.” —Rev. Adrian Burdon, Religion and Theology' 
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Wigner, Eugene P, "The unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics in the natural sciences", Communications in Pure and Applied Mathematics, 13, 1, February 1960, page 1-14. 'The first point is that the enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and that there is no rational explanation for it. Second, it is just this uncanny usefulness of mathematical concepts that raises the question of the uniqueness ofour physical theories.'. back

Abraham Lustgarden, Get an Inside Look at the Department of Defense's Strugle to Fix Pollution at More Than 39,000 sites, 'For much of the past two years I’ve been digging into a vast, $70 billion environmental cleanup program run by the U.S. Department of Defense that tracks tens of thousands of polluted sites across the United States. In some places, old missiles and munitions were left buried beneath school grounds. In others, former test sites for chemical weapons have been repurposed for day care centers and housing developments.' back

Alan Turing, On Computable Numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem, 'The "computable" numbers may be described briefly as the real numbers whose expressions as a decimal are calculable by some finite means. Although the subject of this paper is ostensibly the computable numbers, it is almost equally easy to define and investigate computable functions of an integral variable of a real or computable variable, computable predicates and so forth. . . . ' back

Alan Turing - Wikipedia, Alan Turing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 'Alan Mathison Turing, OBE, FRS ( 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954), was an English mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist. He was highly influential in the development of computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of "algorithm" and "computation" with the Turing machine, which played a significant role in the creation of the modern computer. Turing is widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. . . . ' back

Aquinas, Summa, Prima Pars:Prologue, 'Prologue: Because a teacher of Catholic doctrine should teache not just advanced students, but also beginners, as The Apostle Paul said in the First Letter to the Corinthians 3_1-2: "like infants in Christ, I give you milk to drink, not food:" our proposed intention in this work is to teach those things pertaining to the Christian religion in such a way as to suit beginners. . . . ' back

Arthur Fairbanks, Empedocles, 'Fairbanks's Introduction Empedokles, son of Meton, grandson of an Empedokles who was a victor at Olympia, made his home and Akragas in Sicily. he was born about 494 B.C., and lived to the age of sixty. The onle sure daye in his life is his visit to Thourioi soon after its foundation (444). Various stories are told of his political activity, which may be genuine traditions. At the same time he claimed almost the homage due to a god, and many miracles are attributed to him. His writings in some parts are said to imitate Orphic verses, and apparently his religious activity was in line with this sect. His death occured away from Sicily--probably in the Pelopnnesos.' back

Avrum Burg, Human, Jewish, Israeli -- Zionist, 'I was a Zionist. As long as Zionism was a living option I was part of it. Then it simply expired and I moved on. Zionism was a scaffolding; It was erected by its founding fathers from Hertzel to Ben Gurion, in order to refurbish the Jewish existential structure.' back

Book of Kells - Wikipedia, Book of Kells - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 'The Book of Kells (Latin: Codex Cenannensis; Irish: Leabhar Cheanannais; Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I. [58], sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables. It was created in a Columban monastery in either Britain or Ireland and may have had contributions from various Columban institutions from both Britain and Ireland. It is believed to have been created c. 800 AD. back

Columba, Saint, 521-597, Book of Kells, 'The Book of Kells contains the four Gospels in Latin based on the Vulgate text which St Jerome completed in 384AD, intermixed with readings from the earlier Old Latin translation. The Gospel texts are prefaced by other texts, including "canon tables", or concordances of Gospel passages common to two or more of the evangelists; summaries of the gospel narratives (Breves causae); and prefaces characterizing the evangelists (Argumenta). The book is written on vellum (prepared calfskin) in a bold and expert version of the script known as "insular majuscule". It contains 340 folios, now measuring approximately 330 x 255 mm; they were severely trimmed, and their edges gilded, in the course of rebinding in the 19th century.' back

Eugene Wigner, The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences, 'The first point is that the enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and that there is no rational explanation for it. Second, it is just this uncanny usefulness of mathematical concepts that raises the question of the uniqueness of our physical theories.' back

George Frideric Handel, Messiah, 1. Overture (overtura) 00:10 2. Comfort Ye My People (Consuélate Pueblo Mío) 03:34 3. And the Glory of the Lord (Y la Gloria del Señor) 09:39 4. Thus Saith the Lord ( Así Dice el Señor) 12:33 5. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming? (¿quién soportará el día de su venida?) 13:52 6. And He Shall Purify ( Y los Purificará) 18:15 7. Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive (He aquí Una Virgen dará a luz) 21:00 8. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion (anunciadora de buenas nuevas de Sión) 21:25 9. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth (He aquí, Tinieblas cubrirán la tierra) 26:39 10. The People That Walked in Darkness (el pueblo que camina en oscuridad) 28:48 11. For unto Us a Child Is Born (porque un hijo nos es nacido) 32:06 12. Pastoral Symphony (Sinfonía Pastoral) 36:27 13. There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field (Había pastores velando en el campo) 39:24 14. And Lo! The Angels of the Lord Came upon Them ( se les presentó un ángel del Señor) 39:36 15. And the Angel Said unto Them ( Pero el ángel les dijo) 39:53 16. And Suddenly There Was with the Angel (y repentinamente apareció con el ángel) 40:32 17. Glory to God (Gloria a Dios) 40:50 18. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Zion! (Alégrate mucho oh hija de Sión) 42:42 19. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened (Los ojos de los ciegos serán abiertos) 47:10 20. His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burthen Is Light (su Yugo es fácil Y Ligera su Carga) 53:18 21. Behold the Lamb of God (He aquí el Cordero de Dios) 01:03:24 22. He Was Despised (El será despreciado) 01:07:11 23. Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs (ciertamente el llevó nuestras enfermedades) 01:11:50 24. And with His Stripes We Are Healed (por sus Heridas fuimos nosotros sanados) 01:13:48 25. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray (Nos hemos descarriado como ovejas) 01:16:00 26. All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn (Y todos le verán y les escarnecerán) 01:20:08 27. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him (Confió en Dios, librele ahora) 01:20:54 28. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (tu rechazo a roto su corazón) 01:23:34 29. Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow (Mirad y ved si hay pesar como su pesar) 01:25:30 30. He Was Cut Off out of the Land of the Living (arrancado de la tierra de los vivientes) 01:27:13 31. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell (Porque no dejarás mi alma en el Seol) 01:27:30 32. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates (levantad vuestras cabezas) 01:29:37 33. Unto Which of the Angels Said He at Any Time (¿A cuál de los angeles dijo jamás?) 01:32:55 34. Let All the Angels of God Worship Him (Todos los Angeles de Dios le adoren) 01:33:09 35. Thou Art Gone Up on High (Sube a lo alto) 01:34:49 36. The Lord Gave the Word (Dio el Señor la Palabra) 01:38:08 37. How Beautiful Are the Feet (Cuan hermosos los pies) 01:39:21 38. Their Sound Is Gone Out into All the Lands (Por toda la tierra ha salido la voz de ellos) 01:41:39 39. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together (¿Por qué las naciones combaten?) 01:43:07 40. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder (Rompamos sus Ligaduras) 01:46:03 41. He That Dwelleth in Heaven (El que Mora en los Cielos) 01:48:03 42. Thou Shalt Break Them (Los Quebrantarás) 01:48:16 43. Hallelujah! (Aleluya!) 01:50:27 44. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth ( Yo sé que mi Redentor vive) 02:01:52 47. Since by Man Came Death (Por cuanto la Muerte entró por un hombre) 02:07:56 48. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery (He aquí os diré un misterio) 02:10:21 49. The Trumpet Shall Sound (La trompeta sonará) 02:10:50 50. Then Shall Be Brought to Pass (Entonces se cumplirá) 02:14:54 51. O Death, Where Is Thy Sting? (Oh muerte, ¿Dónde está tu aguijón?) 02:15:14 52. But Thanks Be to God (Pero Gracias sean dadas a Dios) 02:16:17 53. If God Be for Us, Who Can Be against Us? (Si Dios está con nosotros quien en contra) 02:18:38 54. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain (Digno es el Cordero que fue Inmolado) 02:23:17 55. Amen 02:27:00 back

Gödel's incompleteness theorems - Wikipedia, Gödel's incompleteness theorems - Wikipedia, 'Gödel's incompleteness theorems are two theorems of mathematical logic that establish inherent limitations of all but the most trivial axiomatic systems capable of doing arithmetic. The theorems, proven by Kurt Gödel in 1931, are important both in mathematical logic and in the philosophy of mathematics. The two results are widely, but not universally, interpreted as showing that Hilbert's program to find a complete and consistent set of axioms for all mathematics is impossible, giving a negative answer to Hilbert's second problem. The first incompleteness theorem states that no consistent system of axioms whose theorems can be listed by an "effective procedure" (i.e., any sort of algorithm) is capable of proving all truths about the relations of the natural numbers (arithmetic). For any such system, there will always be statements about the natural numbers that are true, but that are unprovable within the system. The second incompleteness theorem, an extension of the first, shows that such a system cannot demonstrate its own consistency.' back

Kate Manne, Eric Schneiderman and the Meaning of Strangulation, 'Nonfatal manual strangulation is a well-known precursor to intimate- partner homicide. Victims of such attacks are some seven times more likely to become the victim of an attempted homicide by the same perpetrator. The New Yorker article noted the irony that Mr. Schneiderman himself had written legislation that established stiffer penalties against those who strangle. “I think this will save a lot of lives,” he predicted.' back

Michael Albertus and Victor Menaldo, Why Are So Many Democracies Breaking Down?, 'Over two-thirds of countries that have transitioned to democracy since World War II have done so under constitutions written by the outgoing authoritarian regime. Prominent examples include Argentina, Chile, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa and South Korea. Even some of the world’s early democracies, such as the Netherlands and Sweden, were marred by deep authoritarian legacies. Democratic institutions are frequently designed by the outgoing authoritarian regime to safeguard incumbent elites from the rule of law and give them a leg up in politics and economic competition after democratization.' back

Monism - Wikipedia, Monism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 'Monism attributes oneness or singleness (Greek: μόνος) to a concept e.g., existence. Various kinds of monism can be distinguished: Priority monism states that all existing things go back to a source that is distinct from them e.g., in Neoplatonism everything is derived from The One. In this view only one thing is ontologically basic or prior to everything else. Existence monism posits that, strictly speaking, there exists only a single thing, the Universe, which can only be artificially and arbitrarily divided into many things. Substance monism asserts that a variety of existing things can be explained in terms of a single reality or substance. Substance monism posits that only one kind of stuff exists, although many thing may be made up of this stuff, e.g., matter or mind.' back

Richard Ackland, Peter Dutton's power grab may yet be his undoing, 'Australians used to understand that if someone is to be locked up for an extended period a judge should be the one doing the locking up. Yet, here there was not so much as a sniff of a judge anywhere near the process that incarcerated Livinus Okwume. All that it took was one of the minister’s functionaries to have a suspicion – reasonable or otherwise.' back

Robert Hahn, Many mocked this Scott Pruitt proposal. They should have read it first., 'When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt proposed a rule last month to improve transparency in science used to make policy decisions, he was roundly criticized by interest groups and academics. . . . But there is a lot to cheer about in the rule that opponents have missed. A careful reading suggests it could promote precisely the kind of evidence-based policy most scientists and the public should support.' back

Thomas Aquinas, Bibliotheca Augustana: De Ente et Essentia, Latin text of one of Thomas Aquinas early works. back

Wikipedia Birkhoff, Birkhoff's theorem (relativity), 'Intuitive rationale The intuitive idea of Birkhoff's theorem is that a spherically symmetric gravitational field should be produced by some massive object at the origin; if there were another concentration of mass-energy somewhere else, this would disturb the spherical symmetry, so we can expect the solution to represent an isolated object. That is, the field should vanish at large distances, which is (partly) what we mean by saying the solution is asymptotically flat. Thus, this part of the theorem is just what we would expect from the fact that general relativity reduces to Newtonian gravitation in the Newtonian limit.' back