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A host of new paradigms is set to go mainstream. Discover the amazing insights they provide.
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- 1. Wisconsin Book Festival 2011 VOICES
2. Wisconsin Book Festival VOICES 2011 3. Wisconsin Book
Festival
- Why did our ancient ancestors believe they could hear the
voices of the gods?
2011 4.
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- Other questions answered in the book . . .
- Why did early humans believe in multiple gods?
- Why did humans then transition to believing in a single
god?
- When were the first glimmers of self-awareness?
6.
- Other questions answered in the book . . .
- Why do children believe in magic?
- Why do people make wishes on stars, fountains, and birthday
candles?
- What three activities have historically won exceptions from
cultural prejudices?
7.
- Other questions answered in the book . . .
- Why would a modern four year old favor Aristotle's description
of the world over Newton's or Einstein's?
- What did Rene Descartes learn in the grottoes of
Saint-Germain-en-Laye?
- How is the meaning of the word ''soul'' about to change
again?
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- . . . our ancient ancestorsdidhear voices.
10.
- The book expands the legend of Mary Poppins.
- The book explains what Walt Disney was dreaming about when he
died.
- And the book names the greatest educator of all time.
11.
- Questions NOT answered in the book . . .
- What do the letters 'L' and 'N' stand for in the name L.N.
Smith Publishing?
- And what's so ridiculous about the universe being solved
through a planetarium show?
12.
- a new conceptual model for the physics of the universe
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- Questions answered in the paper . . .
- What is dark matter? What is dark energy?
- What are virtual particles and antimatter?
- What explains the 'Big Four' of natural forces?
15.
- Questions answered in the paper . . .
- What are gravity waves, really?
- Why have we been fooled into thinking that energy travels in
bundles, called photons?
- Why does light behave as both a wave and a particle?
16.
- Questions answered in the paper . . .
- Why does the speed of light measure the same in every
direction, regardless of the source's motion?
- How do electrons switch orbital shells without crossing the
space in between them?
- What was Albert Einstein's great oversight?
17.
- Why have the four physicists who've read the paper disregarded
it, even though it points to a fresh approach for the math?
18.
- . . . and this brings us to the next book.
19.
- The Redesign of Tomorrowland
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- The Redesign of Tomorrowland
- The Redesign of Tomorrowland
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- Why are new ideas, that ultimately prove true, so often
rejected at first by the very same experts who should know
better?
- Take a few minutes to read the ''Prologue'' (3 pages)
- The Redesign of Tomorrowland
22.
- What is the new paradigm for nutrition?
- Read ''Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe'' (4 pages)
- The Redesign of Tomorrowland
23.
- Why is our economy entering another Great Depression?
- Read ''Escape through Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin'' (6
pages)
- The Redesign of Tomorrowland
24.
- What question will become the great philosophical debate of the
twenty-first century?
- Read ''The Tomorrowland Stage'' (3 pages)
- The Redesign of Tomorrowland
25.
- What is the 'Singularity' and how might it kill us?
- The Redesign of Tomorrowland
- Read ''Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress w/Overlay'' (10
pages)
26.
- What is the threat of nanotechnology?
- The Redesign of Tomorrowland
- Read ''Nano Joe's Coffee Shop'' (10 pages)
27.
- How is science changing our understanding of the human
soul?
- The Redesign of Tomorrowland
- Read ''Space Mountain Backups'' (12 pages)
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- Let reading put into your head what it always has: . . .