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• The Fall of Atheism

  There are significant turning points in the history of mankind. We are now living in one of them. Some call it globalization and some say that this is the genesis of the “information age.” These are true, but there is yet a more important concept than these. Although some are unaware of it, great advances [...]

• The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA

  When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986, millions of Americans became bound together in a single, historic moment. Many still vividly remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard about the tragedy. In The Challenger Launch Decision, Diane Vaughan recreates the steps leading up to that fateful [...]

• Boundary-Layer Theory

  A new edition of the almost legendary textbook by Schilchting completely revised by Klaus Gersten is now available. This book presents a comprehensive overview of boundary-layer theory and its application to all areas of fluid mechhanics, with emphasis on the flow past bodies (e.g. aircraft aerodynamics). It contains the latest knowledge of the subject based [...]

• Quantum God: A study of Reality and Theology from a 21st Century perspective [Kindle e-book]

  In the 15th through 18th centuries Western theology had to abandon much of its view of basic reality in order to remain relevant to the truth of the quest to know God. Gods no longer lurked behind the thunder and rain. Geology, Chemistry and Physics were putting bones beneath the cartoon flesh that the world [...]

• Einstein’s Mistakes: The Human Failings of Genius

  “A thought-provoking critique of Einstein’s tantalizing combination of brilliance and blunder.”—Andrew Robinson, New Scientist Although Einstein was the greatest genius of the twentieth century, many of his groundbreaking discoveries were blighted by mistakes, ranging from serious errors in mathematics to bad misconceptions in physics and failures to grasp the subtleties of his own creations. This [...]