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Popper preincarnated
Popper's love of the presocratics stems from his hatred of hubristic epistemology, especially as regards science, which he traces back to Aristotle. "... all serious thinkers before Aristotle made a sharp distinction between, knowledge, real knowledge, certain truth (... later: episteme), which is divine and only accessible to the gods, and opinion (doxa), which mortals are able to possess, and is interpreted by Xenophanes as guesswork that could be improved." (p. 1). "The decisive break comes with Aristotle. ... He believes he knows: that he himself has episteme, demonstrable scientific knowledge. This is the main reason why I do not like Aristotle: what to Plato is a scientific hypothesis becomes with Aristotle episteme, demonstrable knowledge. And for most epistemologists of the West, it has remained so ever since." (p. 2).

Popper's criticism of such hubristic epistemologies suggests a unity of science and other creative activities. "According to this view, literature and science have a common origin; they both originate in the imaginative explanatory story, the imaginative explanatory myth. What distinguishes them is the predominant part played in science by criticism: by that kind of criticism that is dominated by the regulative idea of truth, by the idea of correspondence to the facts." (p. 106). "It is this critical examination of explanatory stories, or explanatory theories, undertaken in the hope of getting nearer to the truth that I regard as characteristic of what may somewhat loosely be described as rationality." (p. 109). "The critical approach exerts something like an evolutionary selection pressure upon the theories and so encourages their evolution towards greater truthlikeness." (p. 126).

The connection with literature is quite well established. Thales, for example, "was influenced, according to a suggestion of Aristotle's, by ... Homeric tradition: by the Homeric myth of Oceanus" (p. 109), "Paramenides' poem was written in imitation of the style of Homer and Hesiod, to whom his language often alludes" (p. 111), and so on.

Science took off from this basis as follows. One begins by proclaiming explanatory theories, e.g., "we are told that according to Thales water is the origin of all things, and that the Earth floats on water ... like a ship---a theory that appears to have been designed to explain earthquakes, for example." This is followed by criticism, e.g., "as Aristotle says, to propose such a theory 'is to forget that the same question may be raised ... about the Earth itself.'" And the next step is revision: "It seems probable that this is precisely the criticism that was originally raised against Thales' theory by Anaximander ... for we hear that Anaximander taught that 'The Earth is aloft. It is held up by nothing. It continues in its place because of its equal distance from all things.'" Now Popper gets a bit carried away: "This theory of an unsupported and freely suspended Earth ... is breathtaking in its boldness. It is the first step in the direction of Newton's theory; and in my opinion one might say that without Anaximander's bold theory there might never have been the development of scientific thought that lead to Newton, and beyond him. Yet this breathtaking step on the way to modern science was not based upon observation, as so many empiricists have it, but rather upon a critical revision of the mythical poetry of Homer's Iliad and of Hesiod's Theogony" (p. 110).

Popper gets even more carried away in the case of Parmenides, whom Popper thinks made "the most important contribution to theoretical physics ever made" in that "he built the first deductive system describing the universe, whose refutation led to the foundations of physics" (p. 126). Popper's support for these claims is extremely thin, and is scarcely grounded in the original texts.

The "first deductive system" alluded to here is really just one single deductive argument proving that movement is impossible. "The proof was (more or less simplified): (1) Only being is (only what is, is). (2) The nothing, the non-being, cannot be. (3) The non-being would be the absence of being: it would be the void. (4) There can be no void. (5) The world is full: a block. (6) Movement is impossible." (p. 71).

The "refutation" which "led to the foundations of physics" is the atomists' argument that all is atoms and void. "The atomic theory arose, as almost every empirical theory does, from an empirical refutation of its predecessor. Parmenides had derived an empirically testable conclusion: the conclusion that motion is impossible. Yest this conclusion is clearly refuted by experience; and so the refutation of the conclusion can be used, step by step, to refute part of the original position" (p. 158), as follows. "There is movement. Thus: The world is not full. There is empty space. The nothing, the void, does exist. Thus: The world consists of the existing, the hard and full, and of the void: Of 'atoms and the void'." (p. 103).

These ambitious extrapolations aside, the rise of the critical tradition naturally led to epistemological questions. "Conflicting stories could exist in Egypt without the consciousness of a clash. But among the more critically minded Greek cosmologists, the multiplicity of conflicting and usually dogmatic claims of the different cosmological theorists led to the question: How can we decide between these conflicting stories?" (p. 115).

This time it is Xenophanes who has the honour of posthumously serving as Popper's mouthpiece. "'But as for certain truth, no man has known it, \\ ... \\ And even if by chance he were to utter \\ The final truth, he would not himself know it: \\ For all is but a woven web of guesses.'" (p. 115). "[These verses] quoted from Xenophanes are of great importance ... Personally I regard them very highly, for I see in them a kind of anticipation of my own theory of knowledge, according to which all our scientific theories are myths, of in the words of Xenophanes, 'woven webs of guesses'. I hold that scientific theories remain essentially uncertain or hypothetical, although under the influence of criticism they may in time become more and more truthlike ... But even this view was anticipated by Xenophanes, who is remembered for the following verses: 'The gods did not reveal, from the beginning \\ All things to us; but in the course of time, \\ Through seeking we may learn, and know things better.'" (p. 116).

All knowledge is conjectural
Popper was obsessed by Greek philosophy, and more particularly by Parmenides and Xenophanes. He saw in them (not quite) the first critical rationalists by analyzing a few written sentences. His statements are very bold long-shots, indeed. He learned ancient Greek because he felt that classical scholars gave bad translations of ancient philosophical texts.

For Parmenides, human opinion of appearances is based on our senses, which are totally misleading. We should 'by reason alone decide on the often-contested argument'.
His world vision was as follows: 'Only what is, is; nothingness cannot exist; the world is full; motion is impossible'.

This totally false vision was criticized by Heraclitus for whom there are no things, only changes, processes.

Another of Popper's favourites was Xenophanes, in which he saw the father of epistemology, because 'for all is but a woven web of guesses.'
More famous is Xenophanes's insight that human ideas of gods are vitiated by anthropomorphism:
The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black ...
horses would draw their gods like horses... and each would then shape bodies of gods in the likeness of its own.

Popper also explains tentatively the importance of geometry for Plato: the discovery of irrational numbers destroyed the Pythagorean arithmetic and Plato sought to replace this arithmetical theory by a geometrical one.

Speaking of modern philosophy, he scorns the use of an ununderstandable and impressive language. 'Most philosophers who made 'ontology' their business got nowhere'.
In his remarks on Maxwell's demon, one should take into account the energy needed for operating the shutter.
The Boltzmann story is better told in 'Unended Quest'.
A basic knowledge of probability theory is needed in order to understand the important issue of 'how induction becomes counter-induction'.

This book contains a lot of repetitions: 3 essays on Parmenides tell the same story and one essay is a very light adaptation of a chapter of 'The Self and its Brain'.

Although some parts of this book are interesting, I recommend it only for Popper fans and also, partly, for Greek scholars.

Presocratics make a come back
The Pre-Socratic philosophers have made a comeback of sorts in the philosophy of quantum gravity.This book tells why they are important, still -- such as how they would view three dimensional space and relativity.Boltzmann's defense of atomism is in a chapter, anti-Parmenidean philosophy on modern physics is also present, and it's not all physics, the mind-body problem is also explored.Popper has some counter comments to the Kirk, Raven and Schofield book, The Pre-Socratic Philosophers (which I also highly recommend).All in all the book is easy to read because it is set in very small chapters, each complete unto themselves -- some chapters have 80 notations and 50 references.

Still, the best part is how this era of thought fits into modern science.

The Presocratics -- the roots of rationality
Popper's philosophical view is captured in his summary of Aristotle.Popper credits Aristotle with the invention of logic, and for being a great biologist and scholar.But, "Aristotle was the first dogmatist...""...[W]ith Aristotle's theory, that science is...certain knowledge, it may be said that the great enterprise of Greek critical rationalism came to an end." (5) And so Popper lovingly examines the great Pre-Socratic philosophers, Xenophanes, Heraclitus and Parmenides, as exemplars of critical rationalism, and makes them relevant to the 21st century.

"Beyond the Search for Invariants" is the centerpiece of this book, an absolutely brilliant 65-page essay tracing the influence of Parmenides on modern science.You may have heard the quote from Alfred North Whitehead -- "The medieval world was an age of faith based on reason, while the modern world is an age of reason based on faith." (Science and the Modern World, 1925)Popper makes a convincing case that the metaphysical assumption underpinning modern science is much older than Christianity.Heraclitus said "you can never step in the same river twice."His was a metaphysics of constant flux.Parmenides, on the other hand, logically deduced that the world is a motionless block!A motionless block universe.It sounds absurd, but what Popper shows is that this metaphysical assumption has influenced great minds ever since, giving rise to the view that the universe is closed, and entirely deterministic.Only recently, with Darwin and Einstein, has Laplacean determinism given way to an open, indeterministic universe.Popper summarizes the essay like this in his 1993 preface -- "It tries to show that Heraclitus (everything changes) and Parmenides (nothing changes) have been reconciled and combined in modern science, which looks for Parmenidean invariance within Heraclitean flux." (viii)

You might conclude that Popper is harshly judging Parmenides.On the contrary, he praises him as a great rationalist -- he simply disagrees with a powerful idea of Parmenides.There are 9 other essays here, and they are not all equally compelling, but the best are among the best of anything I've read in the philosophy of science! ... Read more

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This book is not for the recreational reader, indeed it is one of the most depressing and distressing documents I have ever read. Nevertheless, I urge all readers concerned with issues that impact on the survival of humanity to read it thoroughly and absorb the lessons which it so graphically presents. In terms of an indictment of our government and various vested interests, it compares favorably with J'accuse written in 1898 by Emile Zola in response to the corrupt behaivor of the French nation, government and army during the Dreyfus affair. The most horrifying event in the book, and there are many to choice from, is the description of how the Health Physics Division was subdivided after Dr. Morgan's retirement in 1972 and distributed among "other laboratory divisions where radiation protection is not a primary objective". When I read this my immediate thought was of the dismemberment of Lemuel Pitkin so brilliantly described by Nathanael West. One can only be appaled by the many destructive acts which occurred when the Angry Genie left the bottle. It is frightening that those responsible for them have, to my knowledge, never been cited for criminal irresponsibility.

A charming and important book.
This charming memoir starts in 1943, when Dr. Morgan was recruited away from his happy research on cosmic-ray physics to join the atomic-bomb project.He was one of the four or five persons assigned to figure out how to prevent bomb-workers from irradiating themselves to death. In 1943, it was barely known how to measure doses from thevarious types of radiation, so Dr. Morgan had to invent many a meteringdevice.Additionally, no one knew how to store the radioactive waste whichwould accumulate at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where Dr. Morgandetected its escape-routes and tried to plug them.He became aninternationally honored expert and author on radiation health-effects andprotection measures. This is the story of a manof great integrity, who made enormous contributions to protecting health,and yet by his own standards, failed to succeed well enough.His"walk" through the nuclear age helps to illuminate thesuppression of scientific dissent in the nuclear enterprises --- andpresents an interesting contrast to books by Dr. Glenn Seaborg (Chairman ofthe Atomic Energy Commission) covering many of the same years.The ninthchapter covers Dr. Morgan's expert testimony for the plaintiffs in twolandmark trials (the Karen Silkwood Case 1979, and the Utah Bomb-FalloutCase 1982).The memoir provides not only an important record ofmoral, legal, public health, environmental, and scientific history --- butit also provides a highly engaging personal story of coping with theunexpected.

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It is commonly understood that only the best books are made into audio tapes.On a whim my family and I put the Angry Genie to the test.We read the book aloud on our annual cross country car trip without one complaintfrom any family member. The surprize attraction of the Angry Genie is itsreal appeal to the non scientific person.By just glancing through thebook one might assume that he or she could be overwhelmed with scientificmaterial,however, by no means is that the case.In the 180 pages ofstory, from the amazing experiments under Chicago University Stadium to themany photos of actual players in our history, I was drawn to thepersonalities and inside details of the developments of a powerfulscientific discovery.In fact I most recommend this book because if thesurprizing revelations on several fronts.First, the power and importanceof science and scientists in this centuary is no more dramaticallyillustrated than in this story of nuclear power.Not even the terror of'Outbreak" or the suspence of 'Apallo 13" are equal to thereawakening we get in the Angry Genie.Second, Dr. Morgan was able toinput all of the required technical information and formulas in the bookwithout interupting the book's flow. Third, the historical, medical andsociological impact is compelling.There is the letter from Einstein toFDR about the potential of the bomb and the fascinating information aboutthe effects of all the different types of rays on humans.I plan ontelling my book club about this wonderful book as well as all my friendswho love historical books.

A man of faith becomes a world famous scientist.
I really enjoyed this story about a good human being who descended from a long line of Lutheran ministers going back to Martin Luther.It required considerable courage for Dr. Karl Morgan to publically detail the"biggest mistake" of his life when he reluctantly agreed tocensorship by his superiors.This book was clearly written from Morgan'ssoul and provides valuable perspective from a 91-year-old legend whostarted the entire field of health physics.This autobiography should berequired reading for all Americans.

The true story of an unsung hero who saved countless lives.
I was captivated by Karl Z. Morgan's 50 year battle with powerful elements in the nuclear industrialcomplex for common sense safety measures.I was appalled to discover the extent of the damage the government inflicted uponour citizens through the abuse of nuclear power and and careless weapons'tests.Even more disturbing is Morgan's summary of numerous radiationexperiments our government secretly conducted on innocent Americans. Morgan stands out as a pillar of truth in a desert of deceit.No one canread this without thinking "I had no idea this was going on." ... Read more

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Lots of nice photos.There is some text but the focus is mainly on the magnificent pictures.

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I love Elephants and was inspired to purchase this book after seeing African Elephants in the wild in East Africa. I wanted something to remember these incredible animals. In that sense, this book is good for Elephant aficionado. It includes hundreds of close-up photos of Elephants by Karl Ammann, as well as text by Dale Peterson. However, as a photo book, I had mixed feelings about Elephant Reflections.

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Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family

Elephant Destiny

Wildlife Wars: My Fight to Save Africa's Natural Treasures

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This book was purchased as a gift for a friend who loves elephants. It's full of great photos and information. She loves it!

UP CLOSE & BEAUTIFUL
BREATHTAKING! Beautiful photography, of course, but how did Ammann create such powerful pictures, each filled with feelings, expressing and engaging emotions that will live in my mind's eye forever.The same photo developed from connecting, condensing, and expanding perspectives adds even more beauty and artistic power than "being there" ever could.I have had ELEPHANT REFLECTIONS almost a week, but I cannot get through the entire book. I start and then find I cannot move past a certain picture. When I have absorbed this one, I must close the book and plan to give myself another new gift to be opened tomorrow.

Dale Peterson's writing arrests one's attention almost (sorry, Dale) as strongly as Ammann's photography.Whether one knows elephant facts or is reading them for the first time, it is easy to see that Peterson loves these beauties with a passion to match my own. I hope he is wrong when he wrote "We can never fully understand them." We do not now, but this book and others coming out soon will add to our knowledge of these, the most majestic and loving inhabitants on our small planet. I believe that many of us feel as I do about these intelligent and sensitive giants.

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