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标题：Arcade Publishing
期刊名称：The Bookwatch (Print)
印刷版ISSN：0896-4521
出版年度：2005
卷号：April 2005
出版社：Midwest Book Review

Arcade Publishing

Arcade Publishing

141 Fifth Ave., 8th Fl, NY, NY 10010

1-800-759-0190 www.arcadepub.com

Two excellent new titles blend science with other disciplines to provide multi-faceted, lively discussions for general-interest, non-scientist audiences. Michael Judge's The Dance Of Time: The Origins Of The Calendar: A Miscellany Of History And Myth, Religion And Astronomy, Festivals And Feast Days (1559707461, $23.00) provides a history of the origins of the calendar, incorporating mythology, religion and science into a discussion of social and cultural calendar rituals and meaning around the world. Readers seeking to understand differences between ancient and modern calendars, and the roots of today's modern calendar, will find The Dance Of Time a lively discussion, seasonally arranged for maximum focus. Len Fisher's Weighing The Soul: Scientific Discovery From The Brilliant To The Bizarre (1559707321, $25.00) covers some oddities of scientific investigation and discoveries, from an attempt to actually weigh a dying man's soul as it fled his body to experiments in electricity and DNA. From Fisher's first-person observational, chatty style blending history with cultural insights to own his Nobel Prize-winning experiments, authority backed with an energetic writing style brings science into the average person's life.