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.

Io After Galileo: A New View of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences)

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Io After Galileo: A New View of Jupiter's Volcanic Moon (Springer Praxis Books / Geophysical Sciences)
Rosaly M.C. Lopes , and John R. Spencer
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ASIN: 3540346813

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Written by experts in the field, many of whom took part in the Galileo mission, the book reviews the basics about Io and its unique space environment. Coverage includes all subjects, where the Galilio mission has shed new light on, with some emphasis on Io's most remarkable characteristics: its active volcanism. Written primarily for planetary scientists this book will also benefit volcanologists in general and newcomers wishing to specialize in this field of research.

Meet Sailor Jupiter: Thunder (Sailor Moon Scout Guide)

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A THUNDERBOLT OF GREAT LITERATURE!
Meet Sailor Jupiter: Thunder
The Many Sides of Jupiter
Sailor Moon
Better ^_^

Meet Sailor Jupiter: Thunder (Sailor Moon Scout Guide)

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A THUNDERBOLT OF GREAT LITERATURE!.......2006-09-25

Lita is one of my favorite sailor scouts and this book shows all about her. It shows not only the side of her you usually see but the ice skateing, dancing, cooking, very femenine Lita. I did get a little mixed info about her though. In the book it says she is an orphan which is what I hear most of the time but in an episode os Sailor Moon S she said she couldn't have a cat because her mom was alergic. Oh well the rest is great! But sometimes you need to turn the book sideways to read the text by the pictures.

Meet Sailor Jupiter: Thunder.......2006-07-10

This book is about Makoto Kino/Lita Kino, Sailor Jupiter. It has:
A comic of how Makoto became Sailor Jupiter.
Pictures of "Jupiter Star Power"
Pictures of her superpowers
Usagi(Serena)'s photo gallery of Makoto pictures
5 of Makoto's best stories
Information about Jupiter
50 questions with Makoto's answer
Pictures of all the other Sailor Soldiers
Pictures of Makoto's other friends
Pictures of Makoto with Usagi
A list of some of the battles
Poems

Most of the answers to the 50 questions were also in Sailor Moon manga #10, and if you're a fan of the show you'll probably already know the transformation and powers. I already did, but I still liked the book, even though I knew a lot of the things in it. I've read it several times, along with the others.
This series includes:
Meet Sailor Moon: Crystal
Meet Sailor Venus: Love
Meet Sailor Mercury: Ice
Meet Sailor Mars: Fire
Meet Sailor Jupiter: Thunder
P.S. They should make books for Rini/Chibi Usa (Sailor Mini Moon), Haruka(Amara)/Sailor Uranus, Michiru(Michelle)/Sailor Neptune, Setsuna(Tresta)/Sailor Pluto, Hotaru/Sailor Saturn, and Mamoru(Darien)/Tuxedo Mask. I would buy them, too. Hotaru is one of my favorite characters.

The Many Sides of Jupiter.......2004-10-23

This book shows the many sides of Sailor Jupiter, including her tomboy side, feminine side, romantic side, friendly side, and possibly everyones' favorite side, the strong, protective side of her that beats up bullies, and destroys monsters. My favorite parts of this book were 50 Secrets Of Sailor Jupiter, and the few pictures scattered around the book that show Lita's Japanese-style lunches...yum! I love how, like I said above, Sailor Jupiter is a mix of so many different types of girl. It makes her Scout Guide one of my favorites.

I FINALLY figured out why the stories in the Scout Guides are in such an odd order. You're supposed to read them like you would a manga book, from right to left. I can't say the same for the attacks and transformations, though, which are in rather poor order. You have to have watched Sailor Moon a lot to know what order certain things go in; but if you're a really big Sailor Moon fan, you probably won't enjoy this book anyway, because it basically just talks about stuff you'll already know from watching the TV series.

I would recommend this book to Jupiter fans who haven't seen too much of the show, or any Jupiter fan who wants information about their favorite Sailor Scout in a handy book to keep.

CAUTION: This book contains very mature content, and should not be freely read by younger children.

Sailor Moon.......2004-09-13

I used to like Sailor Moon about...maybe three or four years ago. It was my favorite show, and I'd have a fit if I missed it! I collected the books, action figures, I even had a poster.

Then I started noticing things, and so did my mom. Like most Japanese animation shows today, Sailor Moon started out as a really trashy comic, but unlike the others, they carried the trash into the TV show, and the other books, too.

If I were to name what was in those books, someone would probably report my review. I advise parents, and kids getting into Sailor Moon, don't buy the books, toys, nothing!

Here are some other anime shows I would recommend (I wouldn't recommend any anime comics, including comics about the shows I'm getting ready to name. I'm also not going to get into every detail about these shows, so it is possible you'll find something you don't like in one when you watch it.):

DragonBall Z
Yu-Gi-Oh
Pok'emon
Totally Spies

P.S. This book is no exception to the trash.

P.P.S. Sorry, if you like Sailor Moon, but please don't tell others I'm wrong, because I'm not! Trust me!

Better ^_^.......2003-10-15

Sailor Jupiter's scout guide is pretty good. It's detailed, the information is correct, and the pictures look fabulous! The guide also lists all of Sailor Jupiter's attacks, her fashion sense, and fifty secrets about Lita! (Sailor Jupiter) But there are some downsides to this book. T_T Pictures are all over the place, with words written on the sides of the pictures. So, you have to flip the book around in order to read it. (Which can hurt your neck after awhile ^-^;) Some of the book leaves out entire parts on the epoisode summries. And also, sometimes the book has subbed version terms in it. Like 'Dark Kingdom' is supposed to be the 'Negaverse". So if you're not familar with the subbed version or manga version of SM, you might get a little confused. ^^; Anyhoo, you should buy this scout guide!

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I nominate Munro for the Nobel Prize
provides great perspectives to the perplexities of everyday

The Moons of Jupiter
Alice Munro
Manufacturer: Vintage
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ASIN: 0679732705
Release Date: 1991-05-07

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In these piercingly lovely and endlessly surprising stories by one of the most acclaimed current practitioners of the art of fiction, many things happen: there are betrayals and reconciliations, love affairs consummated and mourned. But the true events in The Moons Of Jupiter are the ways in which the characters are transformed over time, coming to view their past selves with an anger, regret, and infinite compassion that communicate themselves to us with electrifying force.

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I nominate Munro for the Nobel Prize.......2006-10-19

I won't tell you what to look for or how to feel when you read Alice Munro. If you've never encountered her before, The Moons of Jupiter is the best place to start, early Munro at the height of her evocative powers. Don't turn to the Selected Stories first. Each of Munro's books is a suite of stories, interlocking in themes and often in characters, on the model of a sonata, a suite of musical movements. The experience of reading the whole suite is more powerful than the sum of the separate stories. Perhaps the story-suite is the successor to the floundering form of the modern novel.
By the way, Munro is admittedly a woman writng about women for women to read, but I'm an outdoors guy, a baseball fan, a weight-lifter, and at least until my son was born something of a rascal, despite all of which I rank Alice Munro very high among my favorite fiction writers.

provides great perspectives to the perplexities of everyday.......1999-03-13

In The Moons of Jupiter, Munro clearly reveals the universal perplexities of our everyday lives. The characters have a rich realness to them and must be commended for their candid honesty. The strength of this book lies in Munro's ability to create a genuine perspective in which the reader has no choice than to become emotionally connected to the characters. I enjoyed these stories because there are many "grey areas" in which the reader must rely on his own experiences to draw conclusions. There are no definative endings to these stories. They are written in such a way that there is often a fine line between hope and despondence; only the reader's morals and values can recognize one from the other.

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A nice picture book of probe-photos, with a disappointing text. 4.4 stars
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Mythology and poetic descriptions
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humanities and science integrated

The Moons of Jupiter
Kristin Leutwyler , and John R. Casani
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A spectacular tour of the moons of Jupiter in 106 stunning NASA images.

Launched in 1989, Project Galileo is NASA's most ambitious interplanetary mission to date. The Galileo spacecraft is scheduled to crash into Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere in September 2003, nearly nine years after it entered orbit around the mighty planet. During this time, Galileo made a number of startling discoveries and transmitted more than 6,000 images of Jupiter and its many moons.

This book explores Jupiter's moons: Io, which simmers with more than 100 active cauldrons and spews lava fountains some 5,000 feet high; Europa, encrusted with salt-stained ice that may hide a once-living subterranean sea; Ganymede, the only moon in our solar system known to generate its own magnetic field; and Callisto, which may harbor a buried ocean and is one of the oldest and possibly unchanged places in our solar system; as well as Jupiter's so-called inner moons and thirty-two additional minor moons. It shows that the Jovian system is like none we know. 106 color illustrations.

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A nice picture book of probe-photos, with a disappointing text. 4.4 stars.......2006-01-26

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A nice picture book of, you guessed it.... basically Galileo's Big Four, but with a few of the minor moons tossed in for extra flavor. Photos from all the probes so far (to 2002), with a nice variety of surface features. Sure, you can get all these (and a lot more!) online, but there's a lot to be said for a book (especially if you're still on dialup), and an editor's discerning eye. The color printing is pretty good, as good as the 'originals' (slow-scan digital TV images, transmitted a long, long way, and *heavily* processed).

The one big flaw, in my opinion, is the self-consciously arty text, heavy on classical allusions (to the mythical names, mostly). But these are easily skimmed or skipped. The big strength is a good selection of probe-photos, nicely reproduced & reasonably priced. Given the widespread dissatisfaction expressed in the reviews below, however, it might be best to borrow it from your library before buying.

Per RA Levien's review, "...the book is printed on the too-glossy paper of low-quality coffee table books that makes is prone to smudging and glare, so the few decent images the book contains are hard to enjoy." This isn't true of the copy (first edition, first printing) in front of me, a well-used library copy.

Happy reading--
Peter D. Tillman
Consulting Geologist, Tucson & Santa Fe (USA)

Look Further..........2004-03-06

Say your time (and money) and buy Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes by Michael Benson which covers the same ground and more.

Mythology and poetic descriptions.......2003-12-30

This book suffers greatly from the text - poetic descriptions of the images ('...notice there are white gossamer snow flake patterns with jewel-like rays over a greenish background...') (my paraphrase) are annoying - the images are there to see for ourselves. Extensive mythological backgrounds for the names (of which there are a very large number) of every moon, every crater, every mountain ('...W who is the son of the god of X and married the goddess of fate Z and then killed Z's father after he...') (paraphrase) are usually as long as the accounts of scientific facts. A three paragraph blurb will have one of mythology, one of poetic description, and one will be informative. Buy this book for the pictures.

An Artist's Opinion.......2003-12-16

I recently came across a copy of The Moons of Jupiter and found it to be a remarkably useful book for my purposes. As an artist I was especially appreciative of both the variety of the imagery and the innovative layout of a number of the pages, some of which could pass for works of art themselves. Although I know little about astronomy, I enjoyed the mix of mythology and science in the accompanying text . The Moons of Jupiter is a welcome addition to my visual resource library.

humanities and science integrated.......2003-12-03

I loved this book. The graceful writing links the images from the spacecraft to the myth, art, and poetry inspired by the subjects of these images.

Terror on the Moons of Jupiter (Tom Swift (Old Series Paperback))

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Great Introduction to Sci-Fi for Youngsters

Terror on the Moons of Jupiter (Tom Swift (Old Series Paperback))
Victor, II Appleton
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Great Introduction to Sci-Fi for Youngsters.......2003-03-18

This particular incarnation of the Tom Swift series is a great place for young boys to discover science fiction. The stories are entertaining and do a good job of holding one's attention, plus the author attempts (with varied success) to weave in actual science here and there. I say the books are good for young boys because the protagonist is of course Tom Swift, and the format the adventure-story favored by many young boys, but the character Anita does offer a strong (but almost tomboyish) female role as well.

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A good science fiction adventure for youth, even if dated........1999-06-09

This is the fifth book in the Lucky Starr series, originally published under the pseudonym Paul French. In this volume, Starr and Bigman Jones travel to a moon of Jupiter to discover the cause of a series of accidents on a secret project to develop a space craft with an antigravity engine. They uncover a spy of Earth's enemy, Sirius. Jupiter IX is called Adrastea in the novel; however, now Adrastea is referred to as Jupiter XV (more (16) satellites are known now than were known in 1957). It is one of the closest moons to Jupiter's surface and could not be the moon referred to in the novel. In an introduction written in 1978, Asimov apologizes for some of the scientific inaccuracies in the story due to all of the new information that had been discovered since 1957. Besides the number of moons, Jupiter's magnetosphere would present severe difficulties to space travelers. The intense radiation field that surrounds Jupiter would be fatal to travelers unless some new method is available to counter the problem. It is also doubtful that the characters would have landed on Io due to its large degree of volcano activity (there are at least eight active volcanos). There is also evidence that Io forms a ring (or torus) around Jupiter consisting of ionized sulfur and oxygen. In 1989, it was discovered from infrared spectroscopy using Earth-based equipment that Io has hydrogen sulfide on its surface. The characters in the novel also land on Amalthea (Jupiter V). This moon, discovered in 1892, is small and has a low orbit. Also unknown in either 1957 and 1978 was the fact that Jupiter has a single faint ring encircling the planet, a ring not detected by Earth-based observatories.

ANALOG - Science Fiction Science Fact - Volume 109, number 10 - October Oct 1989: Sparrowhawk; The Man Who Funded the Moon; Hearts and Dandelions; Stellifying Jupiter; The Election of Deputy Dr. Doom; The Long Way Home; Useful Life

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ANALOG - Science Fiction Science Fact - Volume 109, number 10 - October Oct 1989: Sparrowhawk; The Man Who Funded the Moon; Hearts and Dandelions; Stellifying Jupiter; The Election of Deputy Dr. Doom; The Long Way Home; Useful Life
Stanley (editor) (Thomas A. Easton; Alexis A. Gilliland; Paula Robinson; Martyn J. Fogg; Francis Marion Soty; Doug Beason; Kevin O'Donnell Jr.) Schmidt
Manufacturer: Davis Publications
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ASIN: B000J5VMSA

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