Maya Resurgence in Guatemala: Q'Eqchi' Experiences

Richard Wilson

University of Oklahoma Press

Strange Ecstasies

Literature & Fiction

Fritz LEIBER

Norman Spinrad

Clark Ashton Smith

Chris Miller

Frank Belknap Long

Arthur, Machen

H.G.Wells

frederik-pohl

Michael Parry (ed)

F.H. Davis

Short Stories & Anthologies

Panther

One might say that I exhibited the instincts of an experimental physicist from the age of three. My earliest memory is of crawling on the floor, putting two fingers of one hand into the 230-volt electricity outlet, and retiring with curiosity satisfied. At least that is what I was told, so that my memory is probably merely a memory of being told. Another early memory of what I was told was when my elder brother Geoffrey and I decided to clone the small apple tree in the garden. We cut a dozen blossoms and planted them in several places around the yard. Grannie Wilson, who was with us at the time, thought that we should be soundly spanked. Mother was much more lenient and merciful. She explained what we had done wrong, and we promised not to do it again. This is an early example of a failed experiment. The flowers did not take root as we had hoped. We had been overly hasty. We failed to do our homework and consult the authorities. Nor did we ask the experts for advice! 
 Like many scientists, my personal life and my career are closely intertwined. In reading these pages, you may find that until I was thirty years old I was impatient and not tolerant of those who did not understand or wanted to proceed more slowly. I slowly learned to accept the roadblocks to the aims that I set for myself and as I became steadily more and more ambitious, the roadblocks seemed more numerous and higher. In the last twenty years, and in particular the last ten years since my retirement, I have grown more tolerant, yet more impatient. I want to see progress before I die. 
 There is always a purpose to one's writing. It has taken nearly three years since my first writing attempts on these memoirs. I have returned to the thoughts of my scientific work and my attempts to add a little to scientific knowledge. I have reflected on my mistakes, which were many. And also I have taken the opportunity to review my achievements. But in particular, I recall the sense of joy when I have been able to make a piece of apparatus work or finally uncover a small technical mystery. For me the study of physics and the methods of a physicist offer a window through which one can glimpse the mysteries of the universe. There are so many questions that as yet have no answers, and we can only contemplate them with wonder. I have known many moments - even months - of painful frustration. But all in all, physics is fun. Doing it is fun. Remembering it is fun. And writing about it is fun.

Physics is Fun: Memoirs of a Life in Physics

A Practitioner's Guide to Legacies

Martyn Frost

LexisNexis UK

Book by Richard Wilson, Steven D. Colome, John D. Spengler, David Gordon Wilson

Health Effects of Fossil Fuel Burning: Assessment and Mitigation

Engineering & Transportation

David Gordon Wilson

Steven D. Colome

John D. Spengler

Engineering

Ballinger Pub. Co.

The 10th Annual Edition The Year's Best SF

ARTHUR C. CLARKE

Merril, Judith (editor) (Kit Reed

Mack Reynol

DELACORTE PRESS

Scotland's Greatest Mysteries

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Lomond Books

Since 1888, Rangers and Celtic football clubs have been locked into an intense and frequently explosive rivalry: Rangers the product of West Scotland's Protestant establishment, Celtic the team founded to raise money for the Catholic underclass of Glasgow. On 2 January 2010 the two teams met in the Old Firm's New Year Derby, a fixture that had been banned for ten years because of the trouble it brought with it. Richard Wilson puts that game at the centre of a book which delves into the history and widens out to the cultural resonance of the fixture within Scotland. Starting as the fans begin to arrive in Glasgow, and ending as the long night following the match stretches out ahead, Wilson talks to the fans, the players, the backroom staff, the referee, the ferry staff, the stewards and the paramedics to create a panoramic view of a cultural institution. It addresses the role football plays in working-class life, the social aspects of the game and why it is part of its surroundings in a way that no other sport is. Inside the Divide is more than just another football book. A rich mix of close-up observation and big-picture thinking, it has the insight, understanding and depth to make it a modern classic.

Inside the Divide: One City, Two Teams ... the Old Firm

Canongate Books Ltd.

Compiled by the star of the TV series "One Foot in the Grave", this book contains a humorous collection of true stories, anecdotes and stories of the bizarre and outrageous.

I Don't Believe It!

Michael O Mara Publications

can't be arsed: 101 things not to do before you die

Portico Books

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