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First published 1986 Fifth Reprint 2004 No Copyright no prior permission is required from the publisher to reproduce this book in any form or to translate it into any language. Printed in india.
First published 1986 Fifth Reprint 2004 No Copyright no prior permission is required from the publisher to reproduce this book in any form or to translate it into any language. Printed in india.
I n the Encyclopaedia o] Ignorance some 60 well-known scientists survey different fields of research, trying to pornt out significant gaps in our knowledge of the world.
The history of pofitical philosophy from Plato until the present day makes plain that modern political philosophy is still faced with the basic problems (14/695).
If we agree that the Bible is a work of collective authorship, only Mohammad rivals Marx in the number of professed and devoted followers recruited by a single author. And the competition is not really very close. The followers of Marx now far outnumber the sons of the Prophet.
John Kenneth Galbraith, The Age of Uncertainty
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MEMORISING ABILITY: Men have a greater ability to memorise and process mathematical information than women but females are better with words, a Soviet scientist says, reports UPI. 'Men dominate mathematical subjects due to the peculiarities of their memory', Dr Vladimir Konovalov told the Tass news agency.
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It is the 150th anniversary of Malthus's death. and his grim predictions have not yet come true. The world's population has doubled and redoubled in a geometrical progression as he foresaw. only slightly checked by wars and other catastrophes, and now stands at about eight times the total when he wrote. But food production has more than kept pace. and the present generation of humanity is on average the best fed in history.
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Those who seek among modern data for proof of the veracity of the Holy Scriptures will find a magnificent illustration of the verses of the Quran dealing with the Pharoah's body by visiting the Royal Mummies Room of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo!
He said that children will be healthier if conceived when the wind is in the north. One gathers that the two Mrs Aristotles both had to run out and look at the weathercock every evening before going to bed (p. 17).
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It is shown that the sun moves in an orbit, but no indication is given as to what this orbit might be in relation to the Earth. At the time of the Qur'anic Revelation, it was thought that the Sun moved while the Earth stood still. This was the system of geocentrism that had held sway since the time of Ptolemy, second century B.C., and was to continue to do so untill Copernicus in the sixteenth century A.D. Although people supported this concept at the time of Muhammad, it does not appear anywhere in the Our'an, either here or elsewhere (p. 159).
Honey is a powerful destroyer of germs which produce human diseases. It was not untill the twentieth century, however, that this was demonstrated scientifically. Dr. W.G. Sackett, formerly with the Colorado Agricultural College at Fort Collins. attempted to prove that honey was a carrier of disease much like milk. To his surprise. all the disease germs he introduced into pure honey were quickly destroyed. The germ that causes typhoid fever died in pure honey after 48 hours' exposure. Enteritidis, causing intestinal inflation. lived 48 hours. A hardy germ which causes broncho-pheumonia and septicemia held out for four days. Bacillus coli Communis which under certain conditions causes peritonitis. was dead on the fifth day of experiment. According to Dr. Bodog Beck. there are many other germs equally destructible in honey. The reason for this bactericidal quality in honey. he said. is in its hygroscopic ability. It literally draws every particle of moisture out of germs. Germs. like any other living organism. perish without water. This power to absorb moisture is almost unlimited. Honey will draw moisture from metal. glass. and even stone rocks.
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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occured to him to verify this statement by examining his wive's mouths (p. 17).
Einstein's theory of relativity declares that gravity controls the behaviour of planets, stars, galaxies and the universe itself and does it in a predictable manner.
The quantum mechanics theory maintains that. at the atomic level, matter behaves randomly.
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