1. Wisconsin Book Festival 2011 VOICES

2. Wisconsin Book Festival VOICES 2011 3. Wisconsin Book Festival

Coming, October 1, 2011

Why did our ancient ancestors believe they could hear the voices of the gods?

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Other questions answered in the book . . .

Why did early humans believe in multiple gods?

Why did humans then transition to believing in a single god?

When were the first glimmers of self-awareness?

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Other questions answered in the book . . .

Why do children believe in magic?

Why do people make wishes on stars, fountains, and birthday candles?

What three activities have historically won exceptions from cultural prejudices?

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Other questions answered in the book . . .

Why would a modern four year old favor Aristotle's description of the world over Newton's or Einstein's?

What did Rene Descartes learn in the grottoes of Saint-Germain-en-Laye?

How is the meaning of the word ''soul'' about to change again?

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Yes, indeed . . .

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. . . our ancient ancestorsdidhear voices.

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On a lighter note . . .

The book expands the legend of Mary Poppins.

The book explains what Walt Disney was dreaming about when he died.

And the book names the greatest educator of all time.

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Questions NOT answered in the book . . .

What do the letters 'L' and 'N' stand for in the name L.N. Smith Publishing?

And what's so ridiculous about the universe being solved through a planetarium show?

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Grand Unification

Introducing . . .

a new conceptual model for the physics of the universe

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Questions answered in the paper . . .

What is dark matter? What is dark energy?

What are virtual particles and antimatter?

What explains the 'Big Four' of natural forces?

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Questions answered in the paper . . .

What are gravity waves, really?

Why have we been fooled into thinking that energy travels in bundles, called photons?

Why does light behave as both a wave and a particle?

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Questions answered in the paper . . .

Why does the speed of light measure the same in every direction, regardless of the source's motion?

How do electrons switch orbital shells without crossing the space in between them?

What was Albert Einstein's great oversight?

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Why have the four physicists who've read the paper disregarded it, even though it points to a fresh approach for the math?

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. . . and this brings us to the next book.

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The Redesign of Tomorrowland

Presenting . . .

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The Redesign of Tomorrowland

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Why are new ideas, that ultimately prove true, so often rejected at first by the very same experts who should know better?

Take a few minutes to read the ''Prologue'' (3 pages)

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What is the new paradigm for nutrition?

Read ''Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe'' (4 pages)

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Why is our economy entering another Great Depression?

Read ''Escape through Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin'' (6 pages)

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What question will become the great philosophical debate of the twenty-first century?

Read ''The Tomorrowland Stage'' (3 pages)

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What is the 'Singularity' and how might it kill us?

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Read ''Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress w/Overlay'' (10 pages)

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What is the threat of nanotechnology?

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Read ''Nano Joe's Coffee Shop'' (10 pages)

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How is science changing our understanding of the human soul?

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Read ''Space Mountain Backups'' (12 pages)

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Let reading put into your head what it always has: . . .