Book reviews

2001 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-346
Author(s):  
G.E. Fogg
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Human Brain ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Evolution Of Language ◽  
The Creation

Nine book reviews in the May 2002 issue of Notes and Records : Voyages of discovery: three centuries of natural history exploration , by T. Rice, reviewed by G. E. Fogg. Charles Darwin's Zoology Notes & specimen lists from H.M.S. Beagle , R. Keynes (ed.), reviewed by P. R. Grant. Enlightenment: Britain and the creation of the modern world , by R. Porter, reviewed by P. Fara. Ice blink: the tragic fate of Sir John Franklin's lost polar expedition , by S. Cookman, reviewed by G. F. Hattersley-Smith. The cogwheel brain: Charles Babbage and the quest to build the first computer , by D. Swade, reviewed by M. Campbell-Kelly. The symbolic species: the co-evolution of language and the human brain , by T. Deacon, reviewed by T. Briscoe. Defining features: scientific and medical portraits, 1660-2000 , by L. Jordanova, reviewed by J. Rowlinson. Against the tide: an autobiographical account of a professional outsider , by L. C. Woods, reviewed by J. T. Stuart. A passion for DNA , by J. D. Watson, reviewed by J. Postgate.

A Rapture of the Nerds? A Comparison between Transhumanist Eschatology and Christian Parousia

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-367
Author(s):  
Roberto Paura
Keyword(s):  
Human Brain ◽  
Point Theory ◽  
The Body ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Species ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Universe

Transhumanism is one of the main “ideologies of the future” that has emerged in recent decades. Its program for the enhancement of the human species during this century pursues the ultimate goal of immortality, through the creation of human brain emulations. Therefore, transhumanism offers its fol- lowers an explicit eschatology, a vision of the ultimate future of our civilization that in some cases coincides with the ultimate future of the universe, as in Frank Tipler’s Omega Point theory. The essay aims to analyze the points of comparison and opposition between transhumanist and Christian eschatologies, in particular considering the “incarnationist” view of Parousia. After an introduction concern- ing the problems posed by new scientific and cosmological theories to traditional Christian eschatology, causing the debate between “incarnationists” and “escha- tologists,” the article analyzes the transhumanist idea of mind-uploading through the possibility of making emulations of the human brain and perfect simulations of the reality we live in. In the last section the problems raised by these theories are analyzed from the point of Christian theology, in particular the proposal of a transhuman species through the emulation of the body and mind of human beings. The possibility of a transhumanist eschatology in line with the incarnationist view of Parousia is refused.

Principles of compiling artificial languages

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (07) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Khayala Mugamat Mursaliyeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Artificial Language ◽  
Natural Consequence ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
Artificial Languages ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation

The explosion of information and the ever-increasing number of international languages make the modern language situation very difficult. The interaction of languages ultimately leads to the creation of international artificial languages that operate in parallel with the world`s languages. The expansion of interlinguistic issues is a natural consequence of the aggravation of the linguistic landscape of the modern world. The modern interlinguistic dialect, which is defined as a field of linguistics that studies international languages and international languages as a means of communication, deals with the importance of overcoming the barrier.The problem of international artificial languages is widely covered in the writings of I.A.Baudouin de Courtenay, V.P.Qrigorev, N.L.Gudskov, E.K.Drezen, A.D.Dulchenko, M.I.Isayev, S.N.Kuznechov, A.D.Melnikov and many other scientists. Key words:the concept of natural language, the concept of artificial language, the degree of artificiality of language, the authenticity of language

Book reviews: Skin: A natural history

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-600
Author(s):  
Lawrence P. Greksa
Keyword(s):  
Natural History

Creating a Deep Past for a New Nation

2020 ◽  
pp. 210-245
Author(s):  
Michael D. Hattem
Keyword(s):  
Native Americans ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Natural History Museums ◽  
British Imperialism ◽  
American Antiquity ◽  
History Museums ◽  
The Creation ◽  
New Republic ◽  
New Nation

This chapter explores the ways in which Americans sought, created, and promoted a “deep national past,” or American antiquity, for the new republic. The first half of the chapter explores how the use of Columbian, biblical, and epic symbolism all contributed to Americans’ sense of a past deeper even than that of the colonial period. The second half of the chapter explores the nationalization of both natural history and the indigenous pasts of Native Americans and their expression in the nation’s first natural history museums. The creation of a deep past grounded both in myth and the land was—like the simultaneously reimagined colonial past—part of a broader attempt to establish cultural independence from Britain, in this case by fostering a sense of national origins that transcended British imperialism and the British past altogether.

6. The dynastic impulse in the modern world

2019 ◽  
pp. 96-116
Author(s):  
Jeroen Duindam
Keyword(s):  
Family Businesses ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The World ◽  
New States ◽  
The Creation

The turbulent decades around 1800 did not spell the end of dynasty, but they carried the message that alternative forms of power might in the long run gain ascendancy. While royal legitimacy was now openly contested, republics remained the exception until 1918. ‘The dynastic impulse in the modern world’ considers the breakdown of empires that led to the creation of new states, many of them monarchies. It shows how modern autocrats mimic forms of dynastic representation, promoting their families, and designating their own successors. Finally, it highlights the remarkable continuities of dynastic practice in ‘political families’ and family businesses around the world.

Book Reviews: Vie e mezzi di comunicazione in Italia e Spagna in età contemporanea (Networks and Means of Communication in Contemporary Italy and Spain), Bristol's Stage Coaches, Wet Britches and Muddy Boots: A History of Travel in Victorian America, Aerocity. Quand l'avion fait la ville (Aerocity: When the Plane Made the City, Paddington Station, Its History and Architecture, Highways, Byways, and Road Systems in the Pre-Modern World, Eastern European Railways in Transition: Nineteenth to Twenty-First Centuries, Companion to Road Passenger Transport History: Public Road Passenger Transport in Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, Autos, Rutas y Turismo: El Automóvil Club Argentino y el Estado (Cars, Roads and Tourism: The Argentinean Motor Club and State, Tales of Transit: Narrative Migrant Spaces in Atlantic Perspective, 1850–1950, Channelling Mobilities: Migration and Globalisation in the Suez Canal and Beyond, 1869–1914, Transport and the Industrial City. Manchester and the Canal Age, 1750–1850, Business of Transatlantic Migration between Europe and the United States, 1900–1914

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-270
Author(s):  
Gabriele Balbi ◽  
Dan Bogart ◽  
Kurt R. Bell ◽  
Koos Bosma ◽  
Harry Gregory ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Public Road ◽  
Road Systems ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City
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