History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

The Crumbs of Creation: Trace elements in history, medicine, industry, crime and folklore

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The Crumbs of Creation

The Crumbs of Creation: Trace elements in history, medicine, industry, crime and folklore
J Lenihan
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Of the 90 chemical elements that occur in nature, only a dozen are found in easily measurable amounts in the human body. The rest are trace elements, present at such low concentrations that most of them were, until quite recently, beyond the reach of detection. The Crumbs of Creation reviews the absorbing story of trace elements in medicine, history, industry, crime, and folklore, showing how the study of their properties can help us survive through a better understanding and control of our environment. Written in an easy-to-read, entertaining style, the book consists of interrelated anecdotes grouped together in relevant chapters. Although readers will derive much entertainment from this book, there is an underlying seriousness to the topics.

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The Crumbs of Creation.......2000-06-12

This readable little volume is based on the lecture notes for a university level "chemistry appreciation" course given by the author, a chemsitry professor. Filled with anecdotes about the importance of minor elements in history, crime detection, and all sorts of other areas of life, it is easy to read from cover to cover or to pick up and delve into chapters at random. This work is a rare bird in the general science literature: although fully enjoyable for its intended audience of the non-scientist with a healthy interest in the workings of the world, it is sophisticated enough, with enough detail and professional citations, that it is a delight to chemical professionals as well. The fans who have enjoyed my own well-travelled copy include a retired chemist, an English as a second language teacher, a precocious middle school student, a linguist, a full-time homemaker, and a chemical engineering professor.

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Interesting survey of the Elements
Roots of mathematics in our Western Culture
Roots of mathematics in our Western Culture

Euclid - The Creation of Mathematics
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The philosopher Immanuel Kant writes in the popular introduction to his philosophy: "There is no single book about metaphysics like we have in mathematics. If you want to know what mathematics is, just look at Euclid's Elements." (Prolegomena Paragraph 4) Even if the material covered by Euclid may be considered elementary for the most part, the way in which he presents essential features of mathematics in a much more general sense, has set the standards for more than 2000 years. He displays the axiomatic foundation of a mathematical theory and its conscious development towards the solution of a specific problem. We see how abstraction works and how it enforces the strictly deductive presentation of a theory. We learn what creative definitions are and how the conceptual grasp leads to the classification of the relevant objects. For each of Euclid's thirteen Books, the author has given a general description of the contents and structure of the Book, plus one or two sample proofs. In an appendix, the reader will find items of general interest for mathematics, such as the question of parallels, squaring the circle, problem and theory, what rigour is, the history of the platonic polyhedra, irrationals, the process of generalization, and more. This is a book for all lovers of mathematics with a solid background in high school geometry, from teachers and students to university professors. It is an attempt to understand the nature of mathematics from its most important early source.

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Interesting survey of the Elements.......2006-11-16

The material in Euclid's Elements may be divided into four categories of very different degrees of interest for modern readers. (a) Elementary material. To keep us interested when covering tedious proofs of obvious things Artmann discusses foundational issues (as seen by Euclid and contrasted with the modern view), the principles that guide the overall structure of the books, historical topics, etc. (b) Well-known material. This category includes some basic geometry (Pythagoras's theorem, etc.), but primarily it includes all of Euclid's number theory. This is very interesting stuff but less exotic than other parts of the Elements since these pearls have been kept polished and accessible (see, for example, the historically enlightened books by Stillwell, esp. "Elements of Number Theory" and "Numbers and Geometry"). (c) Incomprehensible material. Some parts of the Elements appear mysterious to the modern reader, especially some aspects of "geometric algebra" and of course the theory of incommensurability. A truly faithful guide to the Elements would make it its mission to clarify these things, but Artmann is not that committed, often preferring instead the easy way of looking for agreement with modern mathematical-aestetical principles and commenting on those things instead (e.g. discussions of the role of generalisations and the relation between problems and theories). (d) Constructions. This is the most rewarding part. First there is the remarkable construction of the regular pentagon in book IV. Euclid's construction draws on all previous books, in accordance with his aim to hide his masterplan and unveil it in a flash of brilliance just as we though he was getting lost in a mass of technicalities. Artmann adds helpful commentary on how the principles of construction may be understood through possible earlier constructions that used marked rulers and similar triangles (not developed by Euclid until book VI). The similar triangles proof uses a neat property of the pentagon: a side and a diagonal are in "extreme and mean ratio" (i.e. "golden ratio"), so constructing this ratio is one way to construct the pentagon. Euclid brings this up in connection with the marvellous constructions of the regular polyhedra in book XIII --- the culmination of the entire Elements. "For the construction of the dodecahedron, Euclid starts with a cube and constructs what can be called a 'roof of a house' over each of its faces". The pentagonal faces of the dodecahedron are made up of a quadrilateral piece of one roof and a triangular gable from the roof on the adjacent side. To make this work we must choose the right length for our beams, i.e. we must divide the side of the cube in extreme and mean ratio. The construction topics are not only the most rewarding in themselves but also the starting points of Artmann's most enthusiastic excursions, including the modern algebraic view of constructions as developed by Gauss, the group theoretical view of symmetries and polyhedra, appearances of these figures in art and architecture, etc.

Roots of mathematics in our Western Culture.......2000-10-26

This is a Renaissance book by a Renaissance man. Artmann gives a full summary of the "Elements", using considerable modern notation. It is accurate and detailed, and the various themes he traces (such as Symmetry, or Incommensurables) let him include a wide range of topics: architecture, design, sculpture, myth, history -- even philology and poetry. Some may think he limits himself too narrowly to the classical Greeks, does too little digging in the Babylonian or Egyptian parts of the story.

To Artmann's credit, his book disregards the smallscale disputes amongst superspecialists ("all modern translations of Elements are satisfactory"). He overturns the fashionable idea that the "Two Cultures" cannot communicate. So, Rilke has something to say -- perhaps not to Hilbert, but to the widely cultured mathematician, or to the general reader -- about Contradiction, or Widerspruch.

About the pre-Euclidean origins of mathematics in Greece, he overmodestly disclaims specialist knowledge. An example: he traces the earliest technical work on the dodecahedron and the icosahedron via pre-Euclideans such as Theaetetus (Plato's friend), and up to the highly abstract Group Theory work on isomorphisms of the 1990s A.D. -- and does this well and surefootedly. Too bad his modesty barred him ("I leave that to the specialists") from analyzing the pre-history of Euclid's Book XII, the classical ancestor of our integral calculus. The fact is that he knows a great deal about Eudoxus (another friend of Plato's). Perhaps more detail in a Second Edition?

His work on the so-called Euclidean Algorithm (finding a greatest common factor) is another valuable contribution. Its autobiographical flavor is reminiscent of Archimedes in "Sand Reckoner". It allows him to stake out a clear and non-partisan position on the "where is the algebra?" question, on which scholarly debates often produce more heat than light.

So multi-faceted a book, one could wish an Index fuller than a mere 2 pages. Typos are too frequent for a good house like Springer, including two I found in names of authors or book titles. But the book's cultural sweep is admirable throughout, its bibliography good.

TL Heath's 1933 report about the Cambridge undergraduate, so struck by Euclid ("a book to be read in bed or on a holiday") may have been exaggerated, making him over into a Young Werther. But Artmann's charming and learned book really is hard to put down, on or off holiday.

[note: this is a lightly revised version of a review I submitted a few days ago. -Malcolm Brown]

Roots of mathematics in our Western Culture.......2000-10-23

He largely disregards smallscale battles amongst the superspecialists ("all modern translations of Elements are satisfactory"). He overturns the fashionable idea that the "Two Cultures" cannot communicate. (Rilke has things to say, perhaps not to Hilbert, but to the widely cultured mathematician, about Widerspruch!)

About the pre-Euclidean origins of mathematics, he overmodestly disclaims specialist knowledge. An example: his tracing of the earliest technical work on dodecahedrons and icosahedrons via pre-Euclideans such as Theaetetus (Plato's friend), and on up to the Group Theory work on isomorphisms of the 1990s A.D. is done well and surefootedly. Too bad his modesty barred him ("I leave that to the specialists") from analyzing the pre-history of Euclid's Book XII, the classical ancestor of our integral calculus. The fact is that he knows a great deal about Eudoxus (another friend of Plato's). Perhaps more detail in a Second Edition?

His work on the so-called Euclidean Algorithm (finding a greatest common factor) also contributes importantly. Its autobiographical flavor is reminiscent of that of Archimedes' in "Sand Reckoner". It allows him to stake out a clear and non-partisan position on the question "where is the algebra?" question, on which scholarly debates often produce more heat than light.

So multi-faceted a book, one could wish a fuller Index. But the cultural sweep is admirable throughout. TL Heath's 1933 report about the Cambridge undergraduate, so struck by Euclid ("a book to be read in bed or on a holiday") may have exaggerated, making him over into a Young Werther. But Artmann's charming and learned book really is hard to put down, even at vacationtime.

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Adam's Rib and Other Anomalous Elements in the Hebrew Creation Myth
Robert GRAVES
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Adam's Rib: And Other Anomalous Elements in the Hebrew Creation Myth: A New View
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By Wireless From Venus or The Primal Elements : Involving A New Theory of Creation and of the Creator and of The Life Hereafter and An Explanation of the Unexplained in Physics and Metaphysics
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The Creation Of The Material World With Stars And Elements
Jacob Boehme
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THIS 22 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Concerning the Three Principles of the Divine Essence Part 1, by Jacob Boehme. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766126021.

The Creative Element: A Study of Vision, Despair and Orthodoxy Among Some Modern Writers

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Seemingly conflicting choices beckon at every turn
Brilliant! A must-read book!
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Elements of Creation
Bruce Luther
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This second edition of "Elements of Creation" is a description of an experience gone well beyond human awareness. It breaks down the myth of a physical reality based environment and reveals the true fabric of thought. The reader will be taken on a journey using the aspects of the circle of life. Time is exposed for its true meaning and understanding. The author shares how the body works in space-time and opens a door to seeing your soul for the first time. Elements of Creation lives up to its title and shows clearly who created your understands and purpose for this life.

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Seemingly conflicting choices beckon at every turn.......2002-02-06

Both a seer and an artist, Bruce Luther's Elements Of Creation is a fascinating and engaging autobiographical memoir, presenting a journey of circles -- of his discovering the cycles that embody life, space, time, thought, and death. Seemingly conflicting choices beckon at every turn, testing the human ability to remember the right path. A soulful and moving metaphysical presentation of the author's own life, Elements Of Creation is highly recommended, challenging, insightful reading.

Brilliant! A must-read book!.......2001-10-26

In his autobiographical page-turner, Elements of Creation, Author and seeker Bruce Luther offers a tale of discovery that kept this reviewer revitted. That discovery occurred in India...and it forever changed his life.

Bruce Luther found the circle of life, the body in time. He writes, "The body is a vehicle for an awareness in which to experience reality. The body shifts space and time and moves it so that the awareness has a vehicle in which to see materiality. Just like the water passing by the hull of the boat, as one we pass through this awareness, the contact we make with reality has a startling impact on our direction."

Elements of Creation takes the reader, as it did the author, in and out of time cycles...sometimes into the past, and sometimes into the future. They can reveal "...every experience we have had and those yet to come." Like watching a motion picture, awareness of choices unreel exposing selections "...made from our core being, before we take a body." And so we learn that the circle of life is not life and death, but a test of our ability to remember our way."

Bruce Luther is a seer and painter. Elements of Creation is his canvas and the reader finds his words are bright splashes of color representing images he's seen since childhood. His journey into the circle dance unveiled the validation of his direction. Elements of Creation will hold you, shock you, awaken you and rid you of the beast that blocks your way to attainment!

Elements of Creation Review by Bernie P. Nelson.......2001-09-07

Elements of Creation is a transformative book presenting the idea that your life is not your body, your experiences, or even an apparition. While reading this reviewer was nudged into a state of introspective meditation with a burning question-what is true reality?
The author is initiated into The Circle Dance and encounters The Beast while traveling in India with a companion. During the trip Luther discovered a mind-bending new reality about life, our body, and the concept of time and space.
With postulations such as, 'Death is a symptom of paying too much attention to time,' Reader, fasten your seat belt. It's a brilliant work, and an exciting, wondrous trip!

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