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.

Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Scientific Survival Skills)

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This book changed my working life for the better.
All in all, a good reference

Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower (Scientific Survival Skills)

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Many science students find themselves in the midst of graduate school or sitting at a lab bench, and realize that they hate lab work! Even worse is realizing that they may love science, but science (at least academic science) is not providing many job opportunities these days. What's a poor researcher to do !?
This book gives first-hand descriptions of the evolution of a band of hardy scientists out of the lab and into just about every career you can imagine. Researchers from every branch of science found their way into finance, public relations, consulting, business development, journalism, and more - and thrived there! Each author tells their personal story, including descriptions of their career path, a typical day, where to find information on their job, opportunities to career growth, and more. This is a must-read for every science major, and everyone who is looking for a way to break out of their career rut.

* An insider's look at the wide range of job opportunities for scientists yearning to leave the lab
* First-person stories from researchers who successfully made the leap from science into finance, journalism, law, public policy, and more.
* Tips on how to track down and get that job in a new industry
* Typical day scenarios for each career track
* List of resources (websites, associations, etc.) to help you in your search
* Completely revised, this latest edition includes six entirely new chapters

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Great reference book!.......2007-05-04

This book is a great source of information for graduate students and PhD's! I am currently a graduate student finishing up my thesis work in biomedical sciences. I decided that academia is not where I want to spend my future yet felt that I really did not know what other choices I had available that did not require yet another degree. There are far more career options available than I could have imagined on my own! I like that each career has a detailed description of a 'typical day' and what characteristics a person needs for each career. Also, each career alternative describes to varying degrees how we can start on those career paths. For the most part we can't expect to head our own venture capital firm or lead a business development team in a major pharmaceutical company after graduation. But we can certainly learn how best to go about getting to that stage at some point because the book describes what job skills are needed for each profession.

For those of us who like to do a little job searching in our spare time, a lot of chapters include websites where jobs are posted. This is a great source to find out what entry level positions are available for people looking to get out of the lab. Probably one of the most important things is I have learned from reading this book is that I have acquired a much bigger skill set than just how to do bench work. This book by no means informs us how to land the jobs we desire, but it is truely a great reference manual for those of us who are clueless about life outside of academia.

good overview.......2007-01-10

I am a postdoc searching for a new career to get into. Even though I love science I am tired about the politics and grant situations that get worse and worse. I bought this book and read it. Even though it of course does not cover all possibilities it gives you some good new ideas of what you could look into. It is written by people who actually did the step to leave science. Most of them describe you briefly what their way was like, give you some information on what their current job is like in comparison to their former science job (the pros and cons), describe an average workday and finally give you some information on how you could get there. Those chapters are great. But there are also some chapters in which the authors used the space to point out how great of a person they are and how they succeeded because of luck and courrage. Those chapters are less useful because they don't give you any information of how YOU could try to get to a similar position. However, they do show that life isn't over when you quit science. There are tons of possibilities out there waiting to be found by you. In summary: definetely a book to read if you are trying to decide if you want to stay in or leave science...

outdated already.......2006-05-31

The work environment for scientists changes quickly, and the path to changing careers changes as well. This book has been written by people who changed careers YEARS ago -- when minimal skill sets were sufficient to change careers. Learning how to use a word-processor in the 1980s was apparently enough to land you a job in writing or law. Knowing a bit of biology and how to use a computer was enough to get you into the field bioinformatics. Not anymore! This book offers little advice for what a competitive job market is like today, how and where to find employment, and what skills to acquire to take the plunge from lab to a different career.

This book changed my working life for the better........2003-02-08

As a recent Biology Ph.D. graduate, I am fortunate to have found this book about 1 year before graduation. I have always enjoyed biology, but my heart was just not in research, poring over the same project and data, day in and day out, 50 hours a week. Biology Ph.D.'s are, unfortunately, trained with tunnel vision in terms of career development. You are lead down a research path, and graduation represents a fork in the road: You can choose a life of academia following your mandatory postdocs, or you can immediately enter industry, following your mandatory postdocs.
For those who don't know, a postdoc is a type of internship following your graduation. You are the personal Igor for the head of the lab (usually a professor at a university or medical school). Hours are typically 6 days a week, 60 hours minimum, and earns about $35,000. You work on at lest 2-3 projects for the lab, and are expected to assist in training the new graduate students as well. In addition, you are expected to find your own grant money.
After the extreme stress of graduate work had been completed, call me crazy, but I decided an increase in stress was not what I wanted. Don't get me wrong; for those who love research, this is heaven, but not for me.
A year prior to graduation, I found this book. In my multiple years of study, no one had ever mentioned a sentence about any of the career options mentioned here, ALL of which were accessible to a Ph.D. student. About two dozen career options are mentioned here, from clinical research, to broadcast journalism, to sales...lots. Every career is discussed in detail from a personal account of someone who actually works in the field. Everything is discussed, from salary, hours, a typical day, to extra training and advancement opportunities.
This book did nothing short of change my career outlook from a pessimistic view of my science career to a wonderful new career in medical writing...earning twice as much as the postdoc I quit after one week. (If this doesn't appeal to you, there are plenty of other choices in this book.)
The book does not discuss EVERY option. The job I have now was not mentioned initially in the book. However, it opened my eyes, and got me started in this path. Spend the cash and buy it. Consider it a cheaper version of going to a great career counselor....or a psychiatrist.

All in all, a good reference.......2001-06-19

All in all, this book is a valuable reference for those pursuing biology and NOT intending to get an MD or to slave away for minimal pay at an academic lab bench. The 23 stories presented in this book are clear, concise, and candid. It's very refreshing to know that there really is an answer to the question, "If you're not pre-med, what are you going to do with a biology degree?" My only complaint is that all of the people who discuss their careers in the book already have advanced degrees (such as PhDs or MDs). I am still pursuing my undergraduate biology degree and have no desire to obtain advanced degrees that I won't really need! If the book were perfect, it would offer more direction to undergraduates on how to go about getting into these "alternative" career fields.

Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America (Policy Papers (Washington Institute for Near East Policy), No. 58.)

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This Book Is Part of the Problem
The truth is a hard pill to swallow.

Ivory Towers on Sand: The Failure of Middle Eastern Studies in America (Policy Papers (Washington Institute for Near East Policy), No. 58.)
Martin S. Kramer
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On campuses throughout the United States, thousands of professors study and teach the Middle East. They fill the pages of journals, the shelves of libraries, and the minds of students with their paradigms, theories, and predictions. In Middle East crises, the media seek their opinions. Their enterprise is deemed a national resource: the federal government subsidizes over a dozen academic centers devoted to the Middle East.

Yet for the past twenty years, Middle Eastern studies in America have been factories of error. The academics, blinded by their own prejudices and enslaved to the fashions of the disciplines, have failed to anticipate or explain any of the major developments in the Middle East. Within the field, hardly a voice dares to protest, but beyond it, each debacle chips away at academic's credibility. Middle Eastern studies have failed--at a time when understanding the Middle East has become crucial to America.

In this iconoclastic exposé, Martin Kramer surveys the ruins of Middle Eastern studies, to ask how and why they went wrong. Ivory Towers on Sand is the most thorough critique of Middle Eastern studies ever published in the United States--and a necessary step toward their reconstruction.

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It seems Kramer also has his personal agenda.......2006-03-11

It seems Kramer also has his personal agenda. For a more balanced and better evaluation you should turn to Contending Visions of the Middle East : The History and Politics of Orientalism by Zachary Lockman.

An appeal to the American taxpayer .......2005-01-10

This book is not so much about the blatant bias which most Middle Eastern Studies Departments display in regard to the various conflicts in the Middle East. It is rather about the errors which those in those departments have been consistently guilty of. The two major ones according to Kramer relate to Islamism and Middle Eastern civil society. In the seventies and eighties these faculties were filled with people publishing articles which suggested the Middle East was about to enter a new period of 'enlightened Islam'. There was not a hint in these departments about what was to happen in the United States on Sept.11, 2001. There was no real effort to understand the process of radical Islamicization which was taking place throughout the era.
The second major set of errors related to the character of the societies themselves. The experts were talking about a transformation to a new civil order in the Middle East. Instead what has occurred is an ever- deepening backwardness in which individual rights, the rights of women, free inquiry , democratic institutions are given no place.
Kramer shows how the in-built prejudice of the Middle Eastern Studies department made their batting average in seeing the future of the area, zero.
Beyond this Kramer takes a look at the way the US government has funded programs in these departments, and given free lunches and worse to investigators who are hostile or at best indifferent to the needs of American society. The Middle Eastern studies departments have not contributed in an adequate way to the education of scholars, students of Arabic, experts who could help in the worldwide US campaign against Terror which has a good part of its base in the Arab Middle East.
Kramer sees that the throwing of federal funds at these departments have led them to go in their own often Anti- American ways.
What he would like to see is Middle Eastern studies departments which have some sense of responsibility to the US society which they belong. He would like to see more diversity, true diversity in the kinds of scholars which are hired, and opinions debated. He sees one key to this in the Federal funding which provides the research money for graduate students and post- doctoral studies. He is not asking for a curtailing of academic freedom but rather suggesting that there be on the part of Middle East studies faculty an awareness that they live in American society and have obligation to its norms and standards. He understands that given the entrenched faculties of most of these institutions great change will not come overnight. But he believes the United States government and its citizens should not be content with a situation where ninety percent or more of the faculties opposed the 1991 Bush invasion of Iraq , and oppose US goals for the area.
This is a well- argued, clearly written piece of work, an overwhelming indictment of intellectual and moral corruption in the Middle East Studies departments of America.
Congress should take note, and when the next time comes for appropriating funds for ' Middle Eastern scholars' make certain that the present situation of corruption is not allowed to persist.

Partisan, but useful.......2003-03-02

Without exception, every reviewer here seems to think that the only way to respond to this book is to blindly react based on your partisan feelings - conservatives (the American sort, that is) love it, liberals hate it. How pathetically predictable. Admittedly, this book has an ideological axe of its own to grind, but pretty much every author has one of those, so you have to read this sort of work by looking for the positive contributions you can find for yourself. I mean, come on, people! The best way to be a smart Marxist sure as hell isn't to read the Manifesto over and over - you have to read what you _disagree_ with to find any useful information. Challenge yourselves a little!

Ok. I'm off the soapbox now, and I'll try to be more specific. Keep in mind that I haven't read Said's Orientalism, so my comments are less informed than they could be.

-The book falls into the same intellectual trickery that it accuses Said of - anyone can offer up an academic looking book with endnoted arguments and superscripted numbers. In this case, the title (and subtitle) of the book should be enough to convince anyone with a shred of academic honesty to reformat - this is NOT a journal article or a scholarly publication! It is an editorial work! This is not to say that I disagree with the thesis - but the book is clearly designed to look "scientific" and objective, when in fact it is not.
-Arguments about academia in general are out of place. Yes, in the 1970s, lot of women and minorities got hired at the expense of Yale-educated white men. Was this a good idea? Sometimes, sometimes not. But the fact that actual people who were from the Middle East took over many academic positions during this time doesn't contribute to the argument. Kramer makes special note that at least *50%* of the faculty of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies departments are now actual (or former) residents of these areas. Shocking! And I bet most African-American studies professors are black, too! Call the Cato Institute!
-Arguments about academic failures (especially of area studies in general - more on this would have been good) are convincing. It doesn't take much to argue that the political and academic intercept of Middle Eastern studies in the United States is less than suited to objective and professional scholarship. Kramer does a good job pointing out that the discipline (if indeed it should be one) has failed by most academic standards to contribute to understanding or prediction. Of course, the same could be said of political science or economics generally.

In short, a dishonest book with more than a kernel of truth. Flame on!

-Walt

This Book Is Part of the Problem.......2003-01-18

I have studied the Muslim world for most of two decades and lived in it for more than a decade and am sad to see this type of work masquerading as objective scholarship. Kramer's book can be counted as part of the smear ongoing campaign to discredit thousands of hardworking scholars with vast and diverse knowlege of the Middle East in dozens of disciplines spanning centuries of history with a broad demagogic brush. Hundreds of books on Islamic fundamentalism published in the 1990's with a wide variety of perspectives are clear evidence that scholars were sincerely engaged with the phenomenon and its dangers. The fact that they didn't "predict" 9/11 seems to bother a lot of folks, but that is not their job, but the job of the intelligence services who have long been sceptical of academia anyway in part from an anti-intellectual bias that informs a lot of the criticism. The role of social scientists has never been and shouldn't be to predict the future, whether it be the Iranian revolution, the fall of the Soviet Union, or 9/11. It should be to help us understand the origins of these events before and after they happen, and frankly, there was plenty of excellent work out there prior to 9/11, as opposed to most of what has come out after 9/11. Further, in the 1990's scholars were more concerned about fundamentialism than anyone else in government, business, or journalism. Savage wars such as those in Sudan and Algeria were faithfully covered by members of MESA while virtually no one else did. In fact, MESA conferences were one of the few places in the nation you could hear hundreds of speeches every year on topics that related directly to 9/11 about which no one seemed interested in hearing prior to 9/11. Scapegoating these intellectuals with many shades of grey of "rightness" and "wrongness" by constructing these fictitious "towers" of Middle East studies consensus only to knock them down in my opinion is a colossal waste of time. There is no one line in Middle East studies. Not even on Israel. And it has never existed. If most MESA members are sympathetic to Arabs does not diminish the vitality and importance of their wide-rangning debates before and after 9/11. And it is also due in part to the great lack of sympathy to hundreds of millions of Arabs and 1.2 billion Muslims that anyone that studies this region has to deal with. Every scholar of the region has to constantly plow through constantly reconstructed stereotypes and smear campaigns such as that created by this work to find the truth. And why lament that most sholars of these regions are from these regions. No one in Middle East Studies lamented for decades that, for example, most scholars of the Jewish, or Armenian, or African diasporas were Jewish, Armenian, or African. What's wrong with that? And the academic trends he decries are no different than those confronted by scholars in any other social scientific endeavor. The worst of it is that this book is now being used by a powerful campaign to defund Middle East studies across the nation's 3000 colleges and universities now that we need it most. This anti-Middle East studies campaign is just as sinister as the any kind of "smear" campaing, whether it be anti-semitism, or anti-Islamic invectives, or McCarthyism. It ends up making us all more polarized in our thinking and less informed. For this reason, not only did I gain nothing from this book, but this book is part of the problem. By seeking to smear and put Arab and Muslim intellectuals on the defensive, it can only serve to worsen the terms of the debate and set us back even further into ignorance. Fortunately, most serious scholars are ignoring it. Unfortunately, they just might succeed in their Washington campaign in the current increasingly fearful and increasingly ignorant environment of hunting for scapegoats, Manichean thinking, and bad policy making (such as the Charlotte Beer's marketing campaign at the State Department--one of many current initiatives that just make things worse) in the hasty search for easy answers and quick fixes. How can alienating and margnalizing thousands of dedicated scholars with a great variety of opinions help us in any way? Even their own debates mirror those of the Middle East and can be very instructive, but instead we are telling them that they are all biased, faddish, and monolithic in their views. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The truth is a hard pill to swallow........2003-01-13

A much needed declaration on the failures of Middle East scholarship. Academia has continued on its liberal path to build a Middle East paradigm rooted in hegemony and keeping up with the most modern intellectual jargin while ignoring the real situation in the Middle East. If the professors of Middle East Studies and MESA were more competant their opinions would be heralded througout America. However, MESA and academia aim at subverting those that do not buy into the dominant paradigm that America is imperalistic. Kramer dismantles this innaccurate paradigm in an accurate and revolutionary way.

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Universities can teach and demonstrate environmental principles and stewardship by taking action to understand and reduce the environmental impacts of their own activities. Greening the Ivory Tower, a motivational and how-to guide for staff, faculty, and students, offers detailed "greening" strategies for those who may have little experience with institutional change or with the latest environmentally friendly technologies.

The author was project manager of Tufts CLEAN!, a program whose mission was to reduce Tufts University's environmental impact. After analyzing the campus's overall environmental impact (each year the main campus serves 5 million meals; makes 14 million photocopies; uses 65 tons of paper towels, 110 million gallons of water, and 23 million kWh of electricity; and generates over 2,000 tons of solid waste), the team decided to focus on food waste, transportation, energy efficiency, and procurement practices. An essential discovery was that to change practices requires the personal commitment and direct involvement of those who have the responsibility for operating the institution on a daily basis. Although the Tufts experience forms the basis for many of the proposals in the book, the story goes well beyond Tufts; the author includes examples of successful practices from many other institutions.

Creative Action in Organizations: Ivory Tower Visions and Real World Voices

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"A strong point in this book is its opening extensive review of creativity in organizations and professions. . . including helpful tabulations of articles that identify the motives, expectations, emotions, means, and opportunities that lead to creative acts. . . . it can provide valuable insights and encouragement to scholars and practitioners who are concerned with developing and tapping creativity in organizations. . . . Management professors and graduate students will find the book helpful. . . ." --G. David Hughes in Journal of Product Innovation Management "This book definitely will be appropriate for class use in any setting focused on creativity in organizations. Presumably, these would be specialized upper-division, MBA, or Ph.D. electives. If you are interested in the topic of creativity in organizations, this is the book you must read. It is on the frontiers, and it provides a beacon for future scholarly progress on this topic because of its emphasis on how the organizational setting affects the creative process in the world of work." --Lyman Porter, University of California, Irvine "The book is itself a creative approach to creativity. The editors have attracted a talented and well-respected group of academic contributors. The message that we should abandon the romantic but flawed notion that creativity is principally the product of extraordinary individual acts is delivered forcefully, as is the companion notion that organizational contexts are the real seedbeds of creative behavior." --John R. Kimberly, Henry Bower Professor, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania "This is one of the better collections of information about creativity because it is data based, and it provides a useful comparison and contrast of conceptual and practical aspects. By clearly describing the benefits and problems associated with the topics, Creative Action in Organizations obviously practices what it preaches. I would recommend that it be used as a textbook for a graduate-level business course, particularly for an MBA program. In addition, I also recommend that it be used as a text reference for industrial 'training & development' programs targeted at teaching employees how to develop new businesses, improve existing processes, or become better leaders (viz., corporate leadership development programs)." --Tom Wojcik, Manager, Office of Innovation, Hoechst Celanese Corporation Between the trade deficit, mergers, and the recession, the topic of creativity in organizations has become one of increasing importance. How does a company retool or refine its product with foreign and, often, less costly competition? How does human resources find creative solutions to budgeting, product development, marketing, and training? With pithy and engaging chapters from leading researchers and figures in business, government, and academia, Creative Action in Organizations explores the factors that are critical to the development and promotion of creativity to develop a revised view that is grounded in experience. This volume begins with a literature review (written as a mystery to be solved), followed by essays from researchers (Part II) and practitioners (Part III). Using the chapters as "data," the editors conclude with a content-analysis that presents a look at the most significant themes and offers a framework for conceptualizing creativity in organizations. This profound and fascinating volume is essential for students, professionals, and researchers in management and organization studies, public administration, public policy, evaluation, and psychology, as well as libraries in the above areas.

Historians in Trouble: Plagiarism, Fraud, and Politics in the Ivory Tower

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Historians in Trouble: Plagiarism, Fraud, and Politics in the Ivory Tower
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ASIN: 1595581596

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The revealing and much-discussed look behind the scenes of recent headline-grabbing controversies in the history profession.

Widely reviewed and discussed upon its hardcover publication, Historians in Trouble is investigative journalist and historian Jon Wiener's "incisive and entertaining" (New Statesman, UK) account of several of the most notorious history scandals of the last few years.

Focusing on a dozen key controversies ranging across the political spectrum and representing a wide array of charges, Wiener seeks to understand why some cases make the headlines and end careers, while others do not. He looks at the well-publicized cases of Michael Bellesiles, the historian of gun culture accused of research fraud; accused plagiarists and "celebrity historians" Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin; Pulitzer Prize-winner Joseph J. Ellis, who lied in his classroom at Mount Holyoke about having fought in Vietnam; and the allegations of misconduct by Harvard's Stephan Thernstrom and Emory's Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, who nevertheless were appointed by George W. Bush to the National Council on the Humanities.

As the Bancroft Prize-winning historian Linda Gordon wrote in Dissent, Wiener's "very readable book...reveal[s] not only scholarly misdeeds but also recent increases in threats to free debate and intellectual integrity."

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Ultimately Disappointing.......2007-07-29

The treatment given the subject of plagiarism and fraud in historical studies deserves a more thorough treatment than given by Mr Wiener. In the episodes I have some familiarity with, those of Bellesiles and the Vesey conspiracy, Mr Wiener protests the outcome using using the same idealogical approach as he decries in the original participants in the exposure of the fraud, i.e., he does not give a complete presentation of the evidence. On the other hand, it is somehow comforting to know that the professorial ranks are subject to the same petty jealousies that everyone else experiences in everyday life, and the descriptions of the Goodwin and Ambrose cases are entertaining.

A weak defense of the undefendable.......2007-05-25

Weiner's book is not so much a survey of fraud among historians so much as it is a tu quoque defense of Michael Bellisle and others who share Weiner's particular predjudices. Yes, Doris Kearns Goodwin plagerized, as did Stephen Ambrose, and both should be (and were) condemned for that. But somehow Weiner turnes this into an argument that Bellisles, who fabricated evidence and lied in support of a false hypothesis, was unjustly pilloried. Somehow, I don't see the connection.

Excellent Book Marred By Some Flaws, Like a Scatched Ruby.......2005-10-25

It seems, according to Wiener, that the most famous historians of all, Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin, were actually the worst offenders. Goodwin, a former associate of Lyndon Johnson, used passages from another woman's book, a woman who had made a specialty of the life of Kathleen Kennedy (JFK's sister who died young and beautiful). When she has nabbed (by the other woman), instead of coinfessing all she made a secret pact with the author, telling her, keep this quiet and I will give you lots of money, and do whatever else you like. The cover-up was worse than the original offense! As far as Ambrose goes, well, poor guy was probably sick when he began his career of mass plagiarizing, but Wiener suggests that the sheer number of books he signed contracts to write left him with little time to do the research himself, so he just began copying books like crazy and ladling on whatever pages he needed, thinking no one would notice. However, FORBES magazine had his number and called him on it, whereupon he said he would write no more books. Death took him away from us, he who did so much for the "Greatest Generation." I hope his "D-Day Museum" in New Orleans is okay. It stood as a tribute to Ambrose's genius and, to a lesser degree, as a reminder that if you're famous enough, you can get away with things for which a lesser historian would have had his ass handed to him.

You can see that happening again and again in Wiener's book. I like the book quite a bit, but I did notice that when a right-wing historian makes a mistake, and pays for it with his career and/or obloquy from the press, Wiener finds this right and just, but when it happens to someone like Michael Bellesiles, author of ARMING AMERICA, or to Mike Davis, author of ECOLOGY OF FEAR, he calls it a witch hunt pure and simple. I say, you can't have it both ways. And please, whatever Dino Cinel did or didn't do, how do his sexual offenses measure up to the sorts of trickery the other historians profiled in the book pull? If Cinel, the professor at CUNY who had been a priest and got booted out because he made sex tapes of himself with young men (some who looked underage, though none of this was ever proven) has committed some intellectual fraud that would be one thing, but the way Wiener cuts him up one side and down the other, not even trying to interview him as though he were such scum it would contaminate you to talk with him, well, to me it just rings of professional homophobia. After all, the only other sexual references in the book are to the sexual harassment charges brought against Elizabeth Fox-Genovese by another woman. And Wiener despises Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, I wonder why.

Happily, the book reaches a higher plateau when Wiener begins to speculate-after reviewing case after case of horrifying greed and stupidity-that perhaps something in the discipline of history itself encourages fraud-or that perhaps historians as a breed have something wrong with their moral fiber. I don't know, could be!

an historian should know better.......2005-04-14

Professor Wiener provides a one-sided view of events which he has not sufficiently researched. Claiming to have received ground-breaking information from an anonymous source, Wiener rescues Bellisles from the right-wing conspiracy which cost him his job. Nevermind all of Bellisles's fantastic lies; forget his blatant dissmebling and the mountain of evidence that he is guilty of fraud, not just sloppy research: Jon Wiener has uncovered a right-wing plot (since when does the left defend plagiarism in the academy?). If he digs a bit deeper, perhaps he can link it back to Elizabeth Fox-Genovese. He'd obviously love to, because his chapter on her appears to be more of a personal attack rather than an indictment of her professional capabilities. All said and done, Wiener's book is a tabloid-piece on historians he doesn't like. His claims are often poorly grounded, sloppily researched (no wonder he defends Bellisles), and at best the ravings of a conspiracy theorist. He's probably cursing Charlton Heston, George Bush, and William Bennett(none of whom i admire, but a fella's gotta make a buck) for bribing me to write this review.

Intertaining, but flawed.......2005-03-15

I didn't know anything about the people discussed in this book before reading it. So everything, I know about any of these situations comes from "Historians in Trouble".

Jon Wiener makes reading about plagiarism enjoyable. But, in doing so, he sacrifices credibility. With all the colorful slants, it doesn't take a high school education to figure whose side Mr. Wiener is on. While by itself this isn't a problem, combined with the fact that the portrayal of most historians in the book is so one-sided even the most naive will wonder if relevant facts are missing.

I have a couple problems with the way this book comes to its conclusion. First, it is a case study of only a dozen people. Therefore, they all could have been cherry picked. Meaning the conclusion lead the facts and not the other way around. Second, he reduced his data set from twelve to one within a couple sentences. It seems to me extrapolating on one person is pure speculation. A nice theory, but more comprehensive research is needed to determine if there is any merit to it. Finally, the Conclusion chapter is poorly organized, and throws in theories not even mentioned earlier in the book. Compared to the thoughtfulness put into the rest of the book, it was a total hack job.

Ivory Tower and Industrial Innovation: University-Industry Technology Transfer Before and After the Bayh-Dole Act (Innovation and Technology in the World E)

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David Mowery , Richard Nelson , Bhaven Sampat , and Arvids Ziedonis
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ASIN: 0804749205
Release Date: 2004-05-04

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Since the early 1980s, universities in the United States have greatly expanded their patenting and licensing activities. The Congressional Joint Economic Committee, among other authorities, argued that the increase in university patenting and licensing contributed to the economic boom of the 1990s. Many observers have attributed this trend to the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which facilitated patenting and licensing by universities. This book examines the conventional wisdom by adopting a more holistic point of view, examining the diverse channels within which commercialization has occurred throughout the 20th century and since the passage of the Act. Using quantitative analysis and detailed case studies to assess the effects of the Act, it concludes that universities must maintain their historic commitment to the free flow of knowledge to serve the global public interest and sustain their remarkable scientific and technological achievements of the past century.

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THIS BOOK MAKES FARTING FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Donald Wetzel
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THIS BOOK MAKES FARTING FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-05-03

I LOVE TO FART AND AFTER READING THIS BOOK I FART MUCH MORE. I NOW FEEL COMFTORABLE FARTING. THANK YOU AMAZON!!!!

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The Ivory Tower And Harry Potter: Perspectives On A Literary Phenomenon

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Now available in paper, The Ivory Tower and Harry Pottter is the first book-length analysis of J. K. Rowling's work from a broad range of perspectives within literature, folklore, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. A significant portion of the book explores the Harry Potter series' literary ancestors, including magic and fantasy works by Ursula K. LeGuin, Monica Furlong, Jill Murphy, and others, as well as previous works about the British boarding school experience. Other chapters explore the moral and ethical dimensions of Harry's world, including objections to the series raised within some religious circles. In her new epilogue, Lana A. Whited brings this volume up to date by covering Rowling's latest book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

"Whited's collection of lively, well-written essays heightens appreciation of a classic in the making, addressing the international phenomenon of J. K. Rowling's books."—Choice "This is an exciting and substantial contribution to early scholarship about an important body of literary work."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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Could have been much, much better........2003-05-08

This book is a compilation of scholarly articles/essays by different authors. As such, it's not very consistent. Some segments were very insightful and interesting to read, while others were confused, off-base, or just plain inaccurate. Several of the chapters I read got basic information from the books wrong, such as one that described Hermione Granger as a "half-blood" (not true!), and one that seemed to completely misunderstand the crucial events at the end of book 3. When an author misunderstands such important basic information, it is hard for me to take their analyses seriously.

I wanted to like this book, but I can't reccommend it.

Ivory Tower.......2003-04-05

What I found to be an excellent read for the comfort of my mind is ýThe lvory Tower - The Many Steps in life.ý The Poetic suggestion covered many avenues to give the opportunity in my restructure a better approach in living despite the alarming events in the world I live in. Yes very thought-provoking of Mr. Jeffery Lynn Ivory as his poetic thoughts intermix with starting my early morning off on a sounder note.

Outstanding Resource for HP Scholars!.......2003-03-15

The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon is an exciting publication for people who enjoy literary discourse, but cannot gain access to "Ivory Tower" journal publications since leaving the rarified atmosphere of college academics. This book offers a healthy cross-section of topical essays, giving readers a feel for the current critical dialogue about Harry Potter - something that is sadly lacking amid the media hype. Some of the essays concern the hype itself, and Harry Potter's role as a cultural phenomenon - but many others beg us to approach the texts of J.K. Rowling's books on their own merit - a chance to "deconstruct Harry" as it were. For we who are forced by life (and more mundane jobs that require fewer college degrees) to remain armchair critics instead of college professors, it is both a blessing and a curse...for I guarantee that it will be an ex-English major's urge to respond to many of these essays with a paper of one's own! But who would grade it? Seriously, though, it is a wonderful way to explore the myriad characters, symbols and themes contained in Rowling's incredibly rich text, while feeling vindicated all along that Harry Potter, no matter how enjoyable (or marketable) is a phenomenon worthy of literary merit...and more importantly, O.K. for grown-ups to read.

What is Rawlings up to??.......2003-02-19

It is good to see Harry taken seriously. We need more books like this. Another good one is "Hidden Key to Harry Potter" by a
University of Chicago graduate who majored in ancient languages and English (Cum Laude) John Granger. He offers an air tight case that Rowlings is writting from within the same world view as C.S. Lewis and Tolkein with the same purpose and that her books are popular for the same reasons. Absolute must reading for serious Potterites.

A highly scholarly and insightful text.......2003-02-11

Compiled and edited by Lana A. Whited (Professor of English, Ferrum College, Virginia), The Ivory Tower And Harry Potter: Perspectives On A Literary Phenomenon is an extensive analysis of J.K. Rowling's immensely popular and widely acclaimed Harry Potter series of fantasy novels. Originally intended for young adults, this fantasy series proved fascinating, exciting, and complex enough to attract readers of all ages and backgrounds. The scholarly essays here assembled are from a wide variety of authors and discuss Harry Potter's roots in folklore, its connection to gender issues, literary comparisons and archetypes, and much, much more. A highly scholarly and insightful text, offering new perceptions on beloved favorites, The Ivory Tower And Harry Potter is a welcome addition to Literary Criticism reference collections and highly recommended for scholars and non-specialist general readers who enjoy J.K. Rowling's original, intricate, (and continuing to expand) cannon of deftly written and increasingly influential fantasy.

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