Still unsolved, still baffling, still claiming new victims. Here are the untold stories.
A pilot reports a strange haze enveloping his plane, then disappears; eleven hours after fuel starvation, as if calling from a void, he is heard 600 miles away.
'I confess that reading his essays seems to me to have enlarged my understanding of the Shakespearean pattern, which, after all, is quite the main main thing.' - T.S. Eliot
The most familiar assertion of Shakespeare scholarship is that he is our contemporary. Shakespeare After Theory provocatively argues that he is not, but what value he has for us must at least begin with a recognition of his distance from us. Only then can we be sure that what we hear are his concerns, rather than the projections of our own. Shakespeare After Theory sees Shakespeare's artistry as it is realized in the earliest conditions of its materialization and intelligibility: in the collaborations of the theatre in which the plays were acted, in the practices of the book trade in which they were published, in the unstable political world of late Tudor and Stuart England in which the plays were engaged by various publics.
In this user-friendly and informative book, prolific author and academic Vaclav Smil provides an introduction to this far-reaching term and gives the reader a greater understanding of energy's place in both past and present society. Starting with an explanation of the concept, he goes on to cover such exciting topics as the inner workings of the human body, and the race for more efficient and environmentally friendly fuels. Whether you're after insight or dinner table conversation, Energy: A Beginner's Guide will amaze and inform, uncovering the science behind one of the most important concepts in our universe.
• COVER: Stem Cells: Poised for a Breakthrough - After eight years of political ostracism, stem-cell scientists like Harvard's Douglas Melton are coming back into the light--and making discoveries that may soon bring lifesaving breakthroughs • ESSAY: Obama's Fresh Start: Substance Over Showbiz - Obama has shifted the focus of the presidency from show biz to substance--at least for now • RELIGION: Rural Churches Grapple with a Pastor Exodus - The only group vanishing faster than the population in rural America is its pastors, stranding farm congregations and challenging church leaders to find new models • PEOPLE: 10 Questions for Mickey Rourke - After wrestling back into the spotlight, the actor looks ahead. Mickey Rourke will now take your questions
