In Controversy, Trevor Palmer fully documents how traditional gradualistic views of biological and geographic evolution are giving way to a catastrophism that credits cataclysmic events, such as meteorite impacts, for the rapid bursts and abrupt transitions observed in the fossil record. According to the catastrophists, new species do not evolve gradually; they proliferate following sudden mass extinctions. Placing this major change of perspective within the context of a range of ancient debates, Palmer discusses such topics as the history of the solar system, present-day extraterrestrial threats to earth, hominid evolution, and the fossil record.
A genius may be born to greatness but some make an inexplicable mind-leap from 'average' or even 'backward' to this status in later life. A strange reason for this is explored here in a story of two universes. Fortunately, some of our greatest minds were benign and intent on bettering the lives of others ... but what if that were not so? What if a man - or an alien being - in control of unbelievable forces has a less benevolent nature yet receives the mind-leap to genius. Will the fifth mind-leap made here lead to devastation on an unimaginable scale?
Our first contact with an alien world! An unmanned space vessel from Earth, having explored our outermost planets, leaves our solar system. Although there is no crew aboard, the vessel is pre-loaded with a broadcast message to any alien race it may encounter. First though, it must teach the aliens a basic language - then it will explain what the human race is all about. The scenario chosen for this friendly contact message is the 'peace and goodwill' period of Christmas. Showing us at our best? What better time could have been chosen. But will they understand our language let alone our very different world? And is Christmas really the simplest example to have been chosen? Maybe the alien race will have its own problems too. This story takes us just a little way into the future to find out.
The 8 short stories in Funny Worlds explore life on differing planets ranging from Earth-like to bizarre. This is done through an episode on each world seen with a humorous, quirky eye. Will we ever experience worlds like these one day? Do they possibly exist? You the reader must judge for yourself ... but I hope they bring a smile or two.
A brilliant alien scientist is chased into our solar system for stealing a remarkable material. Before he is apprehended, he ejects in an escape pod his personal robot to which he has given remarkable powers and a covering of the material. It aids a young American family, living in a future world of food shortages. When they are forced to flee to another country, a further threat sees the action switch from Earth to a colonised Mars. How will this final confrontation be resolved?
This book has a two-fold purpose ... to help chess players who would consider themselves to be average or below to improve their playing skills; and secondly - and equally important - to entertain! The first of these will be achieved it is hoped through an analysis of 'ordinary' games (those well below grandmaster level, although they feature one by a youthful Nigel Short and other games by up-and-coming GMs, Hebden, Flear). 67 games played by the author at club and county level in Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire are dissected and the lessons that can be learned from each one are spotlighted for the reader. So, none are too deep for an average strength player and, all too often, the plans of the author or his opponent "gang awry".
Saints were powerful role models in the early Middle Ages, capable of defining communities. But what roles did saintly biographies play in shaping the medieval West? Are we any closer to the 'elusive goal' of understanding society and its many post-Roman transformations through them? This book provides a new starting point for the investigation of the early Middle Ages through hagiography. It critically examines the varied nature of hagiography in different societies, from Ireland to Germany via Rome and Spain, to help pave the way for future comparative studies. The book also offers a wide-ranging assessment of different modern methodologies used to interrogate hagiographies, from early twentieth-century source criticism, to the insights gained from gender studies, postmodernism and digital humanities."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
This textbook, by Professor Trevor Palmer (Professor of Life Sciences Nottingham Trent University), ~is written with the requirements of the student firmly in mind. No previous knowledge of biochemistry, and little of chemistry, is assumed. It is intended to provide an introduction to enzymology, and a balanced account of all the various theoretical and applied aspects of the subject which are likely to be included in a course - something rarely attempted in enzymology books at this level. Furthermore some of the later chapters may serve as a bridge to more advanced textbooks for students wishing to proceed further in this area of biochemistry.~
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