LEADER 04178nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910777798803321 005 20230124182553.0 010 $a0-8135-4121-2 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813541211 035 $a(CKB)1000000000468114 035 $a(OCoLC)182530307 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10150136 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3032148 035 $a(DE-B1597)529136 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813541211 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3032148 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10150136 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000468114 100 $a20040413d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWonder shows$b[electronic resource] $eperforming science, magic, and religion in America /$fFred Nadis 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages) 311 0 $a0-8135-3515-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tPreface --$tPart I: Electric Wonders --$tPart II: Mystic Vaudeville --$tPart III: Millennial Wonders --$tBibliographical Essay --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aImagine a stage full of black cats emitting electrical sparks, a man catching bullets with his teeth, or an evangelist jumping on a transformer to shoot bolts of lightning through his fingertips. These and other wild schemes were part of the repertoire of showmen who traveled from city to city, making presentations that blended science with myth and magic. In Wonder Shows, Fred Nadis offers a colorful history of these traveling magicians, inventors, popular science lecturers, and other presenters of ?miracle science? who revealed science and technology to the public in awe-inspiring fashion. The book provides an innovative synthesis of the history of performance with a wider study of culture, science, and religion from the antebellum period to the present. It features a lively cast of characters, including electrical ?wizards? Nikola Tesla and Thomas Alva Edison, vaudeville performers such as Harry Houdini, mind readers, UFO cultists, and practitioners of New Age science. All of these performers developed strategies for invoking cultural authority to back their visions of science and progress. The pseudo-science in their wonder shows helped promote a romantic worldview that called into question the absolute authority of scientific materialism while reaffirming the importance of human spirituality. Nadis argues that the sensation that these entertainers provided became an antidote to the alienation and dehumanization that accompanied the rise of modern America. Although most recent defenders of science are prone to reject wonder, considering it an ally of ignorance and superstition, Wonder Shows demonstrates that the public?s passion for magic and meaning is still very much alive. Today, sales continue to be made and allegiances won based on illusions that products are unique, singular, and at best, miraculous. 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A. Corey 210 1$aNew York, New York :$cOrbit,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (479 pages) 225 1 $aThe Expanse ;$vv.6 311 $a0-316-33474-X 327 $aIntro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Prologue: Namono -- Chapter One: Pa -- Chapter Two: Filip -- Chapter Three: Holden -- Chapter Four: Salis -- Chapter Five: Pa -- Chapter Six: Holden -- Chapter Seven: Clarissa -- Chapter Eight: Dawes -- Chapter Nine: Holden -- Chapter Ten: Avasarala -- Chapter Eleven: Pa -- Chapter Twelve: Holden -- Chapter Thirteen: Prax -- Chapter Fourteen: Filip -- Chapter Fifteen: Pa -- Chapter Sixteen: Alex -- Chapter Seventeen: Holden -- Chapter Eighteen: Filip -- Chapter Nineteen: Pa -- Chapter Twenty: Naomi -- Chapter Twenty-One: Jakulski -- Chapter Twenty-Two: Holden -- Chapter Twenty-Three: Pa -- Chapter Twenty-Four: Prax -- Chapter Twenty-Five: Fred -- Chapter Twenty-Six: Filip -- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Bobbie -- Chapter Twenty-Eight: Holden -- Chapter Twenty-Nine: Avasarala -- Chapter Thirty: Filip -- Chapter Thirty-One: Pa -- Chapter Thirty-Two: Vandercaust -- Chapter Thirty-Three: Holden -- Chapter Thirty-Four: Dawes -- Chapter Thirty-Five: Amos -- Chapter Thirty-Six: Filip -- Chapter Thirty-Seven: Alex -- Chapter Thirty-Eight: Avasarala -- Chapter Thirty-Nine: Naomi -- Chapter Forty: Prax -- Chapter Forty-One: Pa -- Chapter Forty-Two: Marco -- Chapter Forty-Three: Holden -- Chapter Forty-Four: Roberts -- Chapter Forty-Five: Bobbie -- Chapter Forty-Six: Holden -- Chapter Forty-Seven: Filip -- Chapter Forty-Eight: Pa -- Chapter Forty-Nine: Naomi -- Chapter Fifty: Holden -- Chapter Fifty-One: Marco -- Chapter Fifty-Two: Pa -- Chapter Fifty-Three: Naomi -- Epilogue: Anna -- Acknowledgments -- Discover More James S.A. Corey -- Extras -- Meet the Author -- Also by James S. A. Corey. 330 $a"The sixth novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling Expanse series--now a major television series from Syfy! A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood. The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the thousand new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone. Outnumbered and outgunned, the embattled remnants of the old political powers call on the Rocinante for a desperate mission to reach Medina Station at the heart of the gate network. But the new alliances are as flawed as the old, and the struggle for power has only just begun. As the chaos grows, an alien mystery deepens. Pirate fleets, mutiny, and betrayal may be the least of the Rocinante's problems. And in the uncanny spaces past the ring gates, the choices of a few damaged and desperate people may determine the fate of more than just humanity. The Expanse: Leviathan Wakes; Caliban's War; Abaddon's Gate; Cibola Burn; Nemesis Games; Babylon's Ashes -- The Expanse Short Fiction: The Butcher of Anderson Station; Gods of Risk; The Churn; The Vital Abyss"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 4$aThe Expanse 606 $aHuman-alien encounters$vFiction 606 $aLife on other planets$vFiction 606 $aSpace warfare$vFiction 608 $aScience fiction.$2gsafd 615 0$aHuman-alien encounters 615 0$aLife on other planets 615 0$aSpace warfare 676 $a813.6 686 $aFIC028030$aFIC028010$2bisacsh 700 $aCorey$b James S. A.$01207939 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154350403321 996 $aBabylon's Ashes$92799051 997 $aUNINA