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...Excerpt: One confidential evening, not three months ago, Lionel Wallace told me this story of the Door in the Wall. And at the time I thought that so far as he was concerned it was a true story. He told it me with such a direct simplicity of conviction that I could not do otherwise than believe in him. But in the morning, in m...

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...Contents THE DOOR IN THE WALL ............................................................................................................ 4 THE STAR ................................................................................................

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... H. G. WELLS A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Door in the Wall and other stories by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsy... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. The Door in the Wall and other stories by H. G. Wells, the Penn... ...a- tories, that the motion of the planet Neptune, the outermost of all the planets that wheel about the sun, had become very erratic. Ogilvy had alrea... ...hter, that its motion was quite different from the orderly progress of the planets, and that the deflection of Neptune and its satellite was becoming ... ...as becoming now of an unprecedented kind. Few people without a training in science can realise the huge isolation of the solar system. The sun with it... ...ge isolation of the solar system. The sun with its specks of 21 H G Wells planets, its dust of planetoids, and its impalpable comets, swims in a vaca... ... small round clear shining disc, an hour after the day had come. And where science has not reached, men stared and feared, telling one another of the ... ...to me. Now, a year or so ago, I had occupied my leisure in taking a London science degree, so that I have a smattering of phys- ics and mineralogy. Th...

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...Ronny Bronston has dreamed all his life of getting a United Planets job that would take him off-world. He finally gets the opportunity when he is given a provisional assignment with Bureau of Investigation, Section G. But will he be able to complete his assignment and find the elusive...

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...An alien race has put a station on Earth and other planets in order to steal the rays of the sun, possible causing the sun to nova within two years. Burl Denning, a high school student, is the only person who has the power to stop the alien project. Can he and the crew of the...

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...The Path of Splitness is a major non fiction work of 1,868 pages: This is the latest revised version. The book analyzes and explains: 1: The origins of our Universe: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects and dynamics of the Organic U...

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... Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not f... ...ed in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is ... ...ng these elements together creates a larger context of awareness which result in a better understanding. For instance: what can you understand a... ... Pg 113 The Triality of the Universe Pg 114 The Totality of Twelve Pg 119 Science Pg 121 Instinct and Evolution Pg 124 How and Why Life Emerg... ...6 Sports Pg 401 Happiness Pg 402 Law Pg 413 Logic and Legality Pg 420 Science and Balance Pg 461 The Pyramidal Absolute Pg 469 Abstr... ...Human Suffering and Hardship Pg 737 Rage and Unhappiness Pg 737 Nature and Science Pg 740 The Vicious Cycles of Civilized Ease and Hardship ... ...akes are identical to each other. No two atoms are exactly the same. No two planets are exactly the same. No two stars are exactly the same; no t... ...d, different drops of water, different snowflakes, different atoms, different planets, different stars, different galaxies would necessarily have to... ... eventually curves, and tends to go around. This is the reason why stars and planets have orbits, this is the reason why planets rotate, this is th...

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...urning and his people seek help from a new source: the humans of Earth. With an interstellar war looming, Jewels and Dex seek salvation for their planets and find their destinies changed forever....

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...field. All rights reserved. http://www.jdhollyfield.com This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of... ...ght reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any for or by a... ...ase only authorized printed or electronic editions and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support o... ...t without a lot of support and help, none of the stories that swirl around in my head would have ever made it to the light of day. With that being sa... ...the ship. No one, other than the King and his personal guards, are allowed planetside. Anyone violating that order shall visit Master Bravemore.” Ria... ..., but the encounter left him feeling guilty. "My Prince, is there trouble planetside?" Dex spun around and stared sheepishly at Master Chief Leftclaw... ...t few forays into Gatoan space had proven fruitful. They had captured four planets and were working on a fifth. Those Gatoans, not killed during the ... ...rolled his eyes and continued with the introductions. "This is Robin, your science officer. Next to her is Yasmine, chief medical officer. Our last l...

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...ine and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...

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... “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book One Touch Down Return to Earth “... ... Return to Earth “. . . And Gulliver Returns” 2 --In Search of Utopia— “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search ... ................................................................... 12 A MORE IN DEPTH LOOK AT THE PROBLEMS .............................................. ...he thrill of space travel and being the first person to set foot on several planets gave me orgasmic thrills that will live with me every day of my ... ...ledge of other civilizations to make their own kingdom better. The arts and sciences, the inventions and manufactures, the books and instruments were... ...h intimidation and reward, through law and ideal, and through education and science—begun to slow the raging river of ever increasing births and to t... ... pensions of their elders. Longer life spans aided by advances in medical science and governmental or private health plans increased the need for m... ... “Well Chet, you know that the major purpose of my voyage was to find planets or moons that we could inhabit. I found none. Years ago it was s... ...eck he looked up at a heaven dotted with a million microscopic suns and the planets he had so recently visited. It was like being in the planetarium...

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...ine and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...

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...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ... ... Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gul... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL ................................................................. ........................................................................ 181 SCIENCE AND DEMOCRACY ARE SIAMESE TWINS ...................................... ...be given the task of healing the afflicted. In our modern world we look to science for probabilities, such as which potential cure is more likely to ... ...alues to see whether or not we should use it. Our values often trump what science indicates. Commander?‖ -- ―That‘s certainly true Wanda. We alw... ...f more people would eventually enjoy our world before it passed on to the planets‘ paradise, or wherever good planets go when they die, it certainly ... .... The order of the universe is unbelievable—but do comets that crash into planets show such order? Does global warming show an intelligent design th... ...te. We are in motion around the sun. Then we learned that there were other planets also in motion around the sun. Then we learned that the Earth wasn...

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...fe of the universe. It tells the tale of a love story that is based on love as a decision and as a project. It is not a tale of love based on falling in love or, worse, on love as passion, which is so greatly celebrated in literature and in the public opinion, but which has never brought happiness to anyone and has, instead, brought great grief and tragedy. It is based on ...

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... Under the following conditions: Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way tha... ...n forces. The Odyssey is the greatest love story that has ever been told in the history of world literature. It is based not on love and death (li... ... from Greek into English of the concept of “glorious concordance”, as found in Calzecchi Onesti’s work, which is an essential theme in the Author’s w... ... As far as the second and third births go, in my opinion there is not yet a science that is sufficiently developed to assure that many will be born. ... ...e born. This is true because for these births it is not only a question of science but of science and art”. (see A.M. “La nascita della cosmo-art” ... ...it around the sun. This orbit is different from the orbits of all the other planets and the earth also rotates on itself in a way that is different f... ... the earth also rotates on itself in a way that is different from the other planets. For this reason, it is illuminated and warmed up in such a way t... ...ust as it has not developed on Mercury, or Mars, or Venus, or on the other planets. By working with this analogy, you can discover what the SELF is... ... {Microcosmos Association} and the “Premio Cinema e Narrativa” {Cinema and Fiction Award} , for young people who send in a Sophia- Artistic critique ...

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...ng revealed like an open book, to all people of all backgrounds. The wisdom of Kabbalah is a contemporary method that reveals how to achieve the best in life. An Interview with the Future is intended for every person who wants to learn about Kabbalah. It is clear and concise in presenting authentic Kabbalah terminology and practice that will lead one to the purpose of life...

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...Preface: Part 1: A Science to Understand Reality // 1. A Hidden World // 2. Gravity // 3. The Power of a Directed desire // 4. Proper Development // 5. The sin of Creation and the Correction // A. The Sin // B. The Laws of Correction // 6. In t...

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...1 of 263 Interview With The Future PREFACE Part 1: A Science to Understand Reality 1. A Hidden World 2. Gravity 3. The Power o... ... of Creation and the Correction A. The Sin B. The Laws of Correction 6. In the End of Days 7. The Spiritual Gene and the Reshimot Part 2: Reali... ...t 1. The Acceleration of the Reshimot 2. Return to the Root 3. The Point in the Heart Part 4: Contact With The Upper One 1. A Spiritual Destinati... ...estination 2. Bitter and Sweet, True and False 3. Independence 4. Souls in the Path of Pain 2 of 263 Interview With The Future 5. Studyi... ...oman 9. Orthodox and Secular 10. Kabbalah Vs. Other Methods 11. Today’s Science 12. The Role of a Contemporary Kabbalist 13. About the “Zohar” an... ... Hence, it is quite possible that the answer is not within our reach, and science simply cannot answer it. But it is not just about the question - ... ...he has learned that there is a way to not only trace the trajectories of planets, comets, atoms and human genes, but also the ways, laws and goal o...

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...A galactic war has left the Terran Federation in ruins. Formerly civilized planets have decivilized into barbarism. Space Vikings roam the wreckage, plundering and killing for gain. Lord Lucas Trask of Traskon was no admirer of the Space Vikings, but when murder takes hi...

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...The human race has reached the stars, colonized many planets and done amazing things in all areas of scientific progress. But humans are still humans and remain both honorable and not so honorable; some with high ideals and others with very low ones indeed. So why hasn't war oc...

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...In a future time, the solar system is powered by one energy source, controlled by one huge organisation, which has plans to use this control to dominate the planets. Unknown to them, a couple of maverick scientists accidental...

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...was claimed to be a stalemate but they were really winning. The mine belts they laid seemed to propagate themselves and were slowly strangling Terran planets. How did they do that? What was their secret? The answer was baffling and the best human minds could only conclude that their ships and mines were somehow alive. So, the next desperate step was to ask If they are usin...

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...Daniel Feldman was a doctor once. He made the mistake of saving a friend's life in violation of Medical Lobby rules. Now, he's a pariah, shunned by all, forbidden to touch another patient. But things are more loose on Mars. There, Doc Feldman is welcomed by the colonists, even as he's hunted by the autho...

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... Mira was unpredictably variable. Sometimes it was blazing, brilliant and hot. Other times it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little warmth on its many planets. Gresth Gkae, leader of the Mirans, was seeking a better star, one to which his people could migrate. That star had to be steady, reliable, with a good planetary system. And in his astronomical searching, he found Sol...

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...ioms A New Poetic and Fascinating Cosmological Viewpoint of Human Life in this Universe 2 Published by the Solaris Institute of... ... Under the following conditions: Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way tha... ...xioms represents the apex of my anthropological and cosmological ideas. In his book "Masks of the Universe", Edward Harrison amply describes human... ...c forces fuse with human forces only through astrology, which explains how planets and constellations influence our ways of being and of acting. But... ... Dante Alighieri will no longer be enough for you, nor will the writers of science fiction. 24 The Eastern way of thinking that affirms that only ... ...lighieri will no longer be enough for you, nor will the writers of science fiction. 24 The Eastern way of thinking that affirms that only being is... ...e. Humans imagined for centuries the ability to fly, and now we can fly. Science fiction is the result of human imagination, and it was most certai... ...ans imagined for centuries the ability to fly, and now we can fly. Science fiction is the result of human imagination, and it was most certainly very... ...s progression. Religion has always been conservative and not progressive. Science has always had supporters who are conservative and supporters who ...

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... upset either their simple lifestyles or the profitability of the Corporation. But MO-126 is not a robot. He is a Mobile Observer android, albeit one in the form of a dog of no remarkable pedigree or distinction. Still, he has free will. He can make choices. After millennia of observing humans, he questions whether the Corporation’s plans for them have priority over those ...

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...MO-126 briefly wondered if he could shock the village leader back to reality by biting him but concluded he could not. The headman lived in a different reality. It might not be quite as far away as his sister’s, but in the headman’s world, demons could live in an old woman and steal sheep. In the android’s, people could be irrational and sheep could wander off...

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...Prologue - A Species with Potential One - People Like Clay (In which Mobile Observer Android 126 first encounters humans.) Two - Sheep Lost and Demons Found (In which MO-126 learns that humans can be imaginative, creative, and disturbingly wrong.) Three - Dare Not Stray (In whic...

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...Preface III Contents IV Planetary orbits in Solar and Extrasolar systems (A. Rubcic & J. Rubcic) Fizika A, 19 no.3, 2010...................1 Areal velocities of planets and their comparison (P. Pintr, V. Per\inova% , A. Luks\) unpubl. 2011...................15 Dis...

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...ts speed is the same no matter who measures it." "That's true." I would respond; "That's just the second postulate of special relativity which is not in doubt; but that postulate applies to light, and we're talking about rocketships here." However it seemed that no one understood what I was saying. By referring to the universal constant c= 299.792 458 megameters per secon...

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...tauri with a round-trip manned and womanned mission as the proposed overarching goal under a clear plan of exploration - a grand experiment described in later chapters. Whether or not we succeed in grasping the goal under this or under any plan is not as important as it is to set a definite plan and work towards its goal. The plan outlined here is in two phases: Phase on...

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... Phase Two Experiment: Alpha Centauri or Bust!. 45 -- Ch.9. Voyage to the Center of the Galaxy. 50 -- Ch.10. An Hypothesis: There is no Speed Barrier in the Universe. 52 --...

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...ntemporary of Albert Einstein (1879-1955) This book can be ordered in a paper bound reprint from: Books on Demand ProQuest Informat... ...orghe Petrescu-Eri ţã, 23 T. Vladimirescu Street, Govora, Romania. More science books can be downloaded from the E-Library of Science: www.gallup.... ... ISBN: 1-931233-84-5 Standard Address Number: 297-5092 Printed in the United States of America 3 BEGIN THE ADVENTURE Ho... ...College, EC, USA Florentin Smarandache Department of Mathematics and Sciences The University of New Mexico at Gallup, USA ... ...tes through the velocity of light; note that there is no longer a barrier in evidence; Bottom - The pattern corresponding to a particle moving ... ...ies of those prior books. Related analyses also appear in Speculations in Science and Technology, 1993 (ISSN 0155-7785); and in Electron and Ion Bea... ...ot define reality. This book is about star travel but it is not science fiction; it is a science story describing a scenario centered around a fre... ... explain it and a `temporal core' to implement it." Norman writes science fiction. P. A. M. Dirac understood. He conjured up a "creation operator" ... ...c-ray bursts; SETI taken seriously; discovery of more and more extrasolar planets: If we were feeling like penned-up geldings in a galaxy of free-ro...

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... Piper's unique mind explores what we mean by 'communication' and how it happens. The joint Space Navy-Colonial Office expedition was looking for new planets suitable for colonization; they had been out, now, for four years, which was close to maximum for an exploring expedition. They had entered eleven systems, and made landings on eight planets. Three had been reasonably...

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...The Galactic Empire is slowly 'welcoming' into the family of civilized worlds those systems so far off in the backwater of the galaxy that they have been overlooked and ignored for the past 500 years or so. This is purely routine work because every planet offered the chance has eagerly accepted the invitation. Mainly because t...

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...A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future is a science fiction novel by John Jacob Astor IV, published in 1894. The book offers a fictional account of life in the year 2000. It contains abundant speculation about technological...

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...The Great Galactic Treasure Hunt follows a number of individuals who for some reason or the other didn’t make it in the densely populated, highly civilised worlds of the big states; often consisting of a large number of inhabited planets with many billions of citizen on each world. There, life is safe and orderly, well-regulated, tidy a...

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...ce Arcus Stream, it was high noon local time right under it on a planet named Vato Lehibe. She had left the stationary orbit around Vato Lehibe early in the morning. Vato Lehibe was a booming mining planet. Its rock was of a deep red colour and contained high concentrations of aluminium and other metals. As the resources’ deposits began just under the surface, scrap mining...

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Hawaii Business Magazine in tribute to the APEC meeting of 2011.

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... Most Diverse State -- 38 Local Economy -- 40 Hawai‘i’s Ties to the APEC Economies -- 42 A History of Innovation -- 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sciences -- 48 Turning Science Into Practical Inventions -- 56 Winners of the Hawai‘i Business Innovation Showcase -- 60 Breakthroughs in Health and Medicine -- 68 Hawai‘I Diversity Ideal for Medical Research -- 74 Perfect Pl...

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... Hawai‘i’s Ties to the APEC Economies 42 A History of Innovation NATURAL SCIENCE 44 Astronomy, and Ocean and Earth sciences 48 Turning Science Into... ... FROM TOP: SUNNY TAKEISHI, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I SCHOOL OF OCEAN AND EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (SOEST), CYANOTECH. PHOTOS ON PAGE 3, CLOCKWISE FRO... ...ana , kapa ‘a solar llc , university of hawai ‘i school of ocean and earth science and technology Our Ownership Hawaii Business is printed in Hawai‘i ... ... and earth science and technology Our Ownership Hawaii Business is printed in Hawai‘i by Hagadone Printing Company on post-consumer recycled paper us... ...offset by carbon credits. is part of This special edition of was produced in cooperation with the APEC 2011 Hawai‘i Host Committee. PUBLISHER David ... ...waii Business at store.pacifcbasin.net To keep informed about Innovation in Hawai‘i, email innovation@hawaiibusiness.com Or visit hawaiibusiness.c... ...nomy has been a prime mover in research into galaxies, cosmology, stars, planets and the sun. Its team of researchers, including more than 80 Ph.D... ...studying samples from comets and asteroids to learn how the Earth, other planets and pre-solar systems formed. Eight faculty from the Hawai‘i Inst...

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...Space Force Grunts is a Science Fiction novel playing several generations into the future. After the human race has invented hyperspace flight, thousands of planets are colonised. Those new societies maintain their independence until the human race ...

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...s a place that could only be found on detailed military maps. This planet was circling a sun situated at the border between our Local Bubble of stars in the Milky Way and the much bigger Loop 1 Bubble, another assembly of suns and planets. DN-DU-144/5 was the fifth planet in outward direction, when counted from the local star as centre. Base 18 now consisted of a dozen bun...

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...e, a civilisation that has spread over thousands of worlds after the invention of hyperspace flight. They are fighting an enemy they don't understand in a war they did not choose. Space Grunts is told mainly from the perspective of the rank and file of the Human Alliance ground forces, who face an eminent foe, commanding over far superior means. Space Force Grunts tells ab...

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...s a place that could only be found on detailed military maps. This planet was circling a sun situated at the border between our Local Bubble of stars in the Milky Way and the much bigger Loop 1 Bubble, another assembly of suns and planets. DN-DU-144/5 was the fifth planet in outward direction, when counted from the local star as centre. Base 18 now consisted of a dozen bun...