Forbidden Knowledge

Author : Hannah Marcus
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022673661X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forbidden Knowledge written by Hannah Marcus and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wonderful . . . offers and provokes meditation on the timeless nature of censorship, its practices, its intentions and . . . its (unintended) outcomes.” —Times Higher Education Forbidden Knowledge explores the censorship of medical books from their proliferation in print through the prohibitions placed on them during the Counter-Reformation. How and why did books banned in Italy in the sixteenth century end up back on library shelves in the seventeenth? Historian Hannah Marcus uncovers how early modern physicians evaluated the utility of banned books and facilitated their continued circulation in conversation with Catholic authorities. Through extensive archival research, Marcus highlights how talk of scientific utility, once thought to have begun during the Scientific Revolution, in fact began earlier, emerging from ecclesiastical censorship and the desire to continue to use banned medical books. What’s more, this censorship in medicine, which preceded the Copernican debate in astronomy by sixty years, has had a lasting impact on how we talk about new and controversial developments in scientific knowledge. Beautiful illustrations accompany this masterful, timely book about the interplay between efforts at intellectual control and the utility of knowledge. “Marcus deftly explains the various contradictions that shaped the interactions between Catholic authorities and the medical and scientific communities of early modern Italy, showing how these dynamics defined the role of outside expertise in creating 'Catholic Knowledge' for centuries to come.” —Annals of Science “An important study that all scholars and advanced students of early modern Europe will want to read, especially those interested in early modern medicine, religion, and the history of the book. . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice

Author : Michael Powell
Publisher : Adams Media
ISBN 13 : 9781440504570
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forbidden Knowledge - College written by Michael Powell and published by Adams Media. This book was released on 2010-11-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Con your way into a scholarship. Sleep with your professors. Crash a closed course. Sell your organs for beer money. Get textbooks for free. And more... This book has schooled its readers before...but not like this. This guide is a full-scale assault on the ivory towers of academia, teaching students the ins and outs of college life--from how to handle obnoxious roommates (retaliation) to how to make it onto the dean's list (cheat). With 101 entries providing a crash course in college survival, this next Forbidden Knowledge installment is perfect for senior and freshman fans alike who aren't afraid of double-secret probation.

Author : Stephen R. Donaldson
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0307755657
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forbidden Knowledge written by Stephen R. Donaldson and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2010-07-21 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author of The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, one of the most acclaimed fantasy series of all time, master storyteller Stephen R. Donaldson retums with the second book in his long-awaited new science fiction series--a story about dark passions, perilous alliances, and dubious heroism set in a stunningly imagined future. Beautiful, brilliant, and dangerous, Morn Hyland is an ex-police officer for the United Mining Companies--and the target of two ruthless, powerful men. One is the charismatic ore-pirate Nick Succorso, who sees Morn as booty wrested from his vicious rival, Angus Thermopyle. thermopyle once made the mistake of underestimating Morn and now he's about to pay the ultimate price. Both men think they can possess her, but Morn is no one's trophy--and no one's pawn. Meanwhile, withing the borders of Forbidden Space, wait the Amnioin, an alien race capable of horrific atrocities. The Amnion want something unspeakable from humanity--and they will go to unthinkable lengths to get it. In Forbidden Knowledge, Stephen R. Donaldson spins a galaxy-wide web of intrigue, deception, and betrayal that tightens with inexorable strength around characters and readers alike.

Author : Johnson Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781447769668
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Forbidden Knowledge written by Johnson Smith and published by . This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspiring book contains a large collection of time-honored and restricted magic. Including ceremonial spells, talismans, the black arts, superstitions, auspicious days, spells, omens, lucky numbers, insight into dreams and folk remedies along with many more. The work within this book is a collection of manuscripts created between the 1800's and 1920s containing material related to all aspects of the occult.The collection bears the name 'forbidden knowledge', which differs from secret knowledge, is used to describe forbidden books or information to which access has been controlled, restricted or deprecated for political or religious reasons.Discover all you ever wanted to know about forbidden magic and its mysterious teachings. Within you'll find its ancient lore and secrets now revealed for you to experiment with - if you dare.

Author : Michael Powell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1598695258
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forbidden Knowledge written by Michael Powell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could you use a little more danger in your life? A little more edge? A little more fun? With this book, you get it all. From crashing a wedding to starting a riot, stealing a car to making moonshine, there's nothing you can't learn how to do -- even if you shouldn't.

Author : Zolar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780285633162
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Ancient and Forbidden Knowledge written by Zolar and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger Shattuck
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780156005517
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forbidden Knowledge written by Roger Shattuck and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1997 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting account of the ways in which man's darkest impulses conflict with common sense. From the lessons learned in "Paradise Lost" and the events which transpired in the tales of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Frankenstein" to unlocking the secrets of the atom, Shattuck's brilliant synthesis of history and literature is utterly relevant to our times and addictively readable.

Author : Bob Couttie
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forbidden Knowledge written by Bob Couttie and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Burton F. Porter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781680532142
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forbidden Knowledge written by Burton F. Porter and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book eminent philosopher Burton Porter examines the concept of "forbidden knowledge" in religion, science, government, and psychology. From the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden (forbidden fruit), to world altering scientific research (nuclear power, stem-cells, cloning) to damning government secrets (Abu Ghraib, domestic spying), to traumatic experiences that individuals want to repress (sexual abuse), humanity has encountered knowledge that has been hidden and suppressed. We experience this denial as a loss of control and respect, and we want to know exactly what knowledge has been prohibited and why we cannot have access to it. Forbidden knowledge, therefore, is of enormous interest to the general public. The basic question, then, is: when, if ever, should knowledge be forbidden? Are there sacred realms that human beings are not meant to explore? Can scientific research be a Frankenstein monster, which will harm us one day? When are government secrets necessary for national security, and when does the public have a right to know? Is too much information classified? When do databanks, eavesdropping, and surveillance invade our privacy? Is self-deception justified if the truth would be psychologically disturbing? In short, can we know more than is good for us? The author takes the general position that too much material is prohibited, especially today, even while business and government invade individual privacy more and more. A primary assumption in a democracy is that we can have confidence in the people, so information should not be forbidden unless there is a vital and compelling reason to withhold it.

Author : Steven M. Greer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780967323824
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hidden Truth - Forbidden Knowledge written by Steven M. Greer and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greer unveils the actual contact experiences he has had with UFOs and extraterrestrial civilizations, beginning as a young child. Following a prolonged near-death experience at age 17, Greer explains that he experienced cosmic consciousness and found the Rosetta Stone of ET contact -- the power of the unbounded mind within each of us -- that is responsible for much of the work being done by the CSETI (Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project.