The Book of Black Free Download Epud By Clifford A. Pickover
| Title | : | The Book of Black |
| Author | : | Clifford A. Pickover |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 224 pages |
| ISBN | : | 1606600494 |
A really fun grab bag of fascinating black facts related to science, pop culture, sports, animals, religion, history, and so much Wink Books Clever compendium of dark things include interesting scientific explanations Science NewsFrom the Black Hole of Calcutta and the Dark Side of the Moon to Black Bart, Black Beauty, and Black Sabbath, this unique journey i A really fun grab bag of fascinating black facts related to science, pop culture, sports, animals, religion, history, and so much Wink Books Clever compendium of dark things include interesting scientific explanations Science NewsFrom the Black Hole of Calcutta and the Dark Side of the Moon to Black Bart, Black Beauty, and Black Sabbath, this unique journey into darkness sheds light on the worlds of science, history, art, and philosophy Bestselling author Clifford A Pickover takes us on an unusual and historic journey through curious, amusing, and important topics related to black Beware this wondrous panoply of subjects, stunning images, and entertaining and informative text can shift from sexy to cosmic with just the turn of a page With entries short enough to read in just a few minutes but pithy enough for endless pondering The Book of Black features 100 captivating black and white and full color images The book roams far and wide through politics, popular culture, science, sociology, history, sports, religion, and superstition A reference section offers suggestions for further explorations of Black Pudding, Black Velvet Paintings, Blackbeard, Black Magic Woman, and other dark matters This book is a delight from start to finish Entertaining and accessible, but equally rigorous and scholarly, this is a volume to please everyone It can be read cover to cover or picked up and read at random The illustrations are impressive and there s one for every topic Thoroughly enjoyable but also thoroughly informative newbooks magazine
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Clifford A Pickover is an American author, editor, and columnist in the fields of science, mathematics, and science fiction, and is employed at the IBM T J Watson Research Center in Yorktown, New York.He received his Ph.D in 1982 from Yale University s Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, where he conducted research on X ray scattering and protein structure Pickover graduated Clifford A Pickover is an American author, editor, and columnist in the fields of science, mathematics, and science fiction, and is employed at the IBM T J Watson Research Center in Yorktown, New York.He received his Ph.D in 1982 from Yale University s Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, where he conducted research on X ray scattering and protein structure Pickover graduated first in his class from Franklin and Marshall College, after completing the four year undergraduate program in three years 1 He joined IBM at the Thomas J Watson Research Center in 1982, as a member of the speech synthesis group and later worked on the design automation workstations 2 For much of his career, Pickover has published technical articles in the areas of scientific visualization, computer art, and recreational mathematics 1 Currently, he is still at the IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center.He is currently an associate editor for the scientific journal Computers and Graphics and is an editorial board member for Odyssey and Leonardo He is also the Brain Strain columnist for Odyssey magazine, and, for many years, he was the Brain Boggler columnist for Discover magazine.Pickover has received over 50 invention achievement awards, three research division awards, and four external honor awards.Pickover s primary interest is in finding new ways to expand creativity by melding art, science, mathematics, and other seemingly disparate areas of human endeavor 5 Pickover is an inventor with dozens of patents 1 , the author of puzzle calendars, and puzzle contributor to magazines geared to children and adults His Neoreality and Heaven Virus science fiction series explores the fabric of reality and religion 1 Pickover is author of hundreds of technical papers in diverse fields, ranging from the creative visualizations of fossil seashells 6 , genetic sequences 7 8 , cardiac 9 and speech sounds, and virtual caverns 10 and lava lamps 11 , to fractal and mathematically based studies 12 13 14 15 He also has published articles in the areas of skepticism e.g ESP and Nostradamus , psychology e.g temporal lobe epilepsy and genius , and technical speculation e.g What if scientists had found a computer in 1900 and An informal survey on the scientific and social impact of a soda can sized super super computer 16 Additional visualization work includes topics that involve breathing motions of proteins 17 , snow flake like patterns for speech sounds 18 , cartoon face representations of data 19 , and biomorphs 20.On November 4, 2006, he began Wikidumper.org, a popular blog featuring articles being considered for deletion by Wikipedia 
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A really fun grab bag of fascinating black facts related to science, pop culture, sports, animals, religion, history, and so much Wink Books C
224 pagesClifford A. Pickover
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