Böcker av John Henry

In this fascinating book, the authors offer a detailed and comprehensive account of the history of print production, from the earliest days of Gutenberg's press to the modern digital age. With its focus on the people, technologies, and business practices that have shaped the world of print, this book provides a unique and valuable perspective on one of the most important industries in human history.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

What is Quite Interesting?Obliviousness is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and its freshness is withered.This book is a distillation of the attempts of many individuals to understand the world around them, but is mainly indebted to the IQ research team, a group of people with a high rate of curiosity, low boredom and a certain art in the ask difficult questions.What is the most dangerous animal that has ever lived?Half of the human beings who have died so far, perhaps 45 billion people, have been killed by female mosquitoes (males only bite plants).Mosquitoes carry over 100 life-threatening diseases, including malaria, yellow fever, dengue, encephalitis, filariasis and elephantiasis. Even today they kill one person every twelve seconds.If you think you're too small to count for anything, try sleeping in one closed room with a mosquito.

Your time is coming; be patient and stay in the Word of the Lord. When you try everything and fail, do not give up: stay at the foot of the cross because there is a time coming that no one can stop you. This book will help you see how the Lord works in His mighty, miraculous way. Genesis 21:2 (KJV) says, "For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him." If God can do it for them, He will do the same for you. In this book, John Henry is encouraging you to never give up and stay in the line. Apply yourself to God''s principles, and He will change your life.

Copernicus sowed the seed from which science has grown to be a dominant aspect of modern culture, fundamental in shaping our understanding of the workings of the cosmos. John Henry reveals why Copernicus was led to such a seemingly outrageous and inplausible idea as a swiftly moving Earth.

A collection of articles that provides examinations of the religious motivations behind Roman Catholic efforts to develop a new mechanical philosophy, theories of the soul and immaterial spirits, and theories of active matter.

This is a concise but wide-ranging account of all aspects of the Scientific Revolution from astronomy to zoology. The third edition has been thoroughly updated, and some sections revised and extended, to take into account the latest scholarship and research and new developments in historiography.