Kindle Books in Science Fiction & Fantasy

Uncover the mysteries, wonders, and history of Mars—as close to an eye-witness perspective of the incredible Red Planet as any reader can get. The history of Mars is drawn not just on its surface, but also down into its broken bedrock and up into its frigid air. Most of all, it stretches back into deep time, where the trackways of the past have been obliterated and there is no discernible trace of where they started from or how they travelled, only where they ended up. From the planet’s formation 4.5 billion years ago, through eras that featured cataclysmic meteor strikes, explosive volcanoes and a vast ocean that spanned the entire upper hemisphere, to the long, frozen ages that saw its atmosphere steadily thinning and leaking away into space, planetary geologist Dr. Simon Morden presents a tantalizing vision of our nearest neighbour, its dramatic history, and astonishing present.

This book brings together an international collection of experts in reproductive ethics, law, disability studies, and medicine to explore the challenging future of reproduction and children. From the medical to the social and from the financial to the legal, the authors explore the expanding impact of reproductive genetics on our society. New advances in genetic technologies are revolutionizing the practice of reproductive medicine. We have expanded our ability to detect genetic changes in embryos and fetuses in ways that potentially allow to identify, treat, or prevent a growing range of diseases. The development of gene-editing technologies raises questions about the possibility of removing disease-causing variants from embryos before pregnancy implantation. The growing sophistication of prenatal genomic sequencing offers us glimpses into the whole genome of the developing fetus. And, the increasingly sophisticated science of ''gene matching'' allows us greater and greater foreknowledge of how the genomes of two individuals will combine in a future child. This is an indispensable book on the newest developments in bioethics caused by the sciences. Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

In the controversial field of cryptozoology, plagued by long-lost accounts and internet fantasies, the essential core of usable information is largely maintained in books. Science writer and cryptozoology researcher Matt Bille offers 400 reviews of significant books in cryptozoology, supporting sciences like biology, and cryptozoological fiction. Matt’s selections, based on 45 years of reading and writing on zoology and cryptozoology, favor reliable science and history, providing an essential foundation for enthusiasts and skeptics alike. The search for unknown animals starts here. "Looking for a concise but reliable survey of the most noteworthy cryptozoological books past and present? Look no further - here it is!" - Dr. Karl P. N. Shuker, Zoologist

"Delightful, funny, and yet rigorous and intelligent: only Jorge and Daniel can reach this exquisite balance." —Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and Helgoland You’ve got questions: about space, time, gravity, and the odds of meeting your older self inside a wormhole. All the answers you need are right here. As a species, we may not agree on much, but one thing brings us all together: a need to know. We all wonder, and deep down we all have the same big questions. Why can’t I travel back in time? Where did the universe come from? What’s inside a black hole? Can I rearrange the particles in my cat and turn it into a dog? Researcher-turned-cartoonist Jorge Cham and physics professor Daniel Whiteson are experts at explaining science in ways we can all understand, in their books and on their popular podcast, Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe. With their signature blend of humor and oh-now-I-get-it clarity, Jorge and Daniel offer short, accessible, and lighthearted answers to some of the most common, most outrageous, and most profound questions about the universe they’ve received. This witty, entertaining, and fully illustrated book is an essential troubleshooting guide for the perplexing aspects of reality, big and small, from the invisible particles that make up your body to the identical version of you currently reading this exact sentence in the corner of some other galaxy. If the universe came with an FAQ, this would be it.

This second volume of Sapiens: A Graphic History, the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari’s #1 New York Times bestseller, focuses on the Agricultural Revolution—when humans fell into a trap we’ve yet to escape: working harder and harder with diminishing returns. What if humanity’s major woes—war, plague, famine and inequality—originated 12,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens converted from nomads to settlers, in pursuit of the fantasy of productivity and efficiency? What if by seeking to control plants and animals, humans ended up being controlled by kings, priests, and Kafkaesque bureaucracy? Volume 2 of Sapiens: A Graphic History–The Pillars of Civilization explores a crucial chapter in human development: the Agricultural Revolution. This is the story of how wheat took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, plague, famine, and inequality became an intractable feature of the human condition. But it’s not all doom and gloom with this book’s cast of entertaining characters and colorful humorous scenes. Yuval, Zoe, Prof. Saraswati, Cindy and Bill (now farmers), Detective Lopez, and Dr. Fiction, all introduced in Volume 1, once again travel the length and breadth of human history, this time investigating the impact the Agricultural Revolution has had on our species. The cunning Mephisto shows them how to ensnare humans, King Hammurabi lays down the law, and Confucius explains harmonious society. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy; the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News; the story of urbanization is portrayed as a travel brochure, offering discount journeys to ancient Babylon and China; and the history of inequality unfolds in a superhero detective story; with guest appearances by historical and cultural personalities throughout such as Thomas Jefferson, Scarlett O''Hara, Margaret Thatcher, and John Lennon. Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2 is a radical, witty and colorful retelling of the story of humankind for adults and young adults, and can be read on its own or in sequence with Volume I.

The Legacies of Ursula K. Le Guin explores how Le Guin’s fiction and essays have built a speculative ethical practice engaging indigenous knowledge and feminism, while crafting utopias in which human and other-than-human life forms enter into new relations. Her work also delineates new ways of making sense of the “science” of science fiction. The authors of this collection provide up-to-date discussions of well-known works as well as more experimental writings. Written in an accessible style, Legacies will appeal to any readers interested in literature, science fiction and fantasy, as well as specialists of science and technology studies, philosophy of science, ethics, gender studies, indigenous studies and posthumanism.

In a world ravaged by the effects of climate change, sixteen-year-old Joe has been left with nothing but mountains full of junk. Conditions are so harsh that he must travel to the city to seek out a cure for Lily, a six-year-old left deathly ill from an avalanche of waste. On his way to the city, he is blown away by a hidden world brimming with storytelling magic.

Science fiction films present hypothetical futures, featuring imagined technological advancements--not yet realized but perhaps (more or less) plausible. Yet how much of what audiences see is within the bounds of possibility? Can we really envision what a black hole looks like? Can dinosaurs really be genetically re-engineered? Originating from an annual Science Fiction Film Series in Denver, Colorado, this volume of essays examines 10 films, with a focus on discerning the possible, the unlikely, and the purely science fictional. With essays by scientists in relevant fields, chapters provide analyses of the movies themselves, along with examination of the actual science (or lack thereof) in each film.

THIS BOOKS DEFINES WHAT IS TIME IN THE BEGINNING.THEN THE AUTHORS EXPLAINS TIME DILATION, WHAT IS TIME TRAVEL,HOW IT IS POSSIBLE,DIFFICULTIES,TIME PARADOXES,TIME TRAVEL THEORIES IN DETAIL , ETC...2 ND PART OF THIS BOOKS SAYS ABOUT THE CONCEPTS OF TIME TRAVEL IN AVENGERS ENDGAME MOVIE.THEORIES ARE EXPLAINED WITH PICTURES .

Universe is simple in its laws. Change is opposed to constancy. This thought sprouts in people.. Where the future equals a past, passing a present creates laws unknown to us. Humanity lives in these laws guided by emotions. Feelings that are within us. Physical and chemical laws confuse us many times. Creating visions of a future. There has never been a fallacy in a claim that a future was easy to predict .We can only participate in it. Errors confused and unchanged created a realism of our world. Based many times on a falsehood of a truth. Truth which was not guided by the right of an individual, but formed a chain. Fights between brothers were eternal reality. Evolution in this human realm has always been defective. Systems made laws that were against logic. Breaking the rules of nature. Disregarding the laws of an all-powerful universe around us. Destiny, part of all of us, is based on the principles of natural laws in which we live. It creates us and a surrounding world. Pushing down to always the same point. Point where everyone meets one right has always been deceived. Endless war destroys the earth. Survivors only made a last bastion, with no hope of a better future. Their life in those times did not have to be worse than that of their predecessors, but it gave hope for a better time. Other people were driven by their ego, and they loved a selfish lifestyle. Even an extermination did not change their behavior. Without changing their will or purpose in life, they squandered any possibility of civilization evolution. No changes took place in their souls. Selfishness and aggression spread to a whole planet. People fought fiercely for every good. Warlords, gangs associated with the opacity of a system. Held a power of the world. In those days, people were still mortal, not seeing their potential as races. They couldn''t stand above divisions. Fights were bloody, which resulted in killing most of earth''s population. Their unbridled thirst split into many factions. Most of the fractions did not survive after 20 years. Year 2155 brought a great hunger for those left behind. Humanity that stood on the brink of extinction had to change. Life was considered a property. Others were threats like creatures. Never even had a right to vote. Warlords after 20 years of fighting ended their lives in closed caves where their lives came to an end. This knowledge caused a great plague first, then started a war over remnants. People had to fight for food in a world where everything was centralized into one transportation system. Growth of food transportation and a dependence of food supply on transportation was still fragile in consumerism. Continued economic crises causing upheaval in supply chains made authorities unreliable. A power that had been unable to cope with a continual disinformation of an entire overpopulated world at one point lost its public trust. Outline of these changes caused bigger and bigger crises that happened more and more often. At the beginning they took place in a 21th century. In the first 40 years of an interval crisis overflowing human hearts. At an end the intervals between crises were dictated only by a length of a few years. Crises created by a flawed system itself have at one point left 99.9999% of humanity poor. Group holding power no longer even had an opportunity to pay for specialized disinformation units. This unit was necessary to control population behavior. That was a tactic to rule a world by electric-chains. Surveillance as well as disinformation. Caused the end of humanity in the 21th century. Fake news flooded in different directions of an access link caused newer and newer sources of panic that were getting longer and less suppressed. Social media was a primary cause of the end of human civilization and was intended to help civilization grow. Unfortunately, social media was a nail in a coffin of humanity. Degradation and bewilderment of general enthusiasm based on consumerism resulted in only one. The end of an age of property and money. As well as a lack of an emergency system for sharing goods to which mankind had access before. People dumbfounded by omniscience, instead of using it for good purposes, concentrated on sending themselves silly jokes and celebrating a carefree life. Pictures of dogs and cats flooded people''s network systems with trillions of bytes. Development of a state a society became stupid of itself. All this thanks to social media. Power given to a common people and previously known only to an educated elite was a curse for them. Data rush fooled them even more. Celebration of life that they presented was no longer available .Looking for development, but dreams about a bright future somehow vanished in a crowd of other gray brothers. In this overpopulated world, such an approach could only end in one thing. A great doom had to come. With time, when stock market crashes were normal, people did not care about losses anymore. Unable to create a better world, they have not even tried to improve the life of a species. Information and ignorance hidden behind walls of big concrete buildings flow over and over and destroy human souls. Disinformation flow caused a world to become more and more stupid. People, instead of having the comfort of life, became more and more crazy. Data kept flowing, but there were no specific answers. People lost themselves in this, not caring about consequences of

One of The Christian Science Monitor''s ten best books of June An innovative biography of Edgar Allan Poe—highlighting his fascination and feuds with science. Decade after decade, Edgar Allan Poe remains one of the most popular American writers. He is beloved around the world for his pioneering detective fiction, tales of horror, and haunting, atmospheric verse. But what if there was another side to the man who wrote “The Raven” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”? In The Reason for the Darkness of the Night, John Tresch offers a bold new biography of a writer whose short, tortured life continues to fascinate. Shining a spotlight on an era when the lines separating entertainment, speculation, and scientific inquiry were blurred, Tresch reveals Poe’s obsession with science and lifelong ambition to advance and question human knowledge. Even as he composed dazzling works of fiction, he remained an avid and often combative commentator on new discoveries, publishing and hustling in literary scenes that also hosted the era’s most prominent scientists, semi-scientists, and pseudo-intellectual rogues. As one newspaper put it, “Mr. Poe is not merely a man of science—not merely a poet—not merely a man of letters. He is all combined; and perhaps he is something more.” Taking us through his early training in mathematics and engineering at West Point and the tumultuous years that followed, Tresch shows that Poe lived, thought, and suffered surrounded by science—and that many of his most renowned and imaginative works can best be understood in its company. He cast doubt on perceived certainties even as he hungered for knowledge, and at the end of his life delivered a mind-bending lecture on the origins of the universe that would win the admiration of twentieth-century physicists. Pursuing extraordinary conjectures and a unique aesthetic vision, he remained a figure of explosive contradiction: he gleefully exposed the hoaxes of the era’s scientific fraudsters even as he perpetrated hoaxes himself. Tracing Poe’s hard and brilliant journey, The Reason for the Darkness of the Night is an essential new portrait of a writer whose life is synonymous with mystery and imagination—and an entertaining, erudite tour of the world of American science just as it was beginning to come into its own.

A New York Times Editors'' Choice A bold new book reveals how we can tap the intelligence that exists beyond our brains—in our bodies, our surroundings, and our relationships Use your head. That’s what we tell ourselves when facing a tricky problem or a difficult project. But a growing body of research indicates that we’ve got it exactly backwards. What we need to do, says acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul, is think outside the brain. A host of “extra-neural” resources—the feelings and movements of our bodies, the physical spaces in which we learn and work, and the minds of those around us— can help us focus more intently, comprehend more deeply, and create more imaginatively. The Extended Mind outlines the research behind this exciting new vision of human ability, exploring the findings of neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, psychologists, and examining the practices of educators, managers, and leaders who are already reaping the benefits of thinking outside the brain. She excavates the untold history of how artists, scientists, and authors—from Jackson Pollock to Jonas Salk to Robert Caro—have used mental extensions to solve problems, make discoveries, and create new works. In the tradition of Howard Gardner’s Frames of Mind or Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence, The Extended Mind offers a dramatic new view of how our minds work, full of practical advice on how we can all think better.

Our fascination with the vampire myth has scarcely diminished since Bram Stoker’s publication of the classic Dracula tale in 1897, but how much of the lore is based in fact and can science explain the origins of horror’s most famous fiend? Vampirology charts the murky waters of the vampire myth – from stories found in many cultures across the globe to our sympathetic pop-culture renditions today – to investigate how a scientific interpretation may shed light on the fears and phenomena of the vampire myth.

What is the role of popular culture in shaping our discourse about the multifaceted system of material things, subjects and causal agents that we call "environment"? Ecocritical Geopolitics offers a new theoretical perspective and approach to the analysis of environmental discourse in popular culture. It combines ecocriticial and critical geopolitical approaches to explore three main themes: dystopian visions, the relationship between the human, post-human, and "nature" and speciesism and carnism. The importance of popular culture in the construction of geopolitical discourse is widely recognized. From ecocriticism, we also appreciate that literature, cinema, or theatre can offer a mirror of what the individual author wants to communicate about the relationship between the human being and what can be defined as non-human. This book provides an analysis of environmental discourses with the theoretical tools of critical geopolitics and the analytical methodology of ecocriticism. It develops and disseminates a new scientific approach, defined as "ecocritical geopolitics", to offer an idea of the power of popular culture in the realization of environmental discourse. Referencing sources as diverse as The Road, The Shape of Water, Lady and the Tramp, and TV cooking shows, this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of geography, environmental studies, film studies, and environmental humanities.

Medicine The Lies, The Greed & The Death The Effects of The Medical Trade, & The Pharma Industry On Your Health Includes - COVID-19 THE UN-TOLD STORY Provides a Detailed Explanation of the Covid-19 Fraud An inside account of the events Before, During and After! CONTENTS Chapter 1 The Cure Found...........................................................................1 The Deceptive Art........................................................................5 By Removing Causes...................................................................5 Chapter 2 Bad Cholesterol: The Myth and The Fraud.........................6 Its not Cholesterol, it is Inflammation...................................7 Chapter 3 The Germ Theory........................................................................9 A Germ Alone is Inefficient as a Grain of Wheat is Ungerminative Without Sunlight, Air and Moisture...........10 The Pasteurian Theory.............................................................12 The Common Cold and Influenza........................................13 Causes of Cholera......................................................................14 False Premises Will Never Lead to a Truth.......................16 The False but Convenient “Truths”......................................17 For Every Disease There is a Germ......................................17 Germ Theory..............................................................................19 The Role of Bacteria.................................................................21 Gut Bacteria By-Product Protects Against Salmonella..22 Salmonellosis: The Guilt is From Your Intestinal Flora.22 The Primary Cause of Disease is not Germs.....................23 Micro-Organisms of Disease are Universal, But Disease is not Universal...............................................................................24 Scientific Bluff............................................................................26 Disease Germs............................................................................29 The Germ Disease Theory.....................................................30 Vis Medicatrix Naturae...........................................................30 People Generally are Awed by Anything they do not Understand.......................................................................................31 Every Grain of Sand is a Metropolis for Bacteria............32 Goodbye to Germ Theory.......................................................32 Inoculations.................................................................................35 Germs............................................................................................37 Germs as a Cause of Disease is a Dying Fallacy................37 Why We Believe Germs do Not Cause Disease................38 The First Commercial Antibiotic..........................................41 Sulfanilamide Poisoning..........................................................42 Cognitive Impairment by Antibiotic-induced Gut Dysbiosis...........................................................................................42 Microbiome Restoration Diet Improves Digestion, Cognition and Physical and Emotional Wellbeing...............43 Prions: Reassessment of the Germ Theory of Disease....45 Antibiotics Effects at the Organ Level.................................45 The Influence of the Gut Microbiota on Brain and Behaviour..........................................................................................46 The Terrain Theory..................................................................48 Chapter 4 The Creation of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research J.D. Rockefeller''s Involvement...............................................50 Rockefeller Foundation Funding and Medical Education in Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax............................................53 Flexner Report............................................................................54 Medical Association..................................................................56 The Rockefeller Foundation...................................................59 The Three Medical Schools in The United States............61 The Medical School and AMA...............................................61 Medicinal Administrations, Chief Cause of Difference.........................................................................................61 The Progressive and Tolerant School..................................62 Teaching and the Teacher.......................................................63 Chapter 5 Nutrition and Diet Factor Effect of Chronic Vitamin E Deficiency in the Nervous System and Skeletal Musculature..............................................65 Chapter 6 Predisposition to Disease........................................................66 Doctrine of Diathesis................................................................68 Bacteriology Run Mad.............................................................69 What Predisposes to Cancer...................................................69 Heredity........................................................................................70 Gout and Rheumatism.............................................................71 Reappearance not Equivalent to Inheritance....................71 What is Inherited is a Predisposition Not a Disease...............................................................................................72 Hereditary or Particular Habits?...........................................73 Inborn Errors of Metabolism.................................................75 Coexistence of Neurological and Ocular Findings.............................................................................................76 Systemic Manifestations..........................................................76 The Damaged Brain from Iodine Deficiency Cognitive, Behavioural, Neuromotor Aspects............................................77 Chapter 7 Breast Cancer..............................................................................79 Lymph-stasis the Precursor of Cancer................................80 Lymphoid Tissue In Health....................................................81 Lymphangioplasty, A new method for the relief of the brawny arm of breast-cancer, and for similar conditions of lymphatic Oedema.........................................................................82 Lymph-Stasis, The Precursor of Breast Cancer...............85 Lymphatic Obstruction as the Cause of Chronic Mastitis..............................................................................................86 Chronic Mastitis........................................................................86 Prevention in the Light of Aetiology...................................87 The Real Story Behind the Pink Ribbon.............................88 Note on Antiperspirants..........................................................92 Breast Cancer Screening.........................................................93 Intestinal Toxaemia in its Relation to Cancer...................95 Constipation and Breast Cancer...........................................96 National Health and Examination Survey.........................98 Chapter 8 Genetic Fudge..........................................................................100 Genetics Another Medical Trade Fantasy.......................104 Ichthyosis...................................................................................105 Medical Trade Research, Cancer Research UK, and Big Pharma............................................................................................106 Identification of the Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene BRCA2.............................................................................................107 Cancer Classification with DNA Microarrays, is: Less More?...............................................................................................108 The new class of potentially transformative Medicines to treat diseases Caused by Protein or Gene Dysfunction....108 Graves Disease.........................................................................110 Resolving Graves Disease Thorough Lifestyle Changes...........................................................................................111 Epilepsy......................................................................................111 Treatment and Prevention of Certain Mental Disorders........................................................................................113 Aetiological Factors: Heredity.............................................119 States of Toxaemia.................................................................126 Delirium Tremens...................................................................127 Fatal Familial Insomnia FFI.................................................127 The Genetic Swindle..............................................................128 Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics..............................................130 The Neurotoxic Effect of Aluminum salts was First Demonstrated by Scherp and Church....................................131 Alzheimer''s Disease No Longer A Mystery.....................132 Aluminum - Alzheimer''s Smoking Gun?..........................132 Aluminum Is Known To Be a Potent Neurotoxin.........133 The Body Burden of Aluminium........................................136 Alzheimer’s Disease Might Now Be Considered as an Acute Response to Chronic Intoxication by Aluminium.137 Chapter 9 The Microbiome and its Influence on Genetics.............140 Understanding What Exactly is Heredity as a Factor...141 Definitions.................................................................................142 The Microbiome and Disease..............................................142 What Is The Microbiome?....................................................144 Growth and Development is not due to the Genetic Blueprint Alone.............................................................................146 Your DNA is not a Blueprint...............................................146 Chapter 10 Chorea........................................................................................148 Aetiology....................................................................................148 St. Vitus Dance.........................................................................149 Association with Rheumatism and other Morbid States................................................................................................154 The Relation between the Nervous Manifestations (or Chorea) and the Rheumatic Process as Indicating the Nature of the Disease..................................................................154 A Study of the Heart Wall in Diphtheria, Rheumatic Fever, and Chorea …...................................................................155 The Cure of Chorea................................................................156 Nervous and Brain Disorders..............................................159 Psychoses with Huntington’s Chorea................................160 Chorea And Its Treatment....................................................161 Research done by the Medical Trade on Huntington''s Disease.............................................................................................166 Chapter 11 Nanotechnology......................................................................169 Tiny Science, Huge Concern...............................................173 Does Nanotechnology Pose Health Risks?......................174 Chapter 12 Vaccines.....................................................................................176 Vaccination and General Enervation................................176 Immunization and Auto-immunization..........................179 Chiropractic views on Vaccination....................................180 Combined Live Measles-Mumps-Rubella (RA 27-3) Virus Vaccine and Live Rubella (RA 27/3) Virus Vaccine............................................................................................181 Measles Vaccine And The Central Nervous System.............................................................................................182 Behavioural Disorders included Autism..........................183 British Court Throws Out Conviction of Autism / Vaccine MD: Andrew Wakefield’s Co-Author Completely Exonerated.....................................................................................183 Autism and Vaccines CDC Whistle-Blower Exposes Vaccine Dangers, Lies, and Cover-Ups.................................184 The Tiny List of Vaccines That The Medical Trade and The NHS in England Recommends to be given to:...........185 The Vaccine War.....................................................................187 Adverse Events After Routine Immunization of Extremely Low-Birth-Weight Infants...................................187 Vaccines Little Profit.............................................................188 Vaccines Profit Ahead of the Public Good......................188 Vaccine Industry Has Absolute Legal Immunity...........189 Ingredients, Components Excipients Found In Vaccines..........................................................................................191 Health Does Not Come From Injecting Poison Into The Blood-stream.................................................................................192 Chapter 13 On the Treatment of Small-Pox.........................................194 Chapter 14 Aspirin........................................................................................202 Aspirin and Pulmonary Edema...........................................202 The 1918 Flu Epidemic.........................................................205 Harmful Medication...............................................................209 A Very Commonly Used Drug............................................210 The Deadly Harm of Aspirin...............................................210 The Action of Aspirin............................................................211 Aspirin “Salicylic Acid” or Common Aspirin..................212 Aspirin as a Poison..................................................................213 Aspirin Poisoning....................................................................213 Diagnosis of Poisoning by Acetylsalicylic Acid..............215 Suppression of Urine in Aspirin Poisoning.....................216 Acute Respiratory Failure in the Adult.............................218 Renal Papillary Necrosis.......................................................218 Salicylate Hepatotoxicity, Differential diagnosis of Reye’s Syndrome.....................................................................219 Serious Adverse Reactions Caused by Commonly used Drugs................................................................................................219 Barbiturate Poisoning............................................................221 Acute and Chronic Effects of Aspirin Toxicity..............221 Aspirin, like all other Drugs is a Poison............................223 Chapter 15 Influenza....................................................................................224 Influenza, Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever,and Smallpox in Chicago...........................................................................................227 Pathologic Anatomy, and Bacteriology of Influenza....232 Pulmonary Tuberculosis.......................................................236 Spanish Influenza Precautions............................................236 Influenza and Diphtheria......................................................237 Antitoxin Treatment of Diphtheria in England and the Influenza.........................................................................................238 Epistaxis, Nasal Diphtheria and the Epidemic of Influenza.........................................................................................240 Septic Infections......................................................................243 Influenza....................................................................................245 General Statistics Influenza Cases Johns Hopkins Hospital...........................................................................................247 Chapter 16 New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group...............................................................................................250 The New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) 1st Annual Report December 2014-December 2015.................................................................251 Annex C- NERVTAG forward work plan: areas/future subcommittees, Ongoing work areas commenced upon in 2015..................................................................................................255 New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group...............................................................................................256 Chapter 17 Pfeiffer''s Bacillus.....................................................................261 Journal of Experimental Medicine....................................262 Journal Articles........................................................................263 Bacterium Pneumosintes......................................................264 Insights from Pigs...................................................................266 The Word Virus Appears It''s First Mention....................267 Chapter 18 COVID-19 THE UN-TOLD STORY...........................................272 A Cold by Any Other Name Is Still a Cold......................273 What causes the flu? How is it different from a cold?..274 Clinical Progress of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)..............................................................................................275 Characteristics of 2019 Novel Coronavirus....................276 Ringing Bells.............................................................................276 Declarations of Interest.........................................................279 Project SIDA.............................................................................281 Coromandel Hospital Board................................................282 Note Concerning The Virus Theory.................................283 What is a Virus?.......................................................................286 Description of Viruses...........................................................286 Problems of Virus Multiplication.......................................288 Pre-Coronavirus Epidemic..................................................291 PATH..........................................................................................292 Bill and Melinda Gates Announce $100 Million Gift Establish Bill & Melinda Gates Children''s Vaccine Program..........................................................................................292 PATH Drug Solutions............................................................293 PATH Vaccine Solutions......................................................293 International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Korea.................294 International Vaccine Institute Receives $40 Million Grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.............295 Global Fund for Children''s Vaccine Approve Support to 8 More Countries 5 Year Commitment Now Exceeds $250 Million..................................................................................296 International Vaccine Institute...........................................298 Sabin Vaccine Institute..........................................................303 The Unrestricted Warfare Symposium 2006..................304 What is Unrestricted Warfare?............................................304 The National Critical Challenge.........................................306 Unrestricted Warfare Symposium, 2007..........................306 The Molecular And Cellular Basis For How SARS CoV Impacts the Host Immune System Resulting in Severe SARS................................................................................................307 Unrestricted Warfare Symposium, 2009.........................311 WHO Announces First Global Pandemic in 40 Years..311 We’re Being Played.................................................................313 The Guardian launches Global Development Website with Gates Foundation...............................................................314 Guardian News & Media Ltd..............................................315 The Guardian British Daily Newspaper..........................315 Examples of Corporate Strategies to Influence Public Health Promotion........................................................................316 Distortion of Science..............................................................316 Financial Tactics......................................................................316 Products and Services............................................................316 Where Does the Money Come From?...............................316 Who Benefits? Where Does the Money Go?...................318 New Vaccines: Gates Foundation''s Philanthropy or Business?.........................................................................................319 Costly for Poor People...........................................................319 The Vested Interests...............................................................320 Decade of Vaccines: The Global Vaccine Action Plan..320 Unrestricted Warfare.............................................................321 The Flip Side to Bill Gates Charity Billions....................322 FRED - A Framework For Reconstructing Epidemic Dynamics........................................................................................325 Vaccine Modelling Initiative................................................327 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.........330 Five-in-one Pentavalent Vaccine........................................331 Public Health Laboratories...................................................334 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Vaccine Empire on Trial in India..................................................................................335 The Wrong PATH...................................................................337 Wrong Dose..............................................................................338 Elderly Person Dies Every 7 Minutes...............................339 The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations....................................................................................343 Financial Times Ltd................................................................345 Wuhan Institute of Virology................................................348 U.S. Government $7 Billion Stockpile of Medication..348 Bill Gates Warns 30 Million People Could Die From Flu Pandemic.................................................................................349 Influenza (Seasonal)................................................................351 The $1 Billion Syphilis Infections Lawsuit......................354 Bat Coronaviruses in China.................................................356 NO TIME TO WAIT..............................................................357 Antibiotics Market to Reach $63.34 Billion by 2026....359 Brazil’s Pharmaceutical Market Value Will Approach US$55 Billion................................................................................360 The Pharmaceutical Industry in Brazil.............................361 Chief Medical Advisor...........................................................362 2019-2020 Hong Kong Ongoing Protests.......................363 Event 201 Model.....................................................................365 Event 201 Players....................................................................373 Pandemic Simulation Exercise Spotlights Massive Preparedness Gap........................................................................379 Vaccine Stock Procurement.................................................379 The Virus Outbreak................................................................381 Professor Mauro Ferrari becomes the 4th President of the European Research Council...............................................381 Alarming: 1 in 5 Deaths due to Sepsis...............................383 The Birth of A Rumour..........................................................384 First Test for Novel Coronavirus.......................................387 Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin...............................................................................................387 Covid-19 is shown to be novel coronavirus, structurally related to virus that causes SARS............................................389 The Example of Greenland..................................................390 The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations Part II...............................................................................................390 First Lenin Statue, Victory for the Marxist-Leninist Party.................................................................................................393 An Extra £5 Billion for the NHS.........................................396 The Naming of the Virus......................................................396 First British Case.....................................................................397 The Voice of Reason...............................................................397 U.S. Government $8 Billion Stockpile of Medication..397 Public request to take Stronger Measures of Social Distancing across the UK with Immediate Effect..............398 Herd Immunity and the Benefits of Vaccination...........399 The Imperial College Report Convincing Boris Johnson for a Lockdown............................................................................400 Please Note...............................................................................402 It Has Emerged........................................................................402 Imperial College London’s Model of the Covid-19 disease based on undocumented, 13-year-old computer code..................................................................................................403 Professor Neil Ferguson: high priest of Liberal Hospital Management and Inventor of the Generalized Containment Against Covid-19.........................................................................404 The Creation of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.............................................................404 Intellectual Fraud: Covid-19 Neil Ferguson, the Liberal Lyssenko.........................................................................................405 Professor Ferguson is the European reference for Epidemic Modelling....................................................................406 Controversy with Professor Didier Raoult......................408 Covid-19 - Interim Clinical Guidance..............................409 Laboratory and Radiographic Findings............................411 Chronic Metabolic Disease, Obesity and Poor Diet.....412 COVID-19 & Underlying Conditions...............................415 COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator Awards $20 Million in Initial Grants to Fund Clinical Trials................418 Lord Sumption on Coronavirus.........................................419 FDA Requests Removal of All Ranitidine Products (Zantac) from the Market..........................................................421 Ranitidine Sold Under the Trade Name Zantac Among Others..............................................................................................422 Side Effects................................................................................423 US$100 Billion for Hospitals and other Medical Providers.........................................................................................424 State Aid: Commission approves £50 Billion UK “umbrella” Scheme to Support the Economy in the Coronavirus Outbreak...............................................................425 EU Science Chief Resigns with Blast at Coronavirus Response.........................................................................................426 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Immunization, Infectious Diseases, and Influenza (Flu)...429 WHO Launched an Appeal in March for US$675 Million to Help Fight the Coronavirus Pandemic and is Reported to be Planning a Fresh Appeal for At Least US$1Billion......430 Vaccine Mania Drives Continued Lockdown................431 Social Distancing: “Indefinitely”.........................................432 £4.5 Billion + £300 Million................................................432 NHS Funding...........................................................................432 Why we must be wary of Philanthropic Contributions by Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and other Billionaires.........................433 Master and servant.................................................................433 Governments Must Act Now to Stop 265 Million Starving Warns World Food Programme.............................434 The Scottish government wants to modernise and consolidate the law on what people are permitted to say to each other.......................................................................................435 Professor Lockdown..............................................................437 Court Rules Insurers can Collect US$12 Billion under Health Care Law..........................................................................437 Madagascar President presents herbal drink against COVID-19......................................................................................438 Why Do So Many NHS Nightingale Hospitals Remain Empty?.............................................................................................438 Half the Global Workforce Could Lose Their Livelihoods Due To The Pandemic........................................439 Bristol Nightingale Hospital still Empty Week after construction work was finished...............................................446 Nightingale Hospitals Empty...............................................446 Amazon Reports US$75.5 Billion Revenue First Quarter of 2020............................................................................447 America’s $4 Trillion Medical Trade Sector...................447 Average patient requiring hospital treatment for Covid-19 will incur a bill totalling $72,000 over a 12-day stay...448 Health Insurance Premiums Could Rise by Over 40% Due to Coronavirus.....................................................................448 Operation Warp Speed..........................................................449 China to Impose Security Law in Hong Kong Heralding The End of City’s Autonomy....................................................451 Lockdown Measures Resulted in Economic Devastation also Resulted in More Deaths...................................................451 Prominent German Prof Says COVID-19 Lockdown “Completely Unnecessary”, “Unbelievably Damaging To The Economy”...............................................................................452 Imperial College London Report No.23 COVID-19 in the United States..........................................................................453 Gavi Advance Market Commitment for COVID-19 Vaccines (Gavi Covax AMC).....................................................455 India Pledges 15 Million.......................................................456 Vaccine Summit Raise £7 Billion........................................456 Saudi Arabia pledges $150 Million....................................456 The Case of the Countries That didn''t Forced Social Distancing.......................................................................................457 Sweden; Population 10 Million..........................................457 Sweden Influenza Seasons 2015–16 to 2018–19..........457 Influenza-related mortality..................................................458 Unusually Many Sick, Season 2017–2018.......................458 Deaths in Retirement & Care Homes................................459 Deaths in Healthcare Establishment..................................459 Taiwan; Population 23 Million...........................................460 Nicaragua; Population 6 Million Number of Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 in Nicaragua..................................460 Tanzania Population 56 Million Number of Deaths Attributed to COVID-19............................................................461 Countries that Reported No Deaths from Covid-19...461 Coronavirus Symptoms.........................................................462 Comorbidity.............................................................................462 Since the Influenza.................................................................468 Comorbidity Symptoms in Coronavirus Pneumonia..468 First UK Cases..........................................................................469 Tamiflu.......................................................................................470 Each year Enormous Effort goes into Producing Influenza Vaccines for that specific year and delivering them to appropriate sections of the population. Is this Effort Justified?.............................................................................473 Laryngeal Injury after Prolonged Tracheal Intubation.......................................................................................474 Pulmonary Complications Following Surgery or Trauma - The Vicious Circle.....................................................................475 Common Postoperative Pulmonary Complications.....477 Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA)............................................................................................479 Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund......................481 Influenza (Flu) Vaccine; Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA).............................................481 Below-median awards limited to past pain and suffering..........................................................................................481 History of SIRVA Settlement and Proffer........................482 In 20 Years No Vaccine for SARS......................................483 SARS Vaccine within Reach................................................483 Development of a SARS Coronavirus Vaccine..............484 Vaccine Development............................................................485 If Vaccines Make Me Immune, Why do I Have to Get a Flu Shot Every Year?................................................................488 Vaccine Effectiveness in the United States During the 2018–2019 Season..................................................................489 Vaccine Effectiveness in Europe During the 2016–17 & 2017–18 Season................................................489 Types of Influenza Viruses...................................................490 Naming Influenza Viruses....................................................490 Influenza Vaccine Viruses....................................................491 Vaccination in the Context of Sjögren''s Syndrome......492 In the Midst of Chaos, There is Also Opportunity........493 The Reason Every Year We Need a Different Influenza Vaccine............................................................................................494 The H1N1 Vaccine Tragedy was Played out in 3 Acts.494 Conditions that Appear as a Sign of the Overgrowth of any Certain type Bacteria..........................................................495 Flu Season Deaths...................................................................500 France – Flu Season...............................................................500 2017-2018 Germany – Flu Season....................................500 2017-2018 Spain – Flu Season............................................500 2018-2019 Spain – Flu Season............................................500 2013 to 2017 Italy – Flu Season..........................................502 2016 to 2017 Italy – Flu Season..........................................503 2013-2015 South Africa – Flu Season...............................503 2017-2018 United Kingdom – Flu Season......................504 2012-2013 United States - Flu Season..............................504 2017-2018 United States - Flu Season..............................505 2018-2019 United States - Flu Season..............................505 2019-2020 United States - Flu Season..............................506 U.S. Deaths by Flu...................................................................506 Is Pneumonia Increasing?.....................................................506 Deaths by COVID-19.............................................................507 The Virus Travelled All Over the World From Wuhan.............................................................................................507 The October to March Pattern, The Winter Season Pattern.............................................................................................508 Then Something Happened that was Also Unexpected a few years ago in Brazil, there was an Epidemic Caused by Zika Virus.......................................................................................510 There is a Certain Tendency in History, in People to Always Blame Others for a Problem......................................512 The Species Barrier.................................................................512 The Madness H1N1................................................................513 The Lack of Sober Analyses and Sensible Predictions by the Medical Trade........................................................................514 The Imperial College London COVID19 Report..........514 Johns Hopkins University COVID19 Report................516 The Australia''s Example........................................................520 The Media Hysteria, and the Scientific Erroneous Medical Trade Alarming Predictions................................520 Staying at Home and Away From Others (Social Distancing).....................................................................................521 Actual Number of Deaths Attributed to COVID-19 in Australia..........................................................................................522 Ischaemic Strokes...................................................................522 Haemorrhagic Strokes...........................................................523 What People do when they are Forced into Lockdown.......................................................................................523 Peribronchial Lymph Nodes................................................529 Stress and Colds......................................................................531 Influenza....................................................................................533 Encephalitis...............................................................................533 Nature of the Disease.............................................................535 Relation to Influenza..............................................................535 Symptoms of Encephalitis....................................................535 Meningitis.................................................................................536 Encephalitis...............................................................................536 Symptoms of Encephalitis include.....................................536 But What Exactly Is a “Flu-Related Death”? How Does the Flu Kill?....................................................................................539 Koch Postulate.........................................................................541 The Common Virus in Permanently Circulation..........542 What You Need to Know About Infectious Disease.....544 The Common Symptoms that viruses Cause..................545 Understanding of Human-Virus Relations.....................547 All the Gut''s a Stage, and all the Microbes Merely Players.............................................................................................548 ANEPIDEM For the treatment of the Common Cold and Influenza.................................................................................550 Tuberculosis Deaths Worldwide in 2018.........................553 The Effects of Isolation..........................................................553 The Problem of the Advantages of Isolation...................554 Say A Ban Wont Help.............................................................556 Sweden Lock-down: What Lock-down?..........................558 End All Restrictions, they were Unnecessary, University Researchers Say............................................................................561 The 1917 Philadelphia Influenza Outbreak....................562 The 1918 Philadelphia 3rd October Parade Fact Checked..........................................................................................562 The Detrimental Effects of Bans upon Health................568 Leukocyte Redeployment During Exercise and Recovery.........................................................................................568 Stress Weakens the Immune System.................................569 Interconnection Between the Nervous and Immune System.............................................................................................570 The Stay At Home Nonsense...............................................571 Coronavirus and Somatization...........................................573 NIH Institutes..........................................................................575 NIH Centers.............................................................................577 Medical Research Council....................................................578 Chapter 19 The Sepsis Factor....................................................................580 Etiology of the Epidemic Acute Respiratory Infections Commonly called Influenza......................................................583 Bacteria, Endotoxin, Sepsis - Immunoglobulin M........592 Damage to Cells by Pore-Forming Bacterial Toxins....592 From Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS); to Bacterial Sepsis with Shock; to Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS); to Cardiovascular Collapse...........................................................................................593 The Sepsis Factor....................................................................596 Influenza A Virus Infection Predisposes to Fatal Septicemia following Superinfection with Streptococcus Pneumoniae...................................................................................604 The Role of Sepsis...................................................................605 The Diagnosis...........................................................................606 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation.........................607 Pathophysiology......................................................................608 Deep Vein Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism..........609 It Was a Complete Chinese Tale.........................................609 Coagulation: D-Dimer and Covid-19...............................610 Covid-19 Associated Thrombotic Immune Response.........................................................................................611 Severe Viral Pneumonia........................................................614 Coagulopathy...........................................................................615 Meningococcal Sepsis............................................................616 Chapter 20 First Case Reports From Italy.............................................618 A Cardiologist From Another City Says...........................619 Worsening of Coronavirus Infection may be Related to the Formation of Micrococoagules in Blood Vessels........631 Inflammatory Storm...............................................................631 Covid-19 Treatment with Anticoagulant........................633 Community Acquired Pneumonia.....................................636 Hospital Acquired Pneumonia............................................636 Clinical Classification of Interstitial Lung Disease.......638 Mortality Rate for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia ranges from 38% to more than 70%........................................639 Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.....................................639 Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 patients dying in Italy...................................................................................................645 The Covid-19 Report – Italy...............................................649 The Covid-19 Report – Spain.............................................649 Chapter 21 Air Pollution Factor................................................................654 Spain............................................................................................655 Central Spain Factors.............................................................655 Brazil...........................................................................................656 State of Ceará...........................................................................656 Sao Paulo...................................................................................657 Manaus, Brazil.........................................................................657 Manaus is Among the Cities with the Worst Air Quality in the Country...............................................................................659 Guayaquil, Ecuador................................................................659 The city of Guayaquil is probably the largest city in Ecuador and it has the same population as Quito..............661 USA.............................................................................................662 The Inflated Coronavirus Death Counts.........................662 Guidelines for Cases of Deaths During COVID-19.....663 Piauí State..................................................................................663 Wuhan, China...........................................................................664 Northern Italy..........................................................................664 Sweden.......................................................................................664 Chapter 22 Pneumococcal Influenza Pneumonia................................665 Influenza, Pneumococcal and Herpes Zoster Infections........................................................................................667 Pneumococcal Influenza.......................................................668 Chlamydophila Pneumoniae................................................684 Pulmonary Fibrosis: Role of Chlamydophila Pneumoniae Infection.................................................................685 Chapter 23 The Shedding Light on the Covid-19 Panic....................686 What Are Corona viruses?....................................................686 Spreading Fear Element........................................................686 Why "APPARENT" Mortality Rate?...................................687 The Pressing Questions Are.................................................687 Excessive Fear..........................................................................688 The King is Naked..................................................................689 The Financial Troubles of Italy...........................................701 Why is Italy still the sick man of Europe?........................702 Challenging Debt.....................................................................702 Macron, Merkel Agree €500 Billion Virus Recovery Plan for Europe.............................................................................702 Under the Scheme, Italy would be set to Receive Up To €100 Billion Euros in Grants...................................................703 COVID-19 “pandemic” lockdown in Italy.......................705 Increases in Mortality are Seen Each Winter..................705 Is the Flu less Dangerous than Covid-19?........................706 We Took The Samples To The Laboratory.....................709 Prof. Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, MD............................................709 Prof. Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi, MD, Open Letter to Angela Merkel.............................................................................................711 Determining the Cause of Death........................................715 Health Effects of PM..............................................................716 Air Pollution Country Fact Sheet.......................................718 Size, Shape & Solubility Matter..........................................719 Drug Induced Pulmonary Injury........................................720 Pulmonary Drug Toxicity.....................................................721 Drug Induced Interstitial Lung Disease............................722 Drug Induced Pulmonary Disease......................................723 Catching The Covid-19 Virus.............................................725 BLM Protests............................................................................727 WHO Advice Says Asymptomatic COVID-19 Patients “very rarely” Spread Virus.........................................................727 Chapter 24 A Hole is a Hole.......................................................................728 Bacterial Toxigenesis.............................................................729 Exotoxin and Enterotoxin....................................................730 Pathogenic Micro-Organisms and Man...........................731 Exotoxins...................................................................................732 Toxic Shock Syndrome.........................................................732 Exotoxins Are Required for the Pathogenesis of Staphylococcus Aureus Pneumonia........................................733 Caries: The Metabolic Waste of Oral Bacteria...............734 The Carious Process in Enamel..........................................735 The Carious Process in Dentine.........................................735 Chapter 25 Treatment of Influenza.........................................................736 Influenza and Its Osteopathic Management...................738 Germs.........................................................................................739 What is a Germ?.......................................................................739 What Are the Types of Germs?...........................................739 Bacteria are not usually harmful.........................................740 Typhoid Fever, Paratyphoid Fever, and Food Poisoning........................................................................................745 The Prevention of Influenza Based on the Germ Theory.............................................................................................745 Latest Details Concerning the Germs of Influenza.......748 The Clinical Picture of the Influenzal Epidemic of Respiratory Disease.....................................................................749 Chapter 26 Toxic Load................................................................................752 Paralysis Agitans......................................................................754 Cimetidine.................................................................................755 Aluminium Antacids..............................................................755 Idiocracy....................................................................................756 Chemical Modified the DNA...............................................757 The Chemical Toxicity Load in Our Food......................758 Health Problems of Today....................................................758 Prevention and Treatment...................................................758 The Role of: The Lymphatic Tissues of Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Mucosal Membranes...................................759 TEFLON - Kidney Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Thyroid Disease, High Cholesterol, Pre-Eclampsia, Ulcerative Colitis..............................................................................................759 Why PFOA is Dangerous......................................................760 DuPont Lawsuits.....................................................................760 American Cancer Society.....................................................761 The HIV/AIDS.........................................................................762 Spreading HIV/AIDS Research...........................................764 HIV/AIDS Research...............................................................766 Questioning the HIV-AIDS Hypothesis: 30 Years of Dissent.............................................................................................768 HIV Does Not Meet Koch''s Postulates.............................772 SARS Still Does Not Meet Koch''s Postulates..................775 Viruses and Koch''s Postulates..............................................776 “Growth in Pure Culture” Leads to a loss of virulence.........................................................................................779 The Birth of Modern Virology............................................780 Rivers Criteria..........................................................................782 99% of Those Who Died From Virus in Italy Had Other Illness...............................................................................................785 Forensic Doctor “Nobody has died of Covid-19 in Hamburg without previous illness”........................................785 Global Virus Network...........................................................786 Internationally Renowned Virologist Christian Bréchot Appointed President of the Global Virus Network..........786 “People Are Scared” The fight against a deadly Virus No One Has Heard Of.......................................................................787 Ancient HTLV-1 Virus Making A Comeback in Australia..........................................................................................788 GVN-Singapore.......................................................................790 Breakthrough Research by Scientists on Chikungunya Virus.................................................................................................791 Global Virus Network Launches Anticipation & Preparedness Taskforce.............................................................791 “The Hot Zone” Scenario - Will It Happen Again?........794 The Zika.....................................................................................799 Common Coincidences.........................................................801 The Mayaro...............................................................................801 Mexico: Worries About Mayaro Fever.............................802 Mayaro: An Emerging Viral Threat?.................................802 What was SARS?......................................................................803 The Hanta..................................................................................803 Hanta Virus, Medicine Men, and the Other....................804 Viral Infection & Kidney Disease.......................................805 Chapter 27 Medicine At Best A Dubious Science, And At Worst Fraudulent......................................................................................807 The Genes Question...............................................................808 Pharma Factor in Genetics...................................................809 Vemurafenib Side effects......................................................810 Vemurafenib Drug Toxicity.................................................810 Vemurafenib marketed as Zelboraf...................................811 Biotechnology..........................................................................812 Everything Smells Like Fudge.............................................813 Until we get back to the old methods medical science will not progress...........................................................................813 In Conclusion...........................................................................813 Advise to the Medical Trade................................................816 The Absence of Autopsies for Covid-19 Deaths in Italy...................................................................................................816 Everything Was Piloted In A Certain Direction From The Beginning...............................................................................819 Epidemic Diseases Influenza...............................................820 The Cause of Influenza..........................................................821 Cardiac Pulmonic Balance....................................................824 The following Account of Influenza..................................824 The 3rd Stage of Syphilis......................................................826 The Arrest of Consumption.................................................827 Influenza Always Traverse the Globe from East to West..................................................................................................835 “Complications” of Influenza...............................................837 Respiratory Disease kills 150,000 People per Year.......845 Combined Infections..............................................................846 Everybody Speculation was they had AIDS....................847 Chapter 28 Patient Data Available for Sale to Pharmaceutical Companies......................................................................................848 NHS Records “Sold to Insurers”.........................................848 Warning over Data Grabbed by Smart Gadgets.............849 Health Secretary Caught on a Secretive Trip to the US.....................................................................................................850 Google Received 1.6 Million NHS Patients Data..........850 My Vision for a More Tech-Driven NHS........................851 Patient Data from GP Surgeries Sold to US Companies......................................................................................852 Drugs Giants Have Access to Your Health Records......853 The Vaccine Taskforce UK..................................................853 Ministers have spent £10 Billion on bungled Test and Trace system..................................................................................854 Tests Only Work in 7% of the Cases, 93% have a False Sense of Security..........................................................................854 The Diversion of Public Money and the Vested Interests of Commercial Companies....................................855 Coronavirus Tests that Don''t Exist could cost £100 Billion..............................................................................................855 Sir Patrick Vallance................................................................856 World Bank $12 Billion for COVID-19 vaccines..........856 £12 Billion Paid to Private Companies to help Run the System.............................................................................................858 Serco Group Plc.......................................................................858 Kate Bingham...........................................................................860 UK''s Vaccine Taskforce Chief Shared Documents in US.....................................................................................................861 Edward Argar Minister for Health....................................863 The Untold Story of Moderna Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine............................................................................................864 China Study Warns of Possible New “Pandemic Virus” from Pigs.........................................................................................866 China Records Case of Bubonic Plague............................866 China Records Case of Dengue Virus...............................867 Symptoms of Dengue Virus.................................................870 Pneumonia Kills a Child Every 39 Seconds, Health Agencies Say..................................................................................871 World Health Organization Welcomes Facebook Pledge to Curb Anti-Vaccine Misinformation....................871 The Tobacco Epidemic..........................................................872 World Number of Deaths by Cause 2017........................872 Covid-19 Global Deaths........................................................873 Global Daily Deaths 2017.....................................................873 With only 4,291 claimed deaths ….....................................874 Covid-19 Deaths by Country 11 March 2020................875 Covid-19 Daily Deaths..........................................................876 Respiratory Disease................................................................876 Covid19 Deaths in China......................................................877 Pathology Encountered at Autopsy...................................877 The CDC....................................................................................879 The WHO..................................................................................880 Metabolic Linkages Between Air Pollution and Cardiorespiratory Function......................................................881 Pneumonia: “Captain of the Men of Death”....................883 Risks Inconsistent Results and Lack of Evidence from Influenza Vaccines.......................................................................888 Inactivated Influenza Vaccine Adjuvanted......................889 Possible Cause of the Coronavirus Pandemic: Immune Interference Between The Vaccine Adjuvant Influenza and SARS-CoV-2......................................................890 Mortality rate of Coronavirus per 100,000 people in Spain as of 23 July 2020..............................................................895 Reflections on the Measures Adopted by the State and Basque Sanitary Administration..............................................896 The Five Uncertainties of the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) PCR Test.........................................................................................898 Asymptomatics.........................................................................900 Masks..........................................................................................901 Influenza Vaccination and Mortality Rate.......................902 Relationship of COVID-19 to Flu......................................904 The Lockdown Farce.............................................................905 World Economic Forum.......................................................906 EAT Forum...............................................................................907 Bill Gates Revealed as Largest Private Farmland Owner in US................................................................................................909 The Destructive Impact of Billionaires............................911 Breastfeeding Isn''t Natural and It Makes Moms Anti-vaxxers............................................................................................912 MHRA Awarded £1.3 Million For Collaboration with Gates Foundation and the World Health Organisation....914 Susan Michie............................................................................915 Susan Hopkins.........................................................................916 Susan Desmond-Hellmann Elected to Pfizer’s Board of Directors.........................................................................................917 Former Gates Foundation Counsellor at Pfizer.............917 £18 Billion “Cash for Cronies” Scandal............................919 Canadian Government Won''t say Who Got $240 Billion of Dollars in Aid...........................................................................920 Americans Need to be Prepared For the Possibility that they Get Unwell After Coronavirus Vaccine.......................921 Lessons of the Influenza Epidemic Epidemiology and Clinical Aspects.............................................................................921 Epidemic Encephalo-Myelitis and Influenza..................922 A Case of Aspirin Poisonings...............................................923 Profiteering From the Pandemic........................................925 Hypocrisy..................................................................................926 Oxford University Farce.......................................................926 Germany - Severe Cerebral Venous Thrombosis..........927 Italy - Manslaughter Investigation Following Death Hours After Inoculation............................................................928 Italy - No Sign of Link Between Death and Vaccination was Found......................................................................................928 South Korea - Investigates Deaths of 2 who Received COVID-19 vaccine......................................................................929 Denmark - Woman Die After AstraZeneca Shot..........929 Norway -After Another Health Worker Dies.................929 Spain - Death of Marbella Teacher Following AstraZeneca Vaccine...................................................................930 Austria - Suspended AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine After Death of One Person and Illness in Another After Shots.................................................................................................930 Italy - Probe in 3 Deaths After AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine............................................................................................930 Thrombocytopenia Following Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine.........................................................................931 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Following AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine...............................................932 Potemkin Parliament, Pseudo-Legislature......................933 The World''s Largest Philanthropic Foundations...........935 Private-Sector Billionaires Setting Global Agenda.......935 Gates & Rockefeller Using Their Influence To Set Agenda.............................................................................................937 The Gates Foundation has Purchased Shares in 9 Big Pharmaceutical Companies.......................................................938 Chairman Gates Has Already Built Some Ties With The Drugs Industry.....................................................................938 Matt Hancock and the think tank that wants NHS “abolished”......................................................................................939 3 Weeks to Flatten the Wave...............................................940 “Nobody is safe” Hancock Reminds the Covid Threat Hasn''t Gone Away........................................................................942 Matt Hancock Holds Shares In Sister''s Firm That Won NHS Contracts..............................................................................942 Lower Deaths in 2020 than in 2019...................................943 Only 50 Individuals Under Age of 40 Without Underlying Conditions died from Covid-19 Since the Start of the Pandemic............................................................................943 Florida - Death After Covid-19 Vaccine..........................944 Indiana - Deaths After Covid-19 Vaccine........................944 California - Death After Covid-19 Vaccine.....................945 Health Experts Urge Confidence in Vaccine After Superstar’s Death.........................................................................946 Norway - Deaths After Covid-19 Vaccine......................946 Germany - Deaths After Covid-19 Vaccine....................947 France - Deaths After Covid-19 Vaccine.........................947 India - Deaths After Covid-19 Vaccine............................948 Another Health Worker Dies After Taking Covid-19 Vaccine, Gurugram official says ‘not related to vaccination.....................................................................................948 Other Cases Across India......................................................948 Health Care Worker Dies After Second Dose of Covid Vaccine, Orange County, California......................................950 First Covid19 Vaccines in England....................................951 95% of Care Homes in England have been Vaccinated951 Care Home Deaths After Vaccination...............................951 Spain - 7 Deaths After Covid-19 Vaccine........................952 Valencia - Death After Second Doses of Covid19 Vaccine............................................................................................952 Sweden - Bans AstraZeneca Vaccine For Over-65s.....953 We Were Told It Would Lead To Nearly 100,000........953 Madagascar Population 28 Million....................................954 Madagascar Refuses Covid-19 Vaccine............................954 Tanzania Population 60 Million.........................................954 Tanzania Says No Plans in Place to Accept COVID-19 Vaccines..........................................................................................954 Africa CDC Launched 2017.................................................955 Africa CDC Our Partners.....................................................955 The Death of the Former Governor of the Central Bank of Tanzania.........................................................................956 The Death of The President of Tanzania.........................956 New President of Tanzania Makes Covid-19 U-Turn956 COVID-19 in Tanzania.........................................................957 Reports of Deaths and Mortality Following COVID-19 Vaccination....................................................................................958 Covid19 Vaccine Reports in USA......................................959 New York Man Dies 25 Minutes After Getting COVID-19 Vaccine......................................................................................959 At Least 36 People Developed Life-Threatening Blood Disorder Thrombocytopenia After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine............................................................................................960 COVID-19 mRNA Pfizer- BioNTech Vaccine Fatal Outcome.........................................................................................960 COVID-19 AstraZeneca Vaccine Analysis Fatal Outcome.........................................................................................960 Reported Deaths from Covid Vaccine in UK as of 21 March 2021..............................................................................960 Vaccine Side Effect Worry Grows.....................................961 A Note on the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine Side-Effects Report..............................................................................................963 All Vaccine Adverse Effects EudraVigilance...................964 MHRA Yellow Card Covid-19 Vaccines Adverse Reactions Data..............................................................................964 Vaccine Researcher Doubts the AstraZeneca Vaccine Will be Used in Norway Again.................................................965 Does Private Health Insurance Covers Effects from Covid Vaccine...............................................................................965 Sweden Has Avoided Covid-19 Lockdown: Has It Worked?..........................................................................................966 UK Government Signed £119 Million Covid Advertising Deal 3 Weeks Before Lockdown......................967 UK Government Forced to Remove Covid Ad..............968 In Times of Epidemic.............................................................968 A Safe Drug That Is Exceedingly Cheap...........................970 Hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin, Vitamin D and Zinc..................................................................................................970 The Effectiveness of Ivermectin.........................................972 I Don''t think We Should Ever Shake Hand Ever Again................................................................................................976 Microsoft 365 Rolled Out to 1.2 Million NHS Staff....978 NHS Property Services (Private Company)....................980 Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle To Develop a Digital Covid Vaccination Passport......................................................981 Access the Daily Pass, Los Angeles Unified School District.............................................................................................982 For What Profits a Man if He Gains the Whole World but Loses His Own Soul.............................................................984 The 20 Years Pandemic Cycle.............................................985 When Will Life Return Back to Normal?.........................985 The Lockdowns Are Hurting People, These Are Not Victimless Crimes........................................................................986 Power On a Level Without Precedent In Human History.............................................................................................988 We Have to Prepare for the Next One..............................989 Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic?............................989 Opinion Global Development.............................................991 I Am a British in Tanzania, No Covid Problem Here...991 Something “Very Strange” Is Occurring Amid Europe''s Second Wave of Infections........................................................993 How to Lie With Statistics....................................................994 There Are Three Kinds of Lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics..................................................................................994 Covid-19 Global Deaths.......................................................995 COVID-19 Has Caused 6.9 Million Deaths Globally, More Than Double what Official Reports Show...............995 The Influence of Mass Protests in Hong Kong & its Effect on the Appearance of SARS Covid Virus Pandemics......................................................................................999 Signs and Symptoms............................................................1000 SARS Covid “Viruses” Unknown to History Before 2002...............................................................................................1000 The Italian Factor – Deja-vu.............................................1001 After Its Arrival SARS Vanishes.......................................1003 We Could Live With Covid-19 “Like we do Flu”, says Hancock........................................................................................1003 Covid-19 Also Cured Influenza And Other Respiratory Disease..........................................................................................1004 Moderna to Create Dual COVID-19 / Flu Vaccine....1004 UK Will Treat Covid Like Seasonal Flu, says Whitty.1005 Ireland Analysis of Underlying Cause of Death Data, including COVID-19................................................................1006 Ireland & China Covid Death Rates................................1021 Israel Analysing Data on Deaths After Covid-19 Vaccines........................................................................................1022 COVID Vaccination Resulting in Significant Number of Deaths in German Nursing Home...................................1024 South Korea Probing Deaths After COVID-19 Vaccinations................................................................................1025 The Role of Big Media: The Guardian, ABC, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, BBC & Etc..................1026 The Vanishing Articles........................................................1028 Pfizer........................................................................................1030 Member of Parliament in Indonesia Strongly Rejects Vaccination over Fears that it Represents Business Interests........................................................................................1030 Pfizer Demands Governments Sovereign Assets Such As Embassy Buildings And Military Bases As Guarantee Against The Cost of Any Legal Cases..................................1031 The Countries that Refused the Covid-19 Vaccine....1031 The Vaccine Called Dengvaxia.........................................1032 Dengue Vaccine WHO Position.......................................1032 Dengue Vaccine Deaths......................................................1034 Philippines Rejects Dengue Vaccine...............................1034 Dengue Vaccine Fiasco Leads to Criminal Charges...1035 £55 Billion; Test and Trace” and “Empty Hospitals”..1036 UK Health Security Agency...............................................1038 Jenny Harries.........................................................................1038 Ian Peters.................................................................................1038 What Are We Aiming To Achieve: Health Security Capability Fit For The Future................................................1039 There Is So Much Conflicting Information Out There.............................................................................................1041 A Call to End Free Speech For the Duration of Pandemics: Jokes, Private Thoughts, and Private Opinions Not Allowed in Social Media..............................1044 Open Philanthropy Project................................................1046 Dustin Moskovitz.................................................................1046 ASANA.....................................................................................1047 Elevating Perception of Risk - Fuel for Public Fears.1048 China Mandatory Vaccination Law Passed..................1049 Confirmed: The Flu Ends The Year With Just 4 Cases Detected........................................................................................1050 Impact of Seasonal Flu in Spain 2017 to 2020.............1050 The Flu Epidemic Keeps 60 Hospitals Saturated Throughout Spain in 2018......................................................1051 Total Number of Deaths UK 2019 & 2020...................1052 Total Number of Covid-19 Death Certificates Mentions in UK 2020...............................................................1052 The International Monetary Fund...................................1053 World Bank - COVID-19 Strategic Preparedness and Response Project Until 2025..................................................1054 Public Information Campaign COVID Until 2023.....1056 Science Cannot Block The Sun With One Finger.......1057 Plans to Raise Prices on Coronavirus Vaccines...........1058 The Vicissitudes of Compulsory Vaccination..............1059 Jersey - £14.4 Million Budget Hospital Treated No Patients.........................................................................................1060 Covid Mania Wearing Off.................................................1061 The Public Health Cartel....................................................1061 Until the End of 2022..........................................................1062 Wearing Masks Well Into 2022........................................1062 The Financing of the Council of Europe by Open Society and Microsoft..............................................................................1063 Develop Citizens Vaccination Card/Passport 2018...1064 Vaccine Passport Roadmap 2019.....................................1066 A Convenient Pandemic.....................................................1071 NHS Vaccine Specialist Senior Nurse Testimony......1072 TV Channel During the COVID “Pandemic” and the Promotion of Fear.....................................................................1078 Global Citizen Event for Vaccination.............................1079 The Global Citizen VAX LIVE Concert.........................1080 Global Citizen Board of Directors...................................1080 Fewer Deaths in “Pandemic” Year 2020 Country List..................................................................................................1081 European Medicines Agency rules AstraZeneca vaccine is ‘safe and effective’..................................................1082 European Medicines Agency............................................1082 Fees From The Pharmaceutical Industry......................1083 If The Whole Country Is Vaccinated You Can''t Open The Borders.................................................................................1084 The Country No Longer Needs The 10 Million AstraZeneca Jabs It Ordered..................................................1085 99% of Covid Deaths Has Underlying Conditions.....1085 Ireland 2017 Flu & 2020 Covid Deaths..........................1086 Covid-19 Can''t Be Detected in Air..................................1086 The Virus Is Here to Trigger an Acceleration of Social and Economic Change.............................................................1087 Risk of Anyone Under 30 Getting Ill or Dying from Covid is Astronomically Small...............................................1088 Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT)...........1089 The Bill Gates Covid19 Business Plan............................1091 COVAX....................................................................................1095 India Covid-19 the Untold Story.....................................1096 If Spain Were Kerala (India) We Would Have a Total of 5 Deaths from Covid-19.....................................................1096 Gates Foundation $150 Million For India Serum Institute Produce Covid-19 Vaccine....................................1097 Scientists Puzzled For Africa''s Low Fatality Rates From Pandemic..........................................................................1097 Scientists Puzzled Drop of Cases From Pandemic in India...............................................................................................1097 The UK Government Covid19 Business Plan..............1098 UK Government Launches Vaccine Taskforce to Combat Coronavirus................................................................1098 Prime Minister sets out Vision to cement UK as a Science Superpower.................................................................1101 Covid Vaccines - Pfizer could Add Further €33.3 Billion “Extra” Benefit from EU Taxpayers 2022-23....................1102 Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine $26 Billion Revenue in 2021...............................................................................................1103 The NIH (USA) Covid19 Business Plan.........................1104 NIH Funds New Influenza Research Network...........1104 Nature Conference on Viral Infection and Immune Response.......................................................................................1106 Deaths in Scotland Month of September 2020............1109 Provision of Media Buying Services for COVID 19 Campaigns...................................................................................1110 Appendix 1. Deaths in Utah who’ve Taken at Least One Dose of Covid-19 Vaccine 2. Package leaflet: Information for the recipient, COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca solution for injection, COVID-19 Vaccine Index 1116

Myths are usually seen as stories from the depths of time—fun and fantastical, but no longer believed by anyone. Yet, as Philip Ball shows, we are still writing them—and still living them—today. From Robinson Crusoe and Frankenstein to Batman, many stories written in the past few centuries are commonly, perhaps glibly, called “modern myths.” But Ball argues that we should take that idea seriously. Our stories of Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Sherlock Holmes are doing the kind of cultural work that the ancient myths once did. Through the medium of narratives that all of us know in their basic outline and which have no clear moral or resolution, these modern myths explore some of our deepest fears, dreams, and anxieties. We keep returning to these tales, reinventing them endlessly for new uses. But what are they really about, and why do we need them? What myths are still taking shape today? And what makes a story become a modern myth? In The Modern Myths, Ball takes us on a wide-ranging tour of our collective imagination, asking what some of its most popular stories reveal about the nature of being human in the modern age.

Welcome to the adventures of the Eco Protection Squad, a super team of kids working together to save Terra, Mother Earth, from Bill McGreedy and his band of Eco Squashers. In this exciting tale, Danny Do Gooder and Plastic-Free Prival plan a fun day out at the park, but during the day it gets covered in rubbish. Read all about their struggle against the Eco Squashers, Single-Use Sally and the Toxic Twins and find out if they escape being slimed.

The surprising and illuminating look at how Tolkien''s love of science and natural history shaped the creation of his Middle Earth, from its flora and fauna to its landscapes. The world J.R.R. Tolkien created is one of the most beloved in all of literature, and continues to capture hearts and imaginations around the world. From Oxford to ComiCon, the Middle Earth is analyzed and interpreted through a multitude of perspectives. But one essential facet of Tolkien and his Middle Earth has been overlooked: science. This great writer, creator of worlds and unforgettable character, and inventor of language was also a scientific autodidact, with an innate interest and grasp of botany, paleontologist and geologist, with additional passions for archeology and chemistry. Tolkien was an acute observer of flora and fauna and mined the minds of his scientific friends about ocean currents and volcanoes. It is these layers science that give his imaginary universe—and the creatures and characters that inhabit it—such concreteness. Within this gorgeously illustrated edition, a range of scientists—from astrophysicists to physicians, botanists to volcanologists—explore Tolkien’s novels, poems, and letters to reveal their fascinating scientific roots. A rewarding combination of literary exploration and scientific discovery, The Science of Middle Earth reveals the hidden meaning of the Ring’s corruption, why Hobbits have big feet, the origins of the Dwarves, the animals which inspired the dragons, and even whether or not an Ent is possible. Enhanced by superb original drawings, this transportive work will delight both Tolkien fans and science lovers and inspire us to view both Middle Earth—and our own world—with fresh eyes.

From a noted Cambridge zoologist, a wildly fun and scientifically sound exploration of what alien life must be like, using universal laws that govern life on Earth and in space. Scientists are confident that life exists elsewhere in the universe. Yet rather than taking a realistic approach to what aliens might be like, we imagine that life on other planets is the stuff of science fiction. The time has come to abandon our fantasies of space invaders and movie monsters and place our expectations on solid scientific footing. But short of aliens landing in New York City, how do we know what they are like? Using his own expert understanding of life on Earth and Darwin''s theory of evolution--which applies throughout the universe--Cambridge zoologist Dr. Arik Kershenbaum explains what alien life must be like: how these creatures will move, socialize, and communicate. For example, by observing fish whose electrical pulses indicate social status, we can see that other planets might allow for communication by electricity. As there was evolutionary pressure to wriggle along a sea floor, Earthling animals tend to have left/right symmetry; on planets where creatures evolved in midair or in soupy tar, they might be lacking any symmetry at all. Might there be an alien planet with supersonic animals? A moon where creatures have a language composed of smells? Will aliens scream with fear, act honestly, or have technology? The Zoologist''s Guide to the Galaxy answers these questions using the latest science to tell the story of how life really works, on Earth and in space.

The book ‘Basic Concepts in Nuclear and Particle Physics’ in very simple language, so as to make it understandable to a physics student. In this way, the present textbook is designed to serve the needs of students, who will use this book as an introduction to nuclear physics and go no further.

An anthropologist visits the frontiers of genetics, medicine, and technology to ask: whose values are guiding gene-editing experiments, and what are the implications for humanity? At a conference in Hong Kong in November 2018, Dr. Jiankui He announced that he had created the first genetically modified babies—twin girls named Lulu and Nana—sending shockwaves around the world. A year later, a Chinese court sentenced Dr. He to three years in prison for “illegal medical practice.” As scientists elsewhere start to catch up with China’s vast genetic research programme, gene editing is fuelling an innovation economy that threatens to widen racial and economic inequality. Fundamental questions about science, health, and social justice are at stake. Who gets access to gene-editing technologies? As countries loosen regulations around the globe, can we shape research agendas to promote an ethical and fair society? Professor Eben Kirksey takes us on a groundbreaking journey to meet the key scientists, lobbyists, and entrepreneurs who are bringing cutting-edge genetic modification tools like CRISPR to your local clinic. He also ventures beyond the scientific echo chamber, talking to doctors, hackers, chronically ill patients, disabled scholars, and activists and who have alternative visions of a genetically modified future for humanity. The Mutant Project empowers us to ask the right questions, uncover the truth, and navigate this new era of scientific enquiry.

We are all haunted by histories. They shape our presuppositions and ballast our judgments. In terms of science and religion this means most of us walk about haunted by rumors of a long war. However, there is no such thing as the “history of the conflict of science and Christianity,” and this is a book about it. In the last half of the twentieth century a sea change in the history of science and religion occurred, revealing not only that the perception of protracted warfare between religion and science was a curious set of mythologies that had been combined together into a sort of supermyth in need of debunking. It was also seen that this collective mythology arose in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries by historians involved in many sides of the debates over Darwin’s discoveries, and from there latched onto the public imagination at large. Flat Earths and Fake Footnotes takes the reader on a journey showing how these myths were constructed, collected together, and eventually debunked. Join us for a story of flat earths and fake footnotes, to uncover the strange tale of how the conflict of science and Christianity was written into history.

"Digital transformation" sounds harmless, given that the explosion in data volumes, processing power and Artificial Intelligence has driven humanity and the entire world to a point of no return. We will surely see a new civilization, but we are at a crossroads. The future needs to be re-invented, decisions must be taken. After the automation of factories and the creation of self-driving cars, the automation of society is on its way. But there are two kinds of automation: a centralized top-down control of the world and a distributed control approach, supporting local self-organization. Using the power of today’s information systems, governments and big tech companies seem to engage in the first approach. Might they even build a „digital Crystal Ball“ that knows almost everything, including your personality, and a super-intelligent "digital God“ to control what we do? We are much closer to such „science fiction scenarios“ than you probably think. In this much expanded second edition of "The Automation of Society is Next: How to Survive the Digital Revolution" (2015), the author discusses lessons learned on digital democracy, aspects of transhumanism and far-reaching thoughts about life in the digital age and what it may mean to be human in the future.

The dazzling promise of stem-cell medicine: does it work and will it save us? Two experts look at the hype For decades, we''ve been anticipating the dawn of regenerative medicine. Again and again, we''ve been promised that stem cells will soon cure just about every ill imaginable. If not tomorrow, then the next day, or the day after that, and so on. We''re still waiting. This book is an antidote to hype and a salve to sooth the itch for stem-cell salvation. In it, Professor John Rasko, a leading physician-scientist, and writer-historian Carl Power take us on a wild historical tour of this scandal-prone field. They expose all the dirty little secrets that the hype merchants prefer to ignore - the blunders and setbacks, confusions and delusions, tricks and lies. You''ll meet Alexis Carrel, who discovered how to cultivate cells in a test tube: celebrity surgeon, scientific genius and suspected Nazi sympathiser, he opened the field of modern cell science with an experiment so bogus it blocked the way forward for the next 50 years. You''ll meet Don Thomas, who developed bone marrow transplantation - the first successful stem-cell therapy - but only after a miserable decade in which most of his patients died. Alongside true stem-cell pioneers, you''ll meet charlatans who cooked their data and claimed fake cures - sometimes with fatal consequences. Is there any good news? Which of the many promises of stem-cell research have been kept? And what of the future? Rasko and Power insist that we can only know where we''re going if we have a sense of where we''ve been. Their study tears down the hype surrounding stem cells in order to reveal what''s still worth hoping for. PRAISE ''If you love some scandal with your science - or some science with your scandal - this is THE book for you. Brilliant stuff'' Adam Spencer, University of Sydney ''Science, skulduggery and snake oil salesmen ... it is a revolution in medicine but who knew the story of stem cell science was such a ripping yarn!'' Fran Kelly, ABC Radio National Breakfast ''Science isn''t magic: it''s a human enterprise. This enthralling book tells of high achievement and astonishing blunders in a vital field of research'' Robyn Williams, science journalist and broadcaster ''A masterpiece in myth-busting which helps separate fact from fiction in the world of regenerative medicine. It shines a light on some episodes in medical history many would rather forget but also shows a way forward for stem cell research breakthroughs grounded in solid science'' Sophie Scott, national medical reporter, ABC ''The stem cell revolution: myths, mistakes but mighty medical masterpiece'' Sir Gustav Nossal, AC CBE FRS FAA, Australian of the Year 2000 ''A compelling (and compulsory) read for anyone entranced by the latest media-promoted breakthroughs in medical research, or planning translation of new biomedical research into clinical practice'' Ian Frazer, AC, FRCPE, FRCPA, FAA, FTSE Australian of the Year 2006, Australian Living Treasure 2012 ''Is it really stem cells'' turn to revolutionise health care? When you come across a train wreck, keep reading! You''ll discover that stem cells reveal medicine in its most provocative and challenging light'' Antony Basten AO FAA FTSE ''Flesh Made New is a revelation for the general reader about what lies beneath the surface of exciting scientific advances ... The book shows the value of patience and trust in robust evidence-based scientific research, and where things go off the rail, for whistleblowers and experts like the authors of this book'' Lucy Turnbull AO, businesswoman, urbanist and philanthropist

Science has always been part of Doctor Who. The first episode featured scenes in a science laboratory and a science teacher, and the 2020 season''s finale highlighted a scientist''s key role in Time Lord history. Hundreds of scientific characters, settings, inventions, and ethical dilemmas populated the years in between. Behind the scenes, Doctor Who''s original remit was to teach children about science, and in the 1960s it even had a scientific advisor. This is the first book to explore this scientific landscape from a broad spectrum of research fields: from astronomy, genetics, linguistics, computing, history, sociology and science communication through gender, media and literature studies. Contributors ask: What sort of scientist is the Doctor? How might the TARDIS translation circuit and regeneration work? Did the Doctor change sex or gender when regenerating into Jodie Whittaker? How do Doctor Who''s depictions of the Moon and other planets compare to the real universe? Why was the program obsessed with energy in the 1960s and 1970s, Victorian scientists and sciences then and now, or with dinosaurs at any time? Do characters like Missy and the Rani make good scientist role models? How do Doctor Who technical manuals and public lectures shape public ideas about science?

Drawing together key frameworks and disciplines that illuminate the importance of communication around climate change, this Research Handbook offers a vital knowledge base to address the urgency of conveying climate issues to a variety of audiences.

Militarizing Outer Space explores the dystopian and destructive dimensions of the Space Age and challenges conventional narratives of a bipolar Cold War rivalry. Concentrating on weapons, warfare and viou200blence, this provocative volume examines real and imagined endeavors of arming the skies and conquering the heavens. The third and final volume in the groundbreaking u200bEuropean Astroculture trilogy, u200bMilitarizing Outer Space zooms in on the interplay between security, technopolitics and knowledge from the 1920s through the 1980s. Often hailed as the site of heavenly utopias and otherworldly salvation, outer space transformed from a promised sanctuary to a present threat, where the battles of the future were to be waged. Astroculture proved instrumental in fathoming forms and functions of warfare’s futures past, both on earth and in space. The allure of dominating outer space, the book shows, was neither limited to the early twenty-first century nor to current American space force rhetorics.

Long before humans wrote, we painted. From mud and ash to acrylic and computers, artists across the centuries have found countless inventive ways to explore and express some of life’s biggest mysteries. Enter space art, a genre of artistic expression that strives to capture the wonders of our universe. This lavishly illustrated book chronicles the remarkable development of space art from a fledgling theme to a modern movement. In Part I, we traverse the history of art and astronomy from ancient times, through the Industrial Revolution, and into the 20th-century Space Age. Part II delves into the diverse techniques and subgenres of space art, where you will learn about things like rocks and balls, hardware art, and cosmic expressionism. Along the way, we’ll stop at places where neither humans nor spacecraft can easily go, from the scorching surface of Venus and the radiation-soaked volcanoes of Io to the alien terrain of exoplanets and the depths of distant galaxies. Featuring hundreds of original color images from space artists and astronomers alike, this book is a vivid visual story about the power of art, astronomy, and human curiosity. A heavily revised edition of the original Beauty of Space, it will entertain, educate, and inspire anybody who yearns to make sense of the strange and surreal sights in our universe.

This volume provides an extensive overview of current research on the complex relationships between gender and communication. Featuring a broad variety of chapters written by leading and upcoming scholars, this edited collection uses diverse theoretical frameworks to provide insight into recent concerns regarding changing gender roles, representations, and resources in communication studies. Established research and new perspectives address vital themes in this comprehensive text, including the shifting politics of gender, ethical and technological trends in gendered media, and gender in daily life. Comprising 39 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into six thematic sections: • Gendered lives and identities • Visualizing gender • The politics of gender • Gendered contexts and strategies • Gendered violence and communication • Gender advocacy in action These sections examine central issues, debates, and problems, including the ethics and politics of gender as identity, impacts of media and technology, legal and legislative battlegrounds for gender inequality and LGBTQ+ human rights, changing institutional contexts, and recent research on gender violence and communication. The final section links academic research on gender and communication to activism and advocacy beyond the academy. The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Communication will be an invaluable reference work for students and researchers working at the intersections of gender studies and communication studies. Its international perspectives and the range of themes it covers make it an essential and pragmatic pedagogical resource.

This is a story about a set of twin brothers - one called Troy, the other nicknamed Brainy -who is a natural scientist - almost born to be a scientist, but not quite because he conducted his first scientific, airborne experiment while sitting in his high-chair using his cooked garden-peas soaked in gravy. After graduating out of his high-chair, he becomes really interested in quantum mechanics when in the ninth-grade he builds himself a quantum elevator which doesn''t just go up or down, or even just in all the four directions, but can actually leave this Fourth Dimension and enter the Fifth Dimension. And the brothers have a good reason to leave their nation since they notice it has been slipping nearer and nearer the abyss of a "1984" tyrannical culture due to the U.K. Government''s two national Lockdowns and extreme measures for their policies to fight the Corona virus called Covid-19, or Sars-Cov-2. Join Brainy as he launches into space and attempts to reach half-the-speed-of-light travel where the laws of relativity mean his time passes two-thirds slower than his brother''s time, who remains, for now, on Earth; thus, experiencing the phenomenon of the twin-paradox. In other words, when Brainy''s journey has been just ten years in his ship, for Troy on Earth, it''s been twenty-five years, and so their once ten minute gap between them has expanded greatly into a twenty-five year age gap; which creates some interesting scenarios, not least for their class-mates as well as their parents. Yet, a real adventure transpires when in reaching Brainy''s goal of travelling at half-the-speed-of-light, it means his time is dilated or becomes really slow on board his starcraft while his brother''s time has passed twenty-five years, which for Brainy was just ten years - see what happens when the time-travel Twin paradox becomes reality. Join Brainy, the older of the twins who has an intuition for quantum physics and his younger, brother, Troy, who is much less keen to venture even on the roof of their garden shed, let alone into space at half the speed of light. Join the brothers - or maybe one brother on a journey and an adventure of a lifetime.

Discover all of Captain Jean-Luc Picard’s sage advice, insight, and wisdom from the deck of the USS Enterprise and beyond in this ultimate collection of wise words from the esteemed Starfleet captain. Any Star Trek fan knows that Captain Jean-Luc Picard is renowned for his impressive oratory skills, preferring negotiation and diplomacy over violence and destruction. Now, you can finally ponder all of his wisdom in one place—from his thoughts on leadership and sense of duty to justice and the limitlessness of exploration—in Star Trek: The Wisdom of Picard. Journey with the Starfleet captain through his seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation to the Star Trek movies to the current series Star Trek: Picard. Star Trek: The Wisdom of Picard boldly goes where no book has gone before to log Picard’s timeless advice in one impressive collection, perfect for Star Trek fans everywhere! Make it so!

Does geography affect our sense of ''self''? How are social characteristics mapped out on the ground? And is there any ''authentic'' sense of place now, or are we increasingly ''placeless''? Concentrating on the period between the end of the Second World War and the end of the century, this Reader argues that there is a reciprocal relationship between the constitution of places and people. What it means to be a man or a woman , to have a nationality and a sense of place, has been transformed and reinvented as our view of the world has changed. The present is perceived as a time of fear, a period in which all that is solid seems to melt into air, while the 1950s are a site of nostalgia, a period of clarity and certainty, a time when people know their place. Bringing together an interdisciplinary collection of articles for social and cultural geographers, this Reader critically examines the argument that the close associations of the 1950s between place (the home, the community and the nation state) and the social divisions (gender, class and nationality) are breaking down in the 1990s. Drawing out the oppositional movements in each decade, it seeks to show how the supposed stability of one and the mobility of the other are exaggerated.

"The irresistible enthusiasm of Great Adaptations couldn’t come at a better time."—David P. Barash, Wall Street Journal "Be very amazed."—Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words and Becoming Wild How one scientist unlocked the secrets behind some of nature’s most astounding animals From star-nosed moles that have super-sensing snouts to electric eels that paralyze their prey, animals possess unique and extraordinary abilities. In Great Adaptations, Kenneth Catania presents an entertaining and engaging look at some of nature’s most remarkable creatures. Telling the story of his biological detective work, Catania sheds light on the mysteries behind the behaviors of tentacled snakes, tiny shrews, zombie-making wasps, and more. He shows not only how studying these animals can provide deep insights into how life evolved, but also how scientific discovery can be filled with adventure and fun. Beginning with the star-nosed mole, Catania reveals what the creature’s nasal star is actually for, and what this tells us about how brains work. He explores how the deceptive hunting strategy of tentacled snakes leads prey straight to their mouths, how eels use electricity to control other animals, and why emerald jewel wasps make zombies out of cockroaches. He also solves the enigma of worm grunting—a traditional technique in which earthworms are enticed out of the ground—by teaming up with professional worm grunters. Catania demonstrates the merits of approaching science with an open mind, considers the role played by citizen scientists, and illustrates that most animals have incredible, hidden abilities that defy our imagination. Examining some strange and spectacular creatures, Great Adaptations offers a wondrous journey into nature’s grand designs.

This book provides an in-depth exploration of trains and train travel. Letherby and Reynolds have conducted extensive research with all those concerned with trains, from leisure travelers and enthusiasts to railway workers and commuters. Overturning conventional wisdom, they show that the train has a social life in and of itself and is not simply a way to get from A to B.The book also looks at the depiction of train travel through cultural media, such as music, films, books and art. The authors consider the personal politics of train travel and political discussion surrounding the railways, as well as the relationship trains have to leisure and work. The media often paints a gloomy picture of the railways and there is a general view that the romance of train travel ended with the steam locomotive. Letherby and Reynolds show that this is far from the case.

This is the ninth volume of ten in the The Natural History of the Crustacea Series. The chapters in this volume synthesize the diverse topics in fisheries and aquaculture. In the first part of the book, chapters explore worldwide crustacean fisheries. This section comes to a conclusion with two chapters on harvested crustaceans that are usually not within the focus of the mainstream fisheries research, possibly because they are caught by local fishing communities in small-scale operations and sold locally as subsistence activity. In the second part of the book, the authors explore the variety of cultured crustacean species, like shrimps, prawns, lobsters, and crabs. Chapters in the third part of the volume focus on important challenges and opportunities, including diseases and parasitism, the use of crustacean as bioindicators, and their role in biotechnology.

What’s the point of calculating definite integrals since you can’t possibly do them all? What makes doing the specific integrals in this book of value aren’t the specific answers we’ll obtain, but rather the methods we’ll use in obtaining those answers; methods you can use for evaluating the integrals you will encounter in the future. This book, now in its second edition, is written in a light-hearted manner for students who have completed the first year of college or high school AP calculus and have just a bit of exposure to the concept of a differential equation. Every result is fully derived. If you are fascinated by definite integrals, then this is a book for you. New material in the second edition includes 25 new challenge problems and solutions, 25 new worked examples, simplified derivations, and additional historical discussion.

Mars is a small world with a big reputation. This mysterious, singular planet—with volcanoes that dwarf Mount Everest, a canyon system that would stretch fully across the United States, and curious landscapes that perhaps once harbored water—has fascinated us for centuries. In the most up-to-date account available of the elusive Red Planet, Stephen James O’Meara follows our longstanding love affair with this unique celestial body, from the musings of humanity’s first stargazers to the imaginings of science-fiction writers, radio broadcasters, and filmmakers, to the latest images and discoveries from the Curiosity rover. The book also reviews plans for piloted missions to Mars—and what it will take for those missions to succeed.