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.

Requiem for Modern Politics: The Tragedy of the Enlightenment and the Challenge of the New Millennium

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An overlooked gem
Best book of the 20th Century - Makes sense of modern life.

Requiem for Modern Politics: The Tragedy of the Enlightenment and the Challenge of the New Millennium
William Ophuls
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An overlooked gem.......2000-05-16

It is all too symptomatic of the present state of intellectual discussion (and publishing) that Ophuls' Requiem for Modern Politics appeared in 1998 and still remains largely unknown in 2000. I can think of few books in recent years that are more provocative in challenging the operative assumptions of our culture. Ophuls take the reader on a quite readable journey through the present crisis of liberalism, uttering unpopular truths as he sees them, without falling into reflexive conservatism or stereotyped radicalism. This is most likely the key to why the book has received so little notice: it undercuts the worldview from which most critics deliver their opinions and refuses to salute the reigning myths of our time. It is probably a minor miracle that the book has even seen print in the first place, albeit with an unduly tame cover design and no apparent promotional budget.

If you are disturbed by the direction that our culture is going, whether you locate yourself on the left or right (or neither), I urge you to check this book out and prepare yourself for a stimulating shock.

Best book of the 20th Century - Makes sense of modern life........1997-08-27

Finally, I understand much of the confusing stuff at the end of the 20th century. This is a foundational book - it should be required as a text for MBA students and venture capitalists, as well as for political and social leaders. It is a must read for anyone who wants to make sense of modern life and make a positive future in the 21st century. It is not just about the bankruptcy of politics or environmental peril. To me it explains the disintegrating Modern Age culture, science, business, and education as well. When you look at the basics of the Modern Age, as Ophuls does, it looks really GOOFY and we will not miss it when it is gone. It amazes me that we could have been hoodwinked for the 500 years since the Italian Renaissance humanism, the Protestant Reformation spiritual privatization and the lonely crowd of mass marketed individualism of materialistic-capitalism. Requiem for Modern Politics can be a real cause for hope - when combined with insights from books on internet community-making, on the new science of self-organizing systems, on the wide spread spiritual search for meaning and on intellectual capital (ideas as the decentralized human source of power in the 21st century). Ophuls book is the missing link that pulls it all together - the time, technology and spirituality are now ready for us all to make a Grand Jailbreak from the crumbling Modern Age prison. A new spiritualized, community-caring, environmentally sustainable and intellectual-capital capitalism is the realistic answer implied in between the lines of Requiem for Modern Politics. A companion book to plan your jailbreak is The Resurgence of the Real by Charlene Spretnak

Twenty-First Century Anarchism : Unorthodox Ideas for a New Millennium

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Twenty-First Century Anarchism : Unorthodox Ideas for a New Millennium

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African Intellectuals: Rethinking Politics, Language, Gender and Development (Africa in the New Millennium)

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African Intellectuals: Rethinking Politics, Language, Gender and Development (Africa in the New Millennium)

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Compared with Asia or Latin America, Africa has experienced much higher rates of emigration of its intelligentsia to North America and Europe, and frequent displacement within the continent. This rare overview of the history, fate and future roles explores their relationship to nationalism and the Pan African project; the indigenous language of African intellectuals; women intellectuals; and the role of the expanding African academic diaspora.

Nothing is Sacred: Economic Ideas for the New Millennium

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social gossip and poorly integrated
Well-Written, interesting, but also a bit narcissistic

Nothing is Sacred: Economic Ideas for the New Millennium
Robert J. Barro
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Since the 1970s, Robert Barro's academic research has significantly influenced macroeconomic theory. For more than a decade, his writing has also enlivened the pages of publications such as the Wall Street Journal and Business Week. In Nothing Is Sacred, Barro applies his well-honed free market arguments to a remarkably diverse range of issues. These include global problems such as growth and debt, as well as social issues such as the predictive value of SAT scores, drug legalization, the economics of beauty, and the relationship between abortion rights and crime reduction.

The book opens with a series of essays on famous economists, past and present, and other prominent figures whose work has economic implications, including Joe DiMaggio and Bono. In the book's second part, Barro discusses the economics of social issues. In the third part, he considers democracy, growth, and international policy, and in the final part he examines fiscal policy, monetary policy, and the macroeconomy. Throughout, he shows that even the most widely held beliefs are not sacred truths but are open to analysis.

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social gossip and poorly integrated.......2006-01-22

Vanity, Napoleon said, caused the French Revolution. Vanity also prompted Barro to write this small book. Its self-absorbed nature monopolizes the first 70 pages of 168 though those of us who love gossip and insights into the discussions and habits of those influencing economic policy will find exposure of Gary Becker's tennis playing and Robert Lucas' addiction to smoking and sharing of his Nobel prize with his wife intriguing. Barro exposes a lot of personal anecdotes with these and others like Friedman, Galbraith, Mundell and Stigler.

The subtitle is "Economic Ideas for the New Millennium" and the question immediately arises how such personal anecdotes presented in a haphazard and disjointed way can serve or are even remotely connected to serving as economic ideas for this century, not to speak at all of an arrogant and unscholarly time span a "millennium". They serve to satisfy high-faluting gossip but not economic policy formulation.
Once he does enter serious economic discussion of various nations, he continues the disjointed and poorly integrated analysis. His observations range from Africa, Latin America to the problems of German unification and then finally zero in on fiscal and monetary issues of the U.S. But even then, he commits serious conceptual errors when he cites a study correlating the Presidents with the performance of the economy. As all famous scholars have done so far, he, too, anthropomorphizes the economy into the Presidents, forgetting in the process that the Presidents merely propose but Congress disposes. Congress can accept, reject, modify and initiate economic policy and, therefore, whatever impacts on the economy comes from Congress and not the Presidents and, for this reason, should be termed "Congressnomics" rather than the widespread use of meaningless terms such as Nixonomics, Reaganomics, Clintonomics, etc. though Barro does not use them. To anthropomorphize the economy is to succumb to a primitive form of atavistic pseudoanalysis.

In spite of this, Barro has some original observations and suggestions. He belongs to the conservative elements of Friedman, Becker, Lucas, et al. but, as is the case with almost all of our more prominent economists, he misses the single most important element in contemporary economic analysis of the U.S. and that is the continuing impoverization of the masses of the U.S. in spite of a growing GDP. This is due to the fact that the GDP measures only 40 percent of what transpires in the economy and this wealth is primarily benefiting bureaucracies which have for decades massively accumulated wealth and shifted it from benefiting families and individuals to themselves, be they political, military, educational, medical, etc. bureaucracies.

Barro also missed the massive institutionalized theft on Wall Street that took hundreds of billions of dollars from millions of Americans---amazing how economists cannot grasp this enormous and unparalleled economic fact that is one of several elements denying Americans a living standard commensurate with vast resources. It is as if scholars like Barro never examine and compare the run down squalor of thousands of towns and cities in the U.S. and the ever increasing number of gated and securitized communities into which the wealthy retreat (while making money from products that do not necessarily benefit that much the masses) in a strong vote of no confidence in the overall economic development while most towns and cities in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, etc. are noticeably wealthier and more attractive with substantially well-maintained infrastructures while ours are in the advanced stages of decay and strongly resembling much less developed economies.

Barro, like all major economists, also misses the enormous collectivism-socialism in the presumed capitalistic private sector of the U.S. economy which ranges from the dreary collectivism of chain motels, chain fast food, chain stores, etc. to "free" medical services and the collectivism-socialism inherent in mandatory insurance. This private sector collectivism-socialism is not nearly as extensive in the EU economies and thus we have the never admitted fact that those economies, in spite of public sector collectivism-socialism, are actually far less collectivistic-socialistic than ours and this also shows up in the fact that they channel vast resources into maintaining beautiful homes in sharp contrast to the ever growing squalor of America's giant tragedy of trailer homes, hovels, shacks and other forms of slums and the general run-down state of human habitation from coast to coast. So, back to the drawing board for Barro.

Well-Written, interesting, but also a bit narcissistic.......2004-08-29

Barro writes well, Barro has a lot of interesting things to say, but before you get to the interesting part, which consists of Barro's enlightened and reasonable views on various economic topics, you must hack through the self-serving, and in some cases embarrassingly self-serving, first third of the book.

In the first third of the book, Barro shares his personal experiences with several eminent economists, along with a couple of not-so-eminent economists, such as Bono and Joe DiMaggio. We learn, for example, that no one except Bob Lucas is allowed to smoke in Barro's university office. And we learn that Lucas' ex-wife was able to collect half his Nobel winnings.

Interesting, perhaps, but not welcome in a book sub-titled "Economic Ideas for the New Millennium", especially when such 'insights' take up many, many pages of the book.

Some of Lucas' stories unintentionally (I think!) characterize their subjects as selfish and conceited. In another story about Bob Lucas, we learn that the famed economist had promised to speak at one of Barro's seminars but then called him the night before to say he couldn't make it because all of the smoking seats in the coach section of the plane were taken. Lucas agreed to come only when Barro gave him more money to ride first-class. It's ironic that Lucas was quoted earlier in the book as saying "a deal's a deal" - unless it's not, I guess.

Consider all these stories and reminiscences in the first third of the book as your rite of passage to the far superior remainder of the book, where Barro writes about various social and fiscal issues through the lens of his free-market economic theory. These 100 or so pages somewhat make up for the vapidness of the previous 70 pages.

I'm glad I bought the book and read it, but it's really not worth the cover price for just 100 pages of good stuff.

365 ways you can make the world a better place in the new millennium: Contest-winning ideas by kids for kids!

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365 ways you can make the world a better place in the new millennium: Contest-winning ideas by kids for kids!
Peggy Gavan
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4000, The Fifth Milenium, Six Revolooshunairy Iedeeas

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4000, The Fifth Milenium, Six Revolooshunairy Iedeeas
Timothy F. Travis
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Please see web site: www.raenbo.com. This book presents six transformational ideas to take us stronger into the new millennium; -- base 12 numbering plus a new system of weights and measure using base 12 arithmetic, -- phonetic English spelling, -- a new calendar, -- a new type of academic diploma, -- yearly citizenship ribbons, -- and the Circle of the Two Truths which is a discussion of the differences between spiritual truth and scientific truth.

The Balanced Engineer: Entering the New Millennium : Essential Ideas for Career Development

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The Balanced Engineer: Entering the New Millennium : Essential Ideas for Career Development
IEEE
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A Century of Psychology: Progress, Paradigms and Prospects for the New Millennium

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A Century of Psychology: Progress, Paradigms and Prospects for the New Millennium
Ireland) European Congress of Psychology 1997 (Dublin
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This century has witnessed an explosive growth in psychology that has changed irrevocably our conception of what it means to be human. Many of its concepts have been assimilated into popular culture and it is one of the most widely read subjects in higher education. A Century of Psychology takes a critical look at these achievements, disappointments, divisions and breakthroughs that a hundred years of activity in the discipline has produced. As we reach the end of this first century of psychology, this volume also takes a look at what humankind might expect from psychology in the future.

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The last millennium saw rapid change, spreading globalization, and shifting populations. These have posed moral, ethical, and social dilemmas that have challenged the very foundations of our beliefs and radically changed our way of life. In this volume, some of the world's greatest thinkers in philosophy, music, religion, and the arts share their insights on the future shape of human civilization. How can old cultural legacies fit new contexts? Can there be a universalist values coexist with local differentiation? Are literature and music still relevant in a world where technology is dominant? By discussing these important issues in an interdisciplinary framework, these scholars have provided a provisional blueprint for our new society.

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Superficial and boring work.......2003-08-21

This is meant to be an inter-disciplinary work, which should have been quite interesting. Yet, the authors here did the job in such a way that, although the book covers a wide range of matters, the treatment that any subject received is superficial. One can't obtain much insight from the book.

Also, the book is written in a rather boring tone, and there is much room for improvement as regards the language. As a result, it doesn't make very easy reading, too. I don't think I would recommend it to anyone.

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