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.

Governing Fortune: Casino Gambling in America

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Governing Fortune: Casino Gambling in America
Ernest P. Goss , and Edward A. Morse
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Governing Fortune: Casino Gambling in America provides the background needed for citizens and policymakers to make informed decisions about gambling in America.

Edward A. Morse and Ernest P. Goss draw on their legal and economic experience to offer important insights to those wrestling with the policy dilemmas presented by legalized gambling. Rather than a polemic against gambling or an apology for it, Governing Fortune is an acute analysis of the industry, designed to help policymakers and interested citizens make informed choices.

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Concepts, methods and techniques of statistical physics in the study of correlated, as well as uncorrelated, phenomena are being applied ever increasingly in the natural sciences, biology and economics in an attempt to understand and model the large variability and risks of phenomena. This is the first textbook written by a well-known expert that provides a modern up-to-date introduction for workers outside statistical physics. The emphasis of the book is on a clear understanding of concepts and methods, while it also provides the tools that can be of immediate use in applications. Although this book evolved out of a course for graduate students, it will be of great interest to researchers and engineers, as well as to post-docs in geophysics and meteorology.

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very complete.......2005-08-11

As I am teaching the statistical mechanics part of a graduate class in mathematics,I was looking for a textbook on complex systems & statistical physics with derivations, intuitions, and some physical examples. I did not realize that I was looking too far --Sornette, with hom I correspond regularly, is well known for his contributions and his prolific output (actually some physicists make fun of the quantity of papers he writes). So his book did not come to mind. I once stumbled on a problem with the derivation of preferential attachments;he recommended his book, which I took with a grain a salt. After spending some time working the derivations on scalable laws, extreme value theory, renormalization groups in this book, I elected to use it as my textbook. There is no equivalent. I have a dozen such yellow manuals; this one is complete and ultimately clearest.
I do not know of a better textbook.

One of the best textbooks ever written for graduate students.......2004-04-09

Didier Sornette who is potentialy nobelisable realises with this book a great present for everybody interested to the recent progresses toward the physics of critical phenomena.
Particularly, it shows the way that some seismologists follow toward the ultimate goal to predict the event of large earthquakes. If this task was impossible yesterday,Didier Sornette shows that it is now became realisable.

A must for understanding complexity.......2001-09-06

Sornette's book is quite an achievement both in quantity and
quality. The presentation remains informal and quite readable; it reads like a physics textbook, not a math textbook. The references are very extensive (a total of 832! altogether) and they are a very valuable component of the book. In fact much of the book is about the reference material. You might choose to read the book instead of the 832 references... I think this is
the point...

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University of Minnesota Law School : Game Theory and the Law promises to be the definitive guide to the field. It provides a highly sophisticated yet exceptionally clear explanation of game theory, with a host of applications to legal issues. The authors have not only synthesized the existing scholarship, but also created the foundation for the next generation of research in law and economics."
--Daniel A. Farber

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Great analysis of common strategic behavior problems.......2001-12-27

This is a great example of how the rigor of game theory can give startling insights into outcomes of common situations. Although I'm no mathematician or economist, all business people are at some point required to base their decisions on how they think others will behave. This book provides some great frameworks for structuring that thought process.

Unique.......2001-11-08

Altough it's often just theory, is a unique book, rxpressing the Chicago school's view on law. Do not expect something you can use practically.

A pathbreaking work of importance and clarity.......1998-05-01

This book popularizes and extends a new approach (non-cooperative game theory) to the economic analysis of law. Readable and concise, this book is a must for students and scholars wishing to understand the ways in which legal rules can be usefully modeled as non-cooperative games. As a professor in the discipline, I am awed by the important and brilliant scholarship presented in this book with superb skill.

Litigation and Settlement in a Game With Incomplete Information: An Experimental Study (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)

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Litigation and Settlement in a Game With Incomplete Information: An Experimental Study (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)
Wolfgang Ryll
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The book investigates a two-person game of litigation and settlement with incomplete information on one side. The experimental design allows investigation of how subjects solve the bargaining problem. A prominence level analysis is applied to the data and suggests that subjects tend to choose "round" numbers. It is shown that there exists a correlation between machiavellianism and subjects' adjustment behaviour in the game. The learning behaviour is discussed extensively. Plaintiffs' acceptance limits polarize at the beginning of the second play. A model of learning direction theory applied to explain subjects's behaviour over the course of the game.

Real Options and Intellectual Property: Capital Budgeting Under Imperfect Patent Protection (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)

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Real Options and Intellectual Property: Capital Budgeting Under Imperfect Patent Protection (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems)
Philipp N. Baecker
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Over the last years, due to intensive competition in the knowledge economy, legal aspects surrounding intellectual property (IP) rights - including litigation and settlement - have continuously gained in importance. Correspondingly, professional IP management has become an indispensable element of successful value-based management (VBM) in research-intensive firms.

With this text, the author proposes an integrated approach to patent risk and capital budgeting in pharmaceutical research and development (R and D), developing an option-based view (OBV) of imperfect patent protection, which draws upon contingent-claims analysis, stochastic game theory, as well as novel numerical methods. Bridging a widening gap between recent advances in the theory of financial analysis and current challenges faced by pharmaceutical companies, the text re-initiates a discussion about the contribution of quantitative frameworks to value-based R and D management.

Criminal Dilemmas: Understanding and Preventing Crime (Studies in Economic Theory)

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Towards a More Cooperative Society
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Criminal Dilemmas: Understanding and Preventing Crime (Studies in Economic Theory)
Katri K. Sieberg
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Fighting crime breeds emotional responses which often lead to counter-productive government policy. To allow a rational analysis of these important concerns, this book employs the thinking of economics, political science, and game theory to develop new perspectives on crime and its causes. A basic assumption is that the criminal is a rational actor who makes decisions based on his or her personal expected gains and costs. By using this assumption, predictions about behaviour as well as emotional concerns such as prostitution and gun control are given a theoretical perspective. By understanding the strategic variables which cause, for example, gang wars and drug sales, we are better equipped to design effective public policy.

In the new edition, a chapter on police corruption has been added. The Gangs chapter has been updated and focuses more on evaluating competing hypotheses about gang organization and activity.

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Towards a More Cooperative Society.......2002-01-10

I highly recommend this book and ask you to help me bring it to the attention of our law makers and legal authorities. This is an important book for our times, in my humble opinion, about the ironic reality that some of our laws create rational motives to commit crime in spite of any well meaning intention to the contrary. In essence, Sieberg contributes to the development of a field of social research which shows the way towards a more cooperative society, which is exactly what one Princeton University philosopher, Peter Singer, recently called for in his book, _A Darwinian Left: Politics, Evolution, and Cooperation_ (see pg. 47).

Sieberg is full of surprises. She ignores the emotional and moral aspects of a few select current issues, and goes straight to the rational self interested calculations of the hypothetical individual who is considering whether to be content to earn the going legal wage (perhaps slave wages), or to commit a potentially much more profitable crime. That list of current issues includes mandatory prison sentencing, the three strikes and you're out laws, the privatization of prisons, prostitution, drugs, gangs, and gun control. On the basis of this analysis she makes a few suggestions as to what may be better and more rational legal policy; for example, regarding prison sentencing and alternative means of punishing criminals, she concludes with the following:

"This analysis indicates that a hybrid policy of imprisoning violent criminals and imposing alternative sentences on nonviolent criminals would be superior in terms of fulfilling society's goals. The maintenance of the prisons for violent offenders would provide protection of the public, both by incapacitation of those who are violent and by deterring others from the use of violence. Alternative sentencing [such as community service and repaying the victim with the earnings] could yield an improvement over the current system in terms of retribution, rehabilitation, and deterrence - but only if done seriously and carefully. Importantly, this more positive form of sentencing [as opposed to imprisonment], involving some form of repayment, reduces the individual and social cost of crime."
--page 33.

This book appears to be an expansion of work the author began as a student of Donald Saari, who is currently perhaps the world's leading mathematician in the field of social choice theory. My personal interest in this book stems from reading Saari's latest book, _Decisions and Elections_ (Cambridge University Press, 2001), where he briefly describes the nature of some of Sieberg's results, and explains how those results are related to the unintended loss of crucial but available information or action, and how that screws up decision making processes and public policies.

Using the tools of theoretical economics and decision theory with some basic algebra and calculus, Sieberg helps us look at the decision making process of those who consider whether to commit this crime or that, or no crime at all. We see the world through the eyes of the rational criminal, or potential criminal, and are surprised to see how some laws actually create incentives for increased crime. Beginning with the famous "Prisoner's Dilemma," an important abstract model of decision making, Sieberg formalizes the rational strategic thinking of criminals and potential criminals, and shows how they may calculate the probable costs and benefits of their various legal and illegal options.

Consider the case of marijuana sales or prostitution, where Sieberg notes that both the buyer and seller are committing a crime. What happens if one of them is ripped off by the other? They don't have legal recourse, of course, given that they prefer to avoid imprisonment, public humiliation or a fine. Sieberg shows how this sort of situation arises throughout the underground economic world, and this creates a force which tends to create and grow criminal gangs, pimps, etc., to which they may turn for justice. It is widely recognized that the mafia in the US is largely a child of the underground economy which was created by the prohibition of alcohol. We were soon forced to recognize our mistake in that case, but we apparently haven't fully learned our lesson yet. According to Sieberg's analysis, the current prohibition of drugs and prostitution fosters a similar crime laden underground economy.

Towards a More Cooperative Society.......2002-01-08

I highly recommend this book and ask you to help me bring it to the attention of our law makers and legal authorities. This is an important book for our times, in my humble opinion. It is about the ironic reality that some of our laws create rational motives to commit crime, in spite of any well meaning intention to reduce crime. In essence, Sieberg contributes to the development of a field of social research which shows the way towards a more cooperative society, which is exactly what one Princeton University philosopher, Peter Singer, recently called for in his book, _A Darwinian Left: Politics, Evolution, and Cooperation_ (see pg. 47).

Sieberg is full of surprises. She ignores the emotional and moral aspects of a few select c urrent issues, and goes straight to the rational self interested calculations of the hypothetical individual who is considering whether to be content to earn the going legal wage (perhaps slave wages), or to commit a potentially much more profitable crime. That list of current issues includes mandatory prison sentencing, the three strikes and you're out laws, the privatization of prisons, prostitution, drugs, gangs, and gun control. On the basis of this analysis she makes a few suggestions as to what may be better and more rational legal policy; for example, regarding prison sentencing and alternative means of punishing criminals, she concludes with the following:

This analysis indicates that a hybrid policy of imprisoning violent criminals and imposing alternative sentences on nonviolent criminals would be superior in terms of fulfilling society's goals. The maintenance of the prisons for violent offenders would provide protection of the public, both by incapacitation of those who are violent and by deterring others from the use of violence. Alternative sentencing such as community service and repaying the victim with the earnings could yield an improvement over the current system in terms of retribution, rehabilitation, and deterrence - but only if done seriously and carefully. Importantly, this more positive form of sentencing [as opposed to imprisonment], involving some form of repayment, reduces the individual and social cost of crime.--page 33.

Using the tools of theoretical economics and decision theory, Sieberg helps us look at the decision making process of those who consider whether to commit this crime or that, or no crime at all. We see the world through the eyes of the rational criminal, or potential criminal, and are surprised to see how some laws actually create incentives for increased crime. Beginning with the famous Prisoner's Dilemma, an important abstract model of decision making, Sieberg formalizes the rational strategic thinking of criminals and potential criminals, and shows how they may calculate the probable costs and benefits of their various legal and illegal options.

Consider the case of marijuana sales or prostitution, where both the buyer and seller are committing a crime. What happens if one of them is ripped off by the other? They don't have legal recourse, of course, given that they prefer to avoid imprisonment, public humiliation or a fine. This sort of situation arises throughout the underground economic world, and this creates a force which tends to create and grow criminal gangs, pimps, etc., to which they may turn for justice. It is widely recognized that the mafia in the US is largely a child of the underground economy which was created by the prohibition of alcohol. We were soon forced to recognize our mistake in that case, but we haven't fully learned our lesson yet. The current prohibition of drugs and prostitution fosters a similar crime laden underground economy, but those bad policies remain with us to this day.

There is room for criticism, of course. The author takes issue after issue, and argues that a consequence of prohibiting that product or activity will likely be to foster a black market. This may be true, it seems to me, but aren't there cases where there is no better alternative to prohibiting it? How about the case of human slavery, or the sale of the flesh of chimpanzees and other nonhuman great apes in gourmet restaurants? What is the difference between slavery and alcohol, which makes one (apparently) immune to the black market argument, but not the other? Isn't there a similar argument that the prohibition of slavery or chimpanzee dinners creates a black market incentive? I suppose that the difference is that there are some extenuating circumstances that need to taken into account, whatever they may be, which clearly tip the scale in favor of the prohibition of slavery or chimpanzee steaks, but not alcohol. I suspect that the relevant differences lie in the "victimless crime nature of prostitution, drugs and alcohol, on the one hand, and in the overridingly strong interest of vulnerable individuals, on the other hand, against being legally categorized and treated as mere property. That is, I suppose the essential difference is in the relative strength of the interests of the victim and the offender, which relates back to Saari's book and his analysis of Amartya Sen's Theorem regarding the conflict between individual and societal rights.

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Games Creditors Play: Collecting from Overextended Consumers
Winton E. Williams
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Hi.......2002-03-14

This accurately describes the 'behind the scenes' nonsense that is going on when creditors bug you. The bottom line in most cases is - all talk, no action. I cant even take those creditor clowns seriously after reading the book.

The book itself is great. Unfortunately its written in the "college analysis" style which makes for difficult reading. Keep a dictionary close by. It goes into all the probability formulas and whatnot. However there is good info for the layman in here. I doubt there is any other book out there with as much info on creditor collections. The title says it all.

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Decision Analysis, Game Theory, and Information (University Casebook Series)
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"Decision Analysis, Game Theory, and Information" is a spin-off title from a new casebook written by a team of Harvard Law professors, "Analytical Methods for Lawyers," which was written to provide law students with an overview of basic business and finance principles necessary for the study of law.

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The U.S.-Mexico border is the busiest in the world, the longest and most dramatic meeting point of a rich and poor country, and the site of intense confrontation between law enforcement and law evasion. Border control has changed in recent years from a low-maintenance and politically marginal activity to an intensive campaign focusing on drugs and migrant labor. Yet the unprecedented buildup of border policing has taken place in an era otherwise defined by the opening of the border, most notably through NAFTA. This contrast creates a borderless economy with a barricaded border.

Peter Andreas argues that the sharp escalation in law enforcement provides a political mechanism for coping with the unintended consequences of past policy choices. Law enforcement is enthusiastically embraced as a remedy for the very problems state practices have helped to create. The high-profile display of force, Andreas emphasizes, has ultimately been less about deterring illegal crossings and more about re-crafting the image of the border and symbolically reaffirming the state's territorial authority.

Extending the analysis to the borders of the European Union, Andreas identifies different forms of law enforcement escalation that reflect distinct historical legacies and regional contexts. Andreas challenges the notion that borders are irrelevant in an age of globalization and stresses that, rather than eroding, some critical borders are being reinforced and remade.

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Wake up America, and smell the Government Corruption!.......2005-05-24

What the heck is our Congress thinking of???? This book clearly lays out how easy it will be for terrorist to get us by easily crossing the border at will. Why is this still so??? If you like this book you should also read, "U.S. Customs, Badge of Dishonor" another narrative of our Government's border blunders.

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