In Raptures of the Deep Jueneman challenges the scientific world with thought-provoking essays on the possible and impossible. His wit is woven throughout his imaginative "what ifs". Says Jueneman:

"These essays cover a lot of ground with the proverbial seven-league boots, ranging from sending up hundreds of helium balloons filled with speculative ideas to a few more touching on more technical matters. I should point out that no matter whether these ideas are philosophically or scientifically well-founded, or even strangely psycho-ceramic, is of little concern to me, for at base it's the thought that counts."

On his title, Jueneman explains, "From all appearances it seems to me that almost everyone who lives at the bottom of our ocean of air suffers from a form of nitrogen narcosis - or, as it is known in oceanographic circles, 'Raptures of the Deep.'"

Raptures is a compendium of thoughts and challenges that amuse and inspire.

Contents

Forward by Dwardu Cardona; Introduction; Preface; Underlying Principles; Redshift!; Is the Universe Finite?; The Origin of Intelligence; Elevating Theory into Practice; The Nature of Light; The Alchemy of Shamir; The Stone of Bezoar; Atlantis, A Fabulous Fable; The Hole Truth about Ozone; Night of the Trojans; Hide of the Dragon; Words, Symbols & Man; Elysian Fields; In a Cavern, In a Cavern; Oracle of Ancient Numbers; Venus Hothouse... The Other Theory; A Question of Fundamentals; Variable Frontiers of Uncertainty; The Transmutation of Species; A Word to the Unwise; The Hermes Myth; Infection of a Cosmic Idea ;Searchers of the Skies; UFOs; Index

Comment

"I've known Fred for over 15 years - and have enjoyed his essays even longer. Fred's success in reaching the general public is attained through clarity, objectivity, fairness and a great sense of humour. He encompasses the world of ideas. One can only say BRAVO - and thank you for an exciting reading experience" - Dr. George Robert Talbott, Licensed Medical Technologist, Physicist and Physical Chemist.

"Every section of this book is a joy to read, a challenge to ponder, and a delightfully fresh stimulus towards further enquiry." - Lynn E. Rose, Professor of Philosophy, State University of New York at Buffalo.

"A stunning intellectual tour de force that covers the spectrum from physics to folklore and back again - this book will always be good reading no matter how many times you open it." - Vine Deloria, Jr., University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of History.

Publishing Details

Raptures of the Deep, Copyright (c) 1994, 1995 Frederic B. Jueneman. ISBN 1-57450-001-5. Published by:

Research & Development Magazine
Cahners Publishing Company
1350 Touhy Avenue
Des Plaines, IL 94560-1423. USA

Tel: +1 (708) 635 8800. Fax: +1 (708) 390 2779.
email: shouse@cahners.com

This book might be considered a period piece. It was originally collected together some two decades ago, and comprised the bulk of my earliest columns in the Innovative Notebook feature of what was then Industrial Research magazine, beginning in April of 1971. Some of the material is, of course, relatively outdated because of new technological developments and other events which have come about since the initial book Limits of Uncertainty was first published in mid-1975, but many bizarre and outlandish ideas expressed then are now still open to questions and no doubt even inspire controversy. More protracted essays delving somewhat deeper into the mindset of existence and time are to be found in the subsequent volume, Raptures of the Deep, with still another set of short essays to follow in the near future with Raptures of the Deep - II.

The essays here are by no means intended to be scholarly commentaries, although frequent trips to the libraries were necessary to track down a few obscure bits of information in this saurian age before the information superhighways were designed and built. References to published works are given credit in the text rather than as footnotes, but occasionally I had to draw on my imperfect memory and thus present thoughts that are not entirely my own, thereby expropriating someone's earlier ideas. Since a variety of subjects are covered in this rather random collection, I ask indulgence of those researchers who may grimace at the free-wheeling, or the sometimes unorthodox, treatment of their specialities. And, toward all I must needs take the position of recalcitrant apologies.

Science is supposed to be fun, and speculation is one of those aspects of human endeavor which frees the mind of preconceived notions while dealing with a variety of unknowns, and science is chock full of sorts of unknowns. Such speculations often catapult one into an exploration not only of new ideas but of old discarded concepts that have been lying around for years, and like a springboard these conjectures can propel one around the fun-house of the universe. - Frederic Jueneman, Newark, California, August 1994.

Contents

forward; preface to second edition; a place to hang your sky hook; putting a dinner fork into orbit; merry-go-rounds and orbits; the numbers game and other stories; the sands of mars and the colors of seasons; a most exciting planet; weather or not, venus is warm this time of year; the music of the spheres; steady state big bang ylem whoosh; a galaxy called rome; twinkle-twinkle little pulstar; another visit with galileo and the tower of pisa; anatomy of a cataclysm; things that go bump in the night; things that go bump all the time; scuttlebutt and bilgewater; the search for atlantis; three ring circus; the magnetohydrodynamic swastika; a little game of rings and things; one-two-three triple play; will the real monster please stand up; unnatural selection; serpents of the sargasso sea; the origami of the species; generic code in life and language; the crystal that at cleveland; kirlian kromatography; a dash of arsenic, a pinch of selenium; the periodic tableau - key to other words; if isotopes were horses; some notes about notations and notable; use it or loose it; a third industrial revolution; who fault is it then?; the serpent and the saint; homogenize on mouse; archeology forever; another game of rings and things; chariots of the tunguska fire god? tales of a comet; ancient games of weights and measures; more little games of rings and things; anatomy of a ufo; a peccavi for all seasons; a little game of strings and things.

Publishing details

Limits of Uncertainty-I, Copyright (c) 1975, 1994 by Frederic B. Jueneman. ISBN 1-57450-002-3. Published by:

Research & Development Magazine
Cahners Publishing Company
1350 Touhy Avenue
Des Plaines, IL 94560-1423. USA.

Tel: +1 (708) 635 8800. Fax: +1 (708) 390 2779.
email: shouse@cahners.com

Both books are $29.95 each, or $50.00 the set from Cahners Publishing Company (attn: Stephanie House)

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