Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook81 pages1 hour
Three Essays
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
“Genius goes viral”. Our understanding of the human genome has dramatically changed over the past fifteen years. It turns out that we may be more than the sum of the genes we are born with. The contribution of viruses to our phenotype is explored as is its relation to genius.
“And she told me what to say”. The place of the Beatles in the history of pop music is explored. It is seen from the perspective of a young boy who was just fifteen years old when they burst on the scene in England in 1963. Their greatest hit is fondly remembered.
“The little, red diary: memoir of a Liverpool supporter”. A small child becomes a Liverpool supporter. It’s a natural progression in his life driven by his love for his dad. The boy learns that his grandfather had been a professional footballer and had played for Liverpool. The team becomes an unbreakable bond between him and his dad.
“And she told me what to say”. The place of the Beatles in the history of pop music is explored. It is seen from the perspective of a young boy who was just fifteen years old when they burst on the scene in England in 1963. Their greatest hit is fondly remembered.
“The little, red diary: memoir of a Liverpool supporter”. A small child becomes a Liverpool supporter. It’s a natural progression in his life driven by his love for his dad. The boy learns that his grandfather had been a professional footballer and had played for Liverpool. The team becomes an unbreakable bond between him and his dad.
Unavailable
Related to Three Essays
Related ebooks
Recent Developments in European Thought Recent Developments in European Thought Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Eccentropedia: The Most Unusual People Who Have Ever Lived Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Anthropology of the Enlightenment Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCitizenship and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Germany Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA History of Science — Volume 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe migrations of early culture Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRevolution and Improvement: The Western World 1775-1847 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAncient Man in Britain Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRenaissance in Italy (Vol. 1-7): Complete Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Infancy of Atomic Physics: Hercules in His Cradle Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRenaissance in Italy: All 7 Volumes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPerception of Reality and the Fate of a Civilization: Ordinary People as Virtual Pioneers in Critical Times Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRevolutions in the Atlantic World, New Edition: A Comparative History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Renaissance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Renaissance in Italy (Complete 7 Volumes) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEngland in the Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century: Essays on Culture and Society Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsROSICRUCIANISM AND MODERN INITIATION: Mystery Centres of the Middle Ages. The Easter Festival and the History of the Mysteries Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMarriage and the Family in the Middle Ages Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fire in the Stone: Prehistoric Fiction from Charles Darwin to Jean M. Auel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCelebrity Across the Channel, 1750–1850 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Expansion of England: (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): Two Courses of Lectures Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The World of H.G. Wells Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPerfectibilists: The 18th Century Bavarian Order of the Illuminati Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Age of the Crisis of Man: Thought and Fiction in America, 1933–1973 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNeoclassicism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Outline of History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScience and the Modern World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Class Struggle in the Roman Republic Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related podcast episodes
Andrea Wulf on The Invention of Nature, Part 1: Humboldt's Naturegemälde 0% found this document usefulAndrea Wulf on Magnificent Rebels: The First Romantics and The Invention of The Self 0% found this document usefulVestiges of the Sky Gods: Considering Extraterrestrial Origins in Mesoamericans 0% found this document usefulAnalytic vs. Continental Philosophy — the Schism in Modern Philosophy 0% found this document usefulS2 #16 / Michael Le Flem on Visions of Atlantis 0% found this document useful65 - John David Ebert (Hypermodernity & Blade Runner 2049): Hypermodernity & Blade Runner 2049 0% found this document usefulAnomalous Introductions: From UFO Disclosure to the Dawning of the New World 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Encounters BBC History MagazineArticle
Encounters
Feb 18, 2021
3 min readInterview / Simon Schama BBC History MagazineArticle
Interview / Simon Schama
Jun 8, 2023
10 min readFalse Nostalgia ReasonArticle
False Nostalgia
Nov 19, 2021
12 min readThe Schlock Of The New The OldieArticle
The Schlock Of The New
Sep 22, 2021
Have you noticed that, as a group, prophets tend to be a grumpy lot? From Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Isaiah, right down to Carlyle, Ruskin, Spengler and beyond: gloominess and bad weather as far as the eye can see. There are many reasons for this, beginni
3 min readTheories Of Conspiracy Theories Fortean TimesArticle
Theories Of Conspiracy Theories
Jun 16, 2022
TO SEND REVIEW COPIES, CONTACT THE BOOK REVIEWS EDITOR AT DVBARRETT@FORTEANTIMES.COM Modern Myths, Conspiracy Theories and Pseudo-History Ronald H Fritze Reaktion Books 2022 Hb, 272pp, £20, ISBN 9781789145397 There has been growing interest in recent
3 min readFrom Isaac Newton to the Genius Bar: Why it’s time to retire the concept of genius. NautilusArticle
From Isaac Newton to the Genius Bar: Why it’s time to retire the concept of genius.
Oct 16, 2014
Geniuses are a dying breed. And yet, they seem to be all around us. We live at a time when commentators speak without irony of “ordinary genius” and claim to find it everywhere. From the “genius bar” at the local Apple Store to bestselling books that
8 min readMetaphysical Influences Fortean TimesArticle
Metaphysical Influences
Jan 25, 2024
11 min readProfessor Poeschl and the Electric Lightning Polymath Gay PagesArticle
Professor Poeschl and the Electric Lightning Polymath
Oct 25, 2021
6 min readHow Capitalism Shaped Our Modern Image of Dinosaurs Literary HubArticle
How Capitalism Shaped Our Modern Image of Dinosaurs
Oct 20, 2020
3 min read‘Archaeology Can Cover the Totality of the Human Story’ The AtlanticArticle
‘Archaeology Can Cover the Totality of the Human Story’
Aug 1, 2020
9 min readBOOKS & PODCASTS History RevealedArticle
BOOKS & PODCASTS
May 12, 2022
2 min readOn The Origin Of Species Had Been Banned? All About HistoryArticle
On The Origin Of Species Had Been Banned?
Nov 4, 2021
John is a retired science research leader at the Natural History Museum, London in marine biodiversity, ecology and evolution, and regent’s lecturer at the University of California. His book, The Fall Of Roman Britain And Why We Speak English, will b
5 min readThe Stranger Things That Gave Birth to Science NautilusArticle
The Stranger Things That Gave Birth to Science
Oct 27, 2017
4 min readMonsters, Marvels, and the Birth of Science: How the Unlikely and Unexplainable, Strange and Terrifying, Spawned the Age of Science.: How the unlikely and unexplainable, strange and terrifying, spawned the age of science. NautilusArticle
Monsters, Marvels, and the Birth of Science: How the Unlikely and Unexplainable, Strange and Terrifying, Spawned the Age of Science.: How the unlikely and unexplainable, strange and terrifying, spawned the age of science.
Aug 1, 2013
Finding regularity in nature is the bread and butter of science. We know that reptiles lay eggs, while mammals bear live young; the Earth revolves around the sun every 365.25 days; electrons glom onto protons like bears onto honey. But what if some o
11 min readThe Conspirasphere Fortean TimesArticle
The Conspirasphere
Aug 10, 2023
3 min readA Dizzying Labyrinth Of Credulity Fortean TimesArticle
A Dizzying Labyrinth Of Credulity
Jan 27, 2022
TO SEND REVIEW COPIES, CONTACT THE BOOK REVIEWS EDITOR AT DVBARRETT@FORTEANTIMES.COM From Oracles at Delphi to Spiritualism in America Loren Pankratz Prometheus Books 2021 Hb, £25, 472pp, ISBN 9781633886681 If you have ever asked yourself “How can an
11 min readBeneath The Feats Of Clay Country LifeArticle
Beneath The Feats Of Clay
Feb 7, 2024
5 min readScience History: Does Renaming A Building Rewrite Its Past? BBC Science Focus MagazineArticle
Science History: Does Renaming A Building Rewrite Its Past?
Jul 16, 2020
6 min readFunerary Facts Fortean TimesArticle
Funerary Facts
Sep 9, 2021
An Archæological History of Burial Grounds, Graveyards and Cemeteries Lorraine Evans Pen & Sword 2020 Hb, 216pp, £19.99. ISBN 9781526706676 Human funerary practice is as varied as every other aspect of culture, and the rites practised by one culture
8 min readNot Always Brotherly On The Square Fortean TimesArticle
Not Always Brotherly On The Square
Feb 25, 2021
TO SEND REVIEW COPIES, CONTACT THE BOOK REVIEWS EDITOR AT DVBARRETT@FORTEANTIMES.COM How Freemasons Made the Modern World John Dickie Hodder & Stoughton 2020 Hb, 454pp, £25, ISBN 9781473658196 Masons, Mysteries and the Founding of America (2nd edn) P
11 min readChallenging Orthodox Science Fortean TimesArticle
Challenging Orthodox Science
Jul 15, 2021
TO SEND REVIEW COPIES, CONTACT THE BOOK REVIEWS EDITOR AT DVBARRETT@FORTEANTIMES.COM Imants Barušs Imprint Academic 2021 Pb, 228pp, £14.95, ISBN 9781788360418 The late William Corliss was very fond of a particular quotation from the 19th-century psyc
11 min readUnfreezing The Ice Age Guardian WeeklyArticle
Unfreezing The Ice Age
Oct 29, 2021
14 min readFrom Coronavirus To The Climate: What It Means To Be A Scientist Today The IndependentArticle
From Coronavirus To The Climate: What It Means To Be A Scientist Today
Oct 16, 2020
18 min readBrave And Barmy New Worlds The Critic MagazineArticle
Brave And Barmy New Worlds
Jun 24, 2021
4 min readThe Dark Side Of The Renaissance All About HistoryArticle
The Dark Side Of The Renaissance
Apr 23, 2020
8 min readCommentary: Why Would Anyone Want A Paleo Diet? We’re Desperate For Half-truths About Human Origins Los Angeles TimesArticle
Commentary: Why Would Anyone Want A Paleo Diet? We’re Desperate For Half-truths About Human Origins
Apr 4, 2024
4 min readThe Intoxicating Other Worlds of the Encyclopedia Literary HubArticle
The Intoxicating Other Worlds of the Encyclopedia
Aug 13, 2019
8 min readOK Doomer: Why Spengler Matters The Critic MagazineArticle
OK Doomer: Why Spengler Matters
Apr 27, 2023
PERIODS OF UPHEAVAL ALWAYS bring their own prophets, divining doom or salvation for those around them and for the world at large. We have our fair share today, with various tellers of dire fortune warning of imminent environmental apocalypse, technol
7 min readThe Shock Of The Nude: How Art Embraced Nakedness | Jill Burke The GuardianArticle
The Shock Of The Nude: How Art Embraced Nakedness | Jill Burke
Sep 6, 2018
3 min readFrom Worms To Woke The Critic MagazineArticle
From Worms To Woke
May 26, 2022
HAVE WE BEEN HERE BEFORE? Now, in 2022, with war abroad and woke at home, we contemplate the bitter dissolution of the hopes of the late twentieth century. Five hundred years ago, in 1521, Martin Luther’s appearance at the Diet of Worms signalled the
5 min read
Reviews for Three Essays
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews