This Hardcover Book item from WW Norton & Co was reviewed on 6-Jun-2009.
Search ISBN:0393063941 offer from Abebooks or used books from Alibris. Moore Can You Speak Venusian? Reference Book. Classifications : General Reference Subjects Books General AAS Reference Subjects Books General New Age Religion & Spirituality Subjects Books Astronomy Astronomy Science Subjects Books Hardcover Binding (binding) Refi . Related topics: General. Reference. Subjects. Books. General AAS. Reference. Subjects. Books. General. New Age. requestid: ebea0304-9a93-4df2-95c0-ac5a791c2c0a
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1) Hardcover Book Moore Can You Speak Venusian? by WW Norton & Co. The title of this book, Can You Speak Venusian?, basically says it all. When I first found this book in the stacks of my local library, I thought it was about some crackpot´s insane theory; instead, it lambasts a number of crackpots and their equally-cracked pet ideas. Astronomer Patrick Moore ponders the various theories of Flat Earthers, channelers, crystal gazers, people who believe we live on the inside of the Earth, and the like. He calls them Independent Thinkers -- I call them kooks. He´s a scientist (apparently self-taught) and does the Independent Thinkers the great disservice of taking them seriously. For example, he is "ill-mannered enough" to ask a man channeling Aetherius, an ET who can speak all Earth´s languages, questions in both French and Norwegian that Aetherius somehow can´t understand. The book is amusing, but has a slight mocking tone. A great read for skeptical thinkers, but it´ll be lost on the vast array of Stupid People(tm) who like to believe stupid things.¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 4-Jul-2009, 03930639419780393063943, 410-8 |
