George Johnson's Books

Fire in the Mind

Science, Faith, and the Search for Order

By: George Johnson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fire in the Mind

Science, Faith, and the Search for Order

By: George Johnson

Are there really laws governing the universe? Or is the order we see a mere artifact of the way evolution wired the brain? And is what we call science only a set of myths in which quarks, DNA, and information fill the role once occupied by gods? These questions lie at the heart of George Johnson's audacious exploration of the border between science and religion, cosmic accident and timeless law. Northern New Mexico is home both to the most provocative new enterprises in quantum physics, information science, and the evolution of complexity and to the cosmologies of the Tewa Indians and the Catholic Penitentes. As it draws the reader into this landscape, juxtaposing the systems of belief that have taken root there, Fire in the Mind into a gripping intellectual adventure story that compels us to ask where science ends and religion begins. "A must for all those seriously interested in the key ideas at the frontier of scientific discourse."--Paul Davies

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

401

Publisher

Vintage

Published Date

ISBN 10

030776544X

ISBN 13

9780307765444

We Are Not Broken

By: George M Johnson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

We Are Not Broken

By: George M Johnson

New memoir from George M. Johnson, the New York Times bestselling author of All Boys Aren't Blue—a "deeply impactful" (Nic Stone), "striking and joyful" (Laurie Halse Anderson), and "stunning read" (Publishers Weekly, starred) that celebrates Black boyhood and brotherhood in all its glory! This is the vibrant story of George, Garrett, Rall, and Rasul -- four children raised by Nanny, their fiercely devoted grandmother. The boys hold each other close through early brushes with racism, memorable experiences at the family barbershop, and first loves and losses. And with Nanny at their center, they are never broken. George M. Johnson captures the unique experience of growing up as a Black boy in America through rich family stories that explore themes of vulnerability, sacrifice, and culture. Complete with touching letters from the grandchildren to their beloved matriarch and a full color photo insert, this heartwarming and heartbreaking memoir is destined to become a modern classic of emerging adulthood.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

153

Publisher

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published Date

ISBN 10

0759554617

ISBN 13

9780759554610

Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico

A Selectively Annotated Bibliography

By: George H. Junne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico

A Selectively Annotated Bibliography

By: George H. Junne

Almost a century before their arrival in the English New World, Blacks appeared alongside the Spanish in what is now the American West. Through their families, communities, and institutions, these Western Blacks left behind a long history, which is just now beginning to receive systematic scholarly treatment. Comprehensively indexing a variety of research materials on Blacks in the North American West, Junne offers an invaluable navigational tool for students of American and African-American history. Entries are organized both geographically and topically, and cover a broad range of subjects including cross-cultural interaction, health, art, and law. Contains a complete compilation of African-American newspapers.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

704

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0313065055

ISBN 13

9780313065057

Old Kent

The Eastern Shore of Maryland

By: George A. Hanson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Old Kent

The Eastern Shore of Maryland

By: George A. Hanson

Upshur County, West Virginia was created in 1851 from Randolph, Barbour, and Lewis counties. Upshur's early history and the lives of its more prominent pioneers and nineteenth-century Native Sons are ably captured in this tripartite volume. Part I, a condensed history of the state prepared by Hu Maxwell, ranges over everything from the first explorations of the Blue Ridge, the French and Indian War, and the Revolution to West Virginia geography and geology, formation of the state, and the Civil War in West Virginia. In Part II, Mr. Cutright lays out the history of the county, with emphasis on the Indian Wars, religious life, geography, formation of the county and its political and governmental institutions, Upshur County and Upshur countians in the Civil War, as well as a whole host of miscellaneous topics, such as turnpike and railroad construction, newspapers, financial institutions, the birds of Upshur County, and much more. In the final third of the volume we find an alphabetically arranged series of over 600 biographical/genealogical sketches of Upshur countians (some of them illustrated), which range from several paragraphs to several pages in length. In the majority of cases the subjects, who were mostly born around mid-century, are identified by their year of birth, the name of one or more parents, and the names of their spouse(s) and children. In addition, we learn something of each subject's career, military service (if any), and his/her movements to and from Upshur County. In short, given the book's 607 densely packed pages of historical and genealogical detail, this is the starting point for Upshur County research.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

440

Publisher

Genealogical Publishing Com

Published Date

ISBN 10

0806346329

ISBN 13

9780806346328

Literary History of England

By: George Sherburn,Donald F. Bond

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Literary History of England

By: George Sherburn,Donald F. Bond

English historians in the Middle Ages is an overview of the history of English historians and their works in the Middle Ages. English historians helped lay the groundwork for modern historical methodology, provided vital accounts of the early history of England, its culture, and revelations about the historians themselves. The most remarkable period of historical writting was during the High Middle Ages in the 12th and 13th centuries, when English chronicles produced works with a variety of interest, wealth of information and amplitude of range. However one might choose to view the reliability.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

481

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Published Date

ISBN 10

0710061307

ISBN 13

9780710061300

Miss Leavitt's Stars

By: George Johnson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Miss Leavitt's Stars

By: George Johnson

A short, excellent account of [Leavitt’s] extraordinary life and achievements." —Simon Singh, New York Times Book Review George Johnson brings to life Henrietta Swan Leavitt, who found the key to the vastness of the universe—in the form of a “yardstick” suitable for measuring it. Unknown in our day, Leavitt was no more recognized in her own: despite her enormous achievement, she was employed by the Harvard Observatory as a mere number-cruncher, at a wage not dissimilar from that of workers in the nearby textile mills. Miss Leavitt’s Stars uncovers her neglected history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

179

Publisher

WW Norton

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393328562

ISBN 13

9780393328561

Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country

By: George Thomas Noszlopy,Fiona Waterhouse

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country

By: George Thomas Noszlopy,Fiona Waterhouse

The "Black Country" is an area historically known as the cradle of the Industrial Revolution—a thriving regioin built around deep coal seams, conjuring up images of fiery red furnaces by night and black, sooty citadels by day. Yet today the resource-rich region also features many striking public sculptures. This volume provides a comprehensive catalog to all of the historic sculptures and public monuments in Staffordshire and the Black Country. George Noszlopy and Fiona Waterhouse catalog each individual sculpture in detail, including information about the sculptor, the sculpture's historical and artistic significance, the commissioning agent, and the date of installation. The volume also features 350 black-and-white photographs that document the diverse and rich beauty of the region's public monuments. The ninth volume in the widely acclaimed, award-winning Public Sculpture of Britain series, Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country is an invaluable resource for British historians, art scholars, and travelers alike.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

371

Publisher

Liverpool University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0853239894

ISBN 13

9780853239895

Solar Energy Index

The Arizona State University Solar Energy Collection

By: George Machovec

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Solar Energy Index

The Arizona State University Solar Energy Collection

By: George Machovec

Solar Energy Index is an index of resources dealing with solar energy, including archival materials from the International Solar Energy Society collection; references to articles in major solar journals; patents and pamphlets; National Technical Information Service reports; unbound conference proceedings; and other assorted reports. Both theoretical and ""how-to-do-it"" publications are well represented. This book places particular emphasis on terrestrial solar thermal and photovoltaic applications of solar energy. Subjects are classified according to physics, terrestrial wind, collectors, space heating and cooling, economics, materials, distillation, thermal-electric power systems, photoelectricity, solar furnaces, cooking, biological applications, water heaters, photochemistry, energy storage, mechanical devices, evaporation, sea power, space flight applications, and industrial applications. Topics covered range from wind energy and bioconversion to ocean thermal energy conversion, heliohydroelectric power plants, solar cells, turbine generation systems, thermionic converters, batteries and fuel cells, and pumps and engines. This monograph will be of interest to government officials and policymakers concerned with solar energy.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1007

Publisher

Elsevier

Published Date

ISBN 10

1483145638

ISBN 13

9781483145631

Encyclopedia of leadership

A-E

By: George R. Goethals

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Encyclopedia of leadership

A-E

By: George R. Goethals

The Encyclopedia of Leadership' brings together everything that is known and truly matters abour leadership as part of the human experience.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

1634

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

076192597X

ISBN 13

9780761925972

Mississippi Black History Makers

By: George A. Sewell,Margaret L. Dwight

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mississippi Black History Makers

By: George A. Sewell,Margaret L. Dwight

A well-researched collection of biographical sketches of notable African Americans from Mississippi

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

512

Publisher

Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published Date

ISBN 10

160473390X

ISBN 13

9781604733907

The Last Miles

The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991

By: George Cole

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Last Miles

The Music of Miles Davis, 1980-1991

By: George Cole

The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

570

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0472032607

ISBN 13

9780472032600

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness

How White People Profit from Identity Politics, Revised and Expanded Edition

By: George Lipsitz

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness

How White People Profit from Identity Politics, Revised and Expanded Edition

By: George Lipsitz

In this unflinching look at white supremacy, George Lipsitz argues that racism is a matter of interests as well as attitudes, a problem of property as well as pigment. Above and beyond personal prejudice, whiteness is a structured advantage that produces unfair gains and unearned rewards for whites while imposing impediments to asset accumulation, employment, housing, and health care for minorities. Reaching beyond the black/white binary, Lipsitz shows how whiteness works in respect to Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans.Lipsitz delineates the weaknesses embedded in civil rights laws, the racial dimensions of economic restructuring and deindustrialization, and the effects of environmental racism, job discrimination and school segregation. He also analyzes the centrality of whiteness to U.S. culture, and perhaps most importantly, he identifies the sustained and perceptive critique of white privilege embedded in the radical black tradition. This revised and expanded edition also includes an essay about the impact of Hurricane Katrina on working class Blacks in New Orleans, whose perpetual struggle for dignity and self determination has been obscured by the city's image as a tourist party town.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

316

Publisher

Temple University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1592134947

ISBN 13

9781592134946

Old Families of Louisiana

By: Stanley Clisby Arthur,George Campbell Huchet de Kernion

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Old Families of Louisiana

By: Stanley Clisby Arthur,George Campbell Huchet de Kernion

Originally published in 1931, Old Families of Louisiana was compiled in response to a demand for a comprehensive series of genealogical records of the foundation families of the state--families whose ancestors settled with Bienville in New Orleans at the time the famous old city was laid out in the crescent bend of the Mississippi River. This book also answers the call for information on those who came to Louisiana when the golden lilies of France, the castellated banner of Spain, the Union Jack of Great Britain, or the flag of fifteen stars and fifteen stripes waved over the land.During the compilation of the original data it became apparent that the present book would be greatly augmented in interest and value by the addition of genealogical records of other prominent foundation families besides the French and Spanish. For this reason, information was included on the English, Scottish, and Irish lineages whose representatives now form an integral part of the present-day population of Louisiana.In the seventy years since its first publication, Old Families of Louisiana has exceeded the original scope intended. In order to set a limit to its range, it was agreed that only those families settling in Louisiana before and up to the time of the beginning of the American domination in 1803 should be included. Old Families of Louisiana traces the genealogy of such traditional Louisiana families as Fortier, Claiborne, Kenner, Percy, Wiltz, Chalmette, Landry, Derbigny, Butler, St. Martin, and Wilkinson.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

430

Publisher

Genealogical Publishing Com

Published Date

ISBN 10

0806346884

ISBN 13

9780806346885

Book's by George Johnson

Fire in the Mind

Fire in the Mind

We Are Not Broken

We Are Not Broken

Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico

Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico

Old Kent

Old Kent

Literary History of England

Literary History of England

Miss Leavitt's Stars

Miss Leavitt's Stars

Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country

Public Sculpture of Staffordshire and the Black Country

Solar Energy Index

Solar Energy Index

Encyclopedia of leadership

Encyclopedia of leadership

Mississippi Black History Makers

Mississippi Black History Makers

The Last Miles

The Last Miles

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness

Old Families of Louisiana

Old Families of Louisiana

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email