Morgan the Magnificent The Life of J Pierpont Morgan 1837

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Morgan the Magnificent The Life of J Pierpont Morgan 1837 - 1913
Winkler John K
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Morgan the Magnificent : the Life of J. Pierpont Morgn
John K. Winkler
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Morgan the Magnificent or the Life of J. Pierpont Morgan

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Morgan the Magnificent or the Life of J. Pierpont Morgan
John K. Winkler
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ASIN: 0766143325

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1930. Considered the greatest banker, organizer and master of capital of his time, Morgan was a mathematical marvel. He had vision surpassing imagination. This man, part poet, part pirate, grew into almost a god; and, as a god, ruled for a generation the pitiless, predatory world of cash. He took what he wanted. His code was his own. Presidents bowed to his authority. Kings and emperors vied to do him honor. It seemed that nothing could stop him. But something did.

Morgan the Magnificent The Life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913)

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Morgan the Magnificent The Life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913)
John K. Winkler
Manufacturer: New York: Garden City Publishing Star Book, 1930
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Morgan the Magnificent the Life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913)
John K. Winkler
Manufacturer: The Vanguard Press, Inc.
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Morgan the magnificent, the life of J. Pierpont Morgan 1837-1913
John K Winkler
Manufacturer: New York, Vanguard Press [1930]
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Morgan the magnificent: The life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913)
John K Winkler
Manufacturer: Doubleday : for Spear and Staff, Babson Park, Mass
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ASIN: B00086NC1K

Morgan the Magnificent: The Life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1932)

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Morgan the Magnificent: The Life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1932)
john k. winkler
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Morgan the Magnificent: The Life of J. Pierpont Morgan 1837 - 1913
John K. Winkler
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Morgan the magnificent : the life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913 : by John K.

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Morgan the magnificent : the life of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913 : by John K.
John K Winkler
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An oral history with academic credentials behind it, In the Ballpark is a clever hybrid of sober scholarship and good fun. Conceived by a practicing anthropologist who once played Minor League ball, the book takes you into the game's corners to tell the stories of the people, most of whom you don't even know are there, who make baseball the experience it is. This isn't a book extolling on-field glory--though Yankee centerfielder Bernie Williams is among its voices; it's a book primarily about the game's grunts.

Shuffling between the farm teams and the Show, Ballpark resonates with the first-person narratives of beer vendors, ushers, clubbies, trainers, denizens of the press box, and front-office personnel--even the Phillie Phanatic. If some are more fascinating than others--hey, that's baseball--all contribute to the book's evocative texture. An epilogue in the form of an essay dissects baseball work with the dry edge of erudition, footnotes and all, offering such wisdom as "When we compare work in the minor leagues with the big leagues we find the higher one ascends the professional baseball ladder, the larger the staff and the more complex the division of labor." Don't hold that against it. If Ballpark's extra innings flag, the individual voices that precede it are wonderfully different, lively, and generally filled with charm. --Jeff Silverman

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In the Ballpark is a collection of interviews with twenty-one people who work in all parts of Major and Minor League Baseball: usher and broadcaster, beer vendor and sportswriter, clubhouse attendant and field manager, ticket seller and owner, scout and general manager, mascot and player. Organized by setting—the stands, the field, the press box, and the front office—the accounts yield a wealth of insight into little-known aspects of the game. The new concluding chapter provides updates on the subjects since they were interviewed ten years ago as well as updates on how their jobs and the game itself has changed since In the Ballpark was first published.

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An embarrassment.......2007-08-29

Yes, the material is compelling. But beware. The Smithsonian Institution hardback edition is as sloppily edited as any book ever released by a major publisher, with dozens of lazy transcriptions. The names of Tony LaRussa and Lou Piniella are among those misspelled. The Reds broadcaster Joe Nuxhall becomes Joe Mecksaw. Perhaps those errors have been corrected in later editions. If not, you may have a hard time getting past them.

Wow!! What a FANtastic book!.......2003-04-04

I have been a baseball fan for over 40 years, and after reading this fascinating book I will never look at a baseball game, a ballpark or baseball in general the same way ever again. I could not put this book down. It's like a full body CAT scan of something most of us have never seen beneath the skin, or, if we are baseball readers, perhaps at best a few x-rays. Thank you Gmelch and Weiner for writing it. I have been recommending this book to every serious baseball fan I know and I am adding it to my gifts list.

An interesting look at a different dimension of baseball.......2000-04-20

Beneath all the publicity, the stories of superstars signing for mega-bucks and of those who blow it all, this book gives us a look at the people who try to make a career in baseball just because they love the game. Some of them succeed, others fail. But they all seem to have an undying love for the game and what it means to the American way of life.

This book was certainly well worth the time. I recommend it to any baseball fan.

Best baseball book ever........1999-06-22

Best baseball book ever

Kudos to the authors.......1998-06-14

The fact that the subject is baseball is beside the point. The authors have shown skill, humour, and insight in their ability to identify and highlight all the areas that go into making the game what it is. Some of the people are likable, some you even feel sorry for, but the tact, taste, and even the occasional lack of objectivity serve to make this an enjoyable read. (Coming from a family with many anthropoligists, I can say I've never read anything as fun to read as this.)

In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People

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In the Ballpark: The Working Lives of Baseball People
George Gmelch , and J. J. Weiner
Manufacturer: Smithsonian institution Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000O0JBE2

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Painfully academic and clinical study of animated features.......2001-08-04

I thought this book would be more all encompassing, but it analyzes only the specifics of the animated features from 1989 to 1999 and ignores the rest of the company and the parks. Not a topic I care about.

It is also laughably pretensions and academic. The word 'oeuvre' is used 16 times before page 25. Here's just a piece of an actual run-on sentence from page 15..."one a Heideggerian-by-way-of-de-Man-Bennington-and-a-tradition-of-idnigenous-socialism, the other a post-colonialist-Bhabbha-Spivakc-Young-turning-left-at-feminism". I couldn't make this stuff up. About as fun as drinking bleach.

You would think that such a clinical dissection would at least be accurate, but the introduction alone has four glaring factual errors that instantly made me distrust any of the subsequent information. Some of the errors: Disney died in 1967, they're building a park in Beijing, Tokyo Disneyland isn't open yet, and calling Animal Kingdom 'Safari World'. This was written in 1999, so thereÃ*s no excuse for not checking these facts.

All in all a tedious read.

Please reissue this book.......2000-08-23

This is a very insightful book. If you like depth on a subject, this book is for you. Essential reading for Disney fans. I never was able to locate a copy of my own.

Intelligent and to the point.......2000-05-03

While the essays are a little overly verbose and unapproachable, the subjects they speak to are difficult to find elsewhere. In my personal research of Disney, I have not been able to find a more useful critique of the cinematics and plot of Disney movies

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Deconstructing Disney
Eleanor Byrne
Manufacturer: Pluto Press
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ASIN: B000K7MEVG

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Gamma World: Out of the Vaults (Gamma World)
James Maliszewski , and John R. Snead
Manufacturer: White Wolf Games Studio
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The dark matter problem is one of the most fundamental and profoundly difficult problems in the history of science. Not knowing what makes up most of the mass in the Universe goes to the heart of our understanding of the Universe and our place in it. In Search of Dark Matter is the story of the emergence of the dark matter problem, from the initial 'discovery' of dark matter by Jan Oort to contemporary explanations for the nature of dark matter and its role in the origin and evolution of the Universe.

Written for the intelligent non-scientist and scientist alike, it spans a variety of scientific disciplines, from observational astronomy to particle physics. Concepts that the reader will encounter along the way are at the cutting edge of scientific research. However the themes are explained in such a way that no prior understanding of science beyond a high school education is necessary.

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In Search of Dark Matter.......2007-08-04

I found this book to be very informative, up to date, and could be understood by the layman

An EXCELLENT book on Dark Matter.......2007-05-10

This book sets out the evidence for missing matter in the universe in an entertaining yet thorough way. There is virtually no math in the entire book, and yet each subject area is treated fully. I had thought the first evidence for dark matter was star rotation rates in galaxies as set out by Vera Rubin and others. However this book traces the roots of the "something is wrong with our picture of the universe" back to the 1930s and Fritz Zwicky and Jan Oort--two astronomers who could not be more different from each other. And that is another strength of this book--we learn something about Zwicky and Oort without being seriously sidetracked.

"In Search of Dark Matter" strikes a perfect balance between moving the story along (and it does read like a story) and stopping here and there for brief asides about the personalities and milieu involved at the various stages of dark matter research. Finally, alternatives such as MOND theory are discussed. This book is not a deep tome--it is only roughly 150 pages. But it certainly piqued my interest and made me want to find out more. The authors succeed in bringing up most topics assuming little or no background in astronomy, yet don't get mired explaining the basics. A great read!

Excellent Book.......2007-02-22

The book is very well organized and enjoyable to read. Well done!

The Fifth Essence: The Search for Dark Matter in the Universe

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Excellent investigation into the unknown
Still haven't found what I'm looking for
Shedding Light on Dark Matter

The Fifth Essence: The Search for Dark Matter in the Universe
Lawrence M. Krauss
Manufacturer: Basic Books
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Excellent investigation into the unknown.......2005-11-13

I found Krauss's writing about a very difficult and enigmatic subject remarkably accessible. What has to be grasped is that no one -- NO ONE -- knows to any degree of certainty what makes up dark matter, nor how many forms it might take. It is the job of particle physicists and astrophysicists to, yes, speculate about what it could be, come up with a model that just might work, and then try to find ways to quantify and prove that model. New particles are being discovered on a regular basis: just because the concept is beyond our realm of understanding doesn't mean it's "science fiction" or that these discoveries are deserving of scorn because they don't seem to affect our daily lives. Krauss delivers his information in an engaging way that doesn't pander to the lowest common denominator, nor does he shy away from challenging his reader. I found The Fifth Essence to be one of the best examples I've read of science writing for the general public. Cheers!

Still haven't found what I'm looking for.......2005-02-24

We are accustomed to having our questions answered. This book discusses a question without giving the answer. The subtitle is The Search For Dark Matter In The Universe. That's right. It's about the search. Reading this book is like spending a few weeks with a flashlight, poking around in the dark. When the last page is done, you still, as U2 sang, haven't found what you're looking for.

Before reading this one, I read a book that told me that the dark matter consisted of Jupiter-sized black holes in space, millions of them, formed in the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang.

This book mentions that possibility but doesn't buy it. The answer here is that the dark matter consists of sub-atomic particles speeding through space, flying through planets and stars without being stopped by them. They also fly right through our skin and bones, constantly. Do I have that right? Who the hell knows.

On the back cover, the author is described as a "superbly clear writer". I wouldn't go that far. Consider the source - another physicist. Clear to him. He knows this stuff already. Clear as mud to me. Well, some of it, anyway.

We now believe that from 90% to 99% of the stuff in the universe is invisible to us and undetectable by our technology. And we think that stuff is ... umm ... chocolate pudding. We're testing for it. Maybe that stuff is heaven. Or maybe the calculations are way off and there is no dark matter, and we shall soon prove that we don't exist.

I was surprised to see how the processes of physics and cosmology seem to work. We fantasize. We imagine. What if ... ummm ... what if there was a particle that was such and such a size and had such and such properties .... would that explain anything? Okay, let's say that it exists, let's call it a floooeyon. Now let's go search for it. This reads like sci fi.

Hey, Henry, I think what happens is that for every particle there is an anti-particle, and when they collide they destroy each other, and there are exactly the same number of particles as anti-particles, but then again there may be 1,000,000,001 particles to every 1,000,000,000 anti-particles, and they all destroyed each other, leaving 1 particle undestroyed, and that particle, multiplied a gazillion times, is what makes the universe.

What???????

No, for real. It is a ballooneon. Now if only I could measure the effect that one ballooneon has when it flies through the earth and bangs into a proton in a big vat of orange juice below the surface of the earth, we'd be all set.

One of the strongest impressions you take from this book is just how unimaginably huge the universe is. There are billions of galaxies. With that in mind, it seems that only an absolute fool would believe that this is the only inhabited planet. Instead of thinking that the UFO-believers are loonies, it seems that the UFO-skeptics are the loonies. We are less than a grain of sand in the universe. Of course there are others out there. Otherwise, what are all those billions of galaxies out there for?

Shedding Light on Dark Matter.......1997-11-04

In The Fifth Essence, Lawrence Krauss provides a thorough retelling of the theories relating to dark matter in the Universe. Each example is explained with carefully chosen analogies that are comprehensible to the average academic. While complex and somewhat technical, this collection is well worth the attention of the passionate amateur or professional.

Axions: Theory, Cosmology, and Experimental Searches (Lecture Notes in Physics)

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Axions: Theory, Cosmology, and Experimental Searches (Lecture Notes in Physics)

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Axions are peculiar hypothetical particles that could both solve the CP problem of quantum chromodynamics and at the same time account for the dark matter of the universe. Based on a series of lectures by world experts in this field held at CERN (Geneva), this volume provides a pedagogical introduction to the theory, cosmology and astrophysics of these fascinating particles and gives an up-to-date account of the status and prospect of ongoing and planned experimental searches. Learners and practitioners of astroparticle physics will find in this book both a concise introduction and a current reference work to a showcase topic that connects the "inner space" of the elementary particle world with the "outer space" of the universe at large.

Blinded By the Light, New Theories About the Sun and the Search for Dark Matter

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Blinded By the Light, New Theories About the Sun and the Search for Dark Matter

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Blinded By The Light: New Theories About the Sun and the Search for Dark Matter
John Gribbin
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ASIN: 0517578271
Release Date: 1991-10-08

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The Fifth Essence The Search for Dark Matter in The Universe
Lawrence M. Krauss
Manufacturer: New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1989
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ASIN: B000NXKJKA

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The Fifth Essence: The Search for Dark Matter in the Universe
Lawrence M. Krauss
Manufacturer: Basic Books
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ASIN: B000PU39SK

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Fifth Essence: The Search for Dark Matter in the Universe.
Lawrence M. Krauss
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Results from the two-tower run of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search : (Dissertation)

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Results from the two-tower run of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search : (Dissertation)
Angela Jean Reisetter
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The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS-II) experiment: First results from the Soudan Mine: (Dissertation)

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The Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS-II) experiment: First results from the Soudan Mine: (Dissertation)
Clarence Leeder Chang
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