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Two Priests of the ancient traditional religion of the Yoruba People have selected and presented in modern prose 16 "parable like" moral stories from thousands in the sacred Ifa Oracle. With an explanatory introduction the stories, while entertaining are instructional in interpreting the oracle.

"An in-depth, easy-to-understand examination of the basic physical laws of nature and how they influence our universe."

The authors discuss the history of physical science, from the ancient Greeks until modern times..

Trace the development of astronomy from early Greek stargazers to the ambitious pioneers: Brahe, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton - who braved persecution and ridicule to fight for a science that relied not on ancient authorities and scriptures, but on logic, math, and careful observation. As Motz and Weaver show, the fruits of this noble pursuit - the elegant, simple natural laws - opened our eyes to the elusive rotations of the heavenly bodies, and gave rise to classical physics, and, finally, the vigorous, thriving science of astronomy today. These engaging authors go on to depict the...