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Frank Ramsey was the greatest of the remarkable generation of Cambridge philosophers and logicians which included G. E. Moore, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Maynard Keynes.Before his tragically early death in 1930 at the age of twenty-six, he had done seminal work in mathematics and economics as well as in logic and philosophy. This volume, with a new and extensive introduction by D. H. Mellor, contains all Ramsey's previously published writings on philosophy and the foundations of mathematics. The latter gives the definitive form and defence of the reduction of mathematics to logic undertaken in Russell and Whitehead's Principia Mathematica; the former includes the most profound and original studies of universals, truth, meaning, probability, knowledge, law and causation, all of which are still constantly referred to, and still essential reading for all serious students of these subjects. ... Read more

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Ramsey's "Philosophical Papers."
While Frank Ramsey only lived for a short time, his philosophical ideas and theories are still having a tremendous impact upon modern philosophy, particularly in the areas of truth and logic.For anyone who desires to know more and critically analyze Ramsey's theories this book is a must-have.

F.P. Ramsey
Amazon offers a collection of papers by F.P. Ramsey; Such work has been influential on thinkers such as David K. Lewis of Princeton.These papers are cited, for example, in Lewis's reductionist accounts of causation (see Counterfactuals). Ramsey is also cited in Lewis's work on modal realism (see On the Plurality of Worlds). These philosophical papers can provide good primary source material for what has come to be known as the MRL theory- or the "Mill, Ramsey, Lewis" account- of lawhood. The writing is witty, even with its heavy use of mathematical and symbolic logic. Some consider Ramsey's work seminal in logic and modern philosophy of science.

Ramsey's "Truth and Probability"essay needs to be corrected
This book is another collection of essays written by F P Ramsey between 1922 and 1929.These essays cover practically allof Ramsey's important contributions to philosophy,logic,universals,pragmatism,mathematics,probability(subjective probability) and decision theory.I recommend the purchase of this volume for the reader who does not yet own any of the earlier published collections of Ramsey's papers.Unfortunately,there are major errors present in essay four,titled"Truth and Probability".These errors have never been corrected and essentially are passed down from one generation of philosophers ,economists and decision theorists to the next.Ramsey's fundamental error is his misinterpretation of the words J M Keynes used to describe his interval estimate approach to probability in chapter 3 of the A Treatise on Probability in 1921.Keynes used the terms "nonnumerical " and "nonmeasurable" to describethe numerical approximationof probabilities( indeterminate probabilities)by means of two numbers,a lower bound and an upper bound.In Keynes's general theory of probability,only a partial ordering is possible.There is no sigma algebra or measure defined on the real numbers between( and including) 0 and 1 so that all conjunctions and disjunctions(unions and intersections) of probabilities, using addition and multiplication operations,results in a unique single number answer.If a complete order can be specified,then Keynes's logical approach to probability will simplify to the special case given by assuming a complete ordering of the probability space.Keynes gave his most general axiomatic presentation on pp.135-138 of the TP;it develops a set theoretic analysis that holds for both unique probabilities as well as intervals.Keynes gave additional axioms that would allow the special cases of statistical frequences and unique numerical probabilities to be calculated in chapters 8(29-31)and 15 of the TP.Unfortunately,Ramsey decided that Keynes was arguing that probabilities ,in general, could not be calculated using numbers at all ,except in the special case of the Principle of Indifference .Similarly,Ramsey came to another strange conclusion-that Keynes was opposed to the idea of basing estimates of probabilities on frequency data.These false and misleading claims by Ramsey simply mean that he had no idea of the generality of Keynes's approach.Ramsey also failed to realize that his approach to probability is in fact a very special case of Keynes's general theory of probability. The same conclusion holds with respect toRamsey's decision theoretic approach -it is a special case of Keynes's general approach,which applies to all areas of human decision making and probability estimation,such as everyday practical decision making,social science,liberal arts,economics and business,education,and not just to "...Gibbs phase space...". Another reoccurring problem ,in this book as well as in all other books containing collections of Ramsey's papers,is the inaccurate and misleading introduction provided by the editor of this volume,D. H. Mellor.Mellor makestwo unsubstantiated claims.First,Mellor claims that"...in his 1922 Review of the Treatise,and in his 1926 paper,"Truth and Probability",Ramsey criticised the idea of partial entailment...so effectively that Keynes himself abandoned it;...(Mellor,p.xiv)".With the exception of some areas of physics,engineering,chemistry,and biology,partial ordering is simply a fact.Nowhere in any of Keynes's published works does Keynes ever state that a complete ordering of probability space is the general case.Second,Mellor claims that"The fact that Keynes did not resent Ramsey's demolition of his Theory of Probability is shown by his getting Ramsey a Fellowship at King's College Cambridge in 1924 at the ripe age of 21..."(Mellor,p.xv).This claim makes no sense at all,since Ramsey fails to present a formal deductive argument with clearly specified premises and a conclusion that follows from them.Ramsey's major "arguments"are the informal fallacies of appeal to authority and argument from ignorance.No where in any of Mellor's publications has he ever shown that Keynes would substitute Ramsey's very special theory for his own general theory.Lastly,the claim made on the back jacket cover of the book that Ramsey was the greatest Cambridge philosopher of all time is highly questionable,sinceBertrand Russell is usually considered to bethe greatest.

Wittgenstein's Poker
Frank Ramsey is one of the rarely-mentioned geniuses of the 20th century, and this reissue of the material contained in *Foundations of Mathematics and Other Logical Essays* offers a body interested in decision theory a very fine view of the origins of that discipline.Ramsey's sparkling "Truth and Probability" gives the very best case for a theory of probability based in "subjective probability" (probability relative to an individual's beliefs); i.e., Ramsey's presentation of the concept of "ethically neutral choice" (a probability which divides an individual's beliefs and desires in two through their being "of no moment") escapes the problems confronting contemporary Bayesians through its strongly discursive character.

This is to say, we are talking about a gentle introduction to a forgotten giant of science rather than a whiz-bang technical report such as Ramsey was capable of producing; and in this monograph-length piece Ramsey sets a sets a standard forever damning those who crow about intellectual obsolescence as pikers.Thusly, perhaps whether the rest of Ramsey's then-seminal writings are worthy of such consideration turns on "turning", the amount of "work" his views on Russell and Keynes in light of his wider intellectual world can be made to do.Perhaps Hardy fans will already know there is a reason for this season; but to my mind Ramsey's work is as ready as it ever was for a wide readership (this is a book which was once read more, to salutary effects).Also an absolute must for British intellectual historians -- if you were wondering what really happened after a Tripos prize, this should give you a good idea. ... Read more

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Despite his tragic death at the age of 26, Frank Ramsey (1903 - 1930) remains one of the most intriguing minds of the twentieth century. His thought had a profound influence on both Ludwig Wittgenstein and Bertrand Russell, and many strands of contemporary analytic philosophy find their origin in Ramsey's ideas.
Frank Ramsey: Truth and Success provides a much-needed introduction to the work of this undervalued thinker, and makes an important and profound contribution to our understanding of Ramsey's work and his place in twentieth century philosophy. It will be of interest to all students of logic, metaphysics and the history of philosophy. ... Read more

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A good,brief overview of Ramsey,but screws up on Keynes
Dokic and his coauthor,Engel, do a good job of covering the contributions of Frank Ramsey in this book.For instance,Dokic shows how Ramsey's initial, basically Platonic, view of mathematical entities( and his acceptance of the logicist attempt to base all of mathematics on logical principles) evolved and changed,moving toward an intuitionistic(Brouwer)view of the foundations of mathematics.The book is marred by Dokic's blind acceptance of Ramsey's extremely weak attack on J M Keynes's logical theory of probability that is contained in Keynes's masterpiece,the 1921 A Treatise on Probability.Dokic makes the following claims:"Ramsey makes two criticisms against Keynes.The first is that,for practically every pair of propositions,such as "This is Red" and "This is blue", we do not have the slightest idea of the probability relation between them."(Dokic,p.7).Given that Keynes's probability relations are always conditional,Dokic needed to combine tham in some fashion.Suppose we compare the conditional probability of" This is Red,given that That is red" with "This is Red,given that That is Blue".It is obvious that the first conditional probability is greater than the second,although one can not say how much greater.This problem, in the form of the red-blue books problem(just add "book" after Red or Blue) ,was covered by Keynes in chapter III of the TP to illustrate precisely that point.The point went completely over Ramsey's head.What we can't do is say that the first conditional probability is .7 and the second conditional probability is .6.Of course,Ramsey's error is to believe that all probabilities are point estimates.The second criticism of Keynes is that"...contrary to what Keynes holds,we cannot perceive these probability relations through introspection..."(Dokic,p.7).This is a mere assertion.Ramsey never supplied any deductive proof for his claim.Nor has anyone else.Finally,the foundation for Ramsey's entire approach is the claim that there exist" ethically neutral"propositions.These "propositions"are simply postulated to exist and be perceived by the individual decision maker so as to be able to always derive precise numerical probabilities,assuming that he/she is willing to bet on all propositions.This appears to be a hidden assumption of Keynes's principle of indifference,which Ramsey claimed his system of subjective probability did not need. ... Read more

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Few philosophers of the twentieth century have influencedthe sciences as much as Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903-1930). He did pioneering work in pure mathematics, logic,economics, statistics, probability theory, decision theory andcognitive psychology. His philosophical works included"Universals" (1925), "Facts and propositions" (1927),"Universals of law and of fact" (1928), "Knowledge" (1929),"Theories" (1929), and "General propositions and causality"(1929). Some philosophers consider him to have been, or atleast to have had the potential to be, an even greaterphilosopher than Wittgenstein. But Ramsey died young - atthe age of 26 - after an abdominal operation. ... Read more

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The Institute Vienna Circle held a conference in Vienna in 2003, Cambridge and Vienna – Frank P. Ramsey and the Vienna Circle, to commemorate the philosophical and scientific work of Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903–1930). This Ramsey conference provided not only historical and biographical perspectives on one of the most gifted thinkers of the Twentieth Century, but also new impulses for further research on at least some of the topics pioneered by Ramsey, whose interest and potential are greater than ever.

Ramsey did pioneering work in several fields, practitioners of which rarely know of his important work in other fields: philosophy of logic and theory of language, foundations of mathematics, mathematics, probability theory, methodology of science, philosophy of psychology, and economics. There was a focus on the one topic which was of strongest mutual concern to Ramsey and the Vienna Circle, namely the question of foundations of mathematics, in particular the status of logicism.

Although the major scientific connection linking Ramsey with Austria is his work on logic, to which the Vienna Circle dedicated several meetings, certainly the connection which is of greater general interest concerns Ramsey's visits and discussions with Wittgenstein. Ramsey was the only important thinker to actually visit Wittgenstein during his school-teaching career in Puchberg and Ottertal in the 1920s, in Lower Austria; and later, Ramsey was instrumental in getting Wittgenstein positions at Cambridge.

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Too many careless errors made about Keynes's logical theory of probability
Galavotti has turned out her usual assessment of Ramsey as the boy genius who was the greatest philosopher of the 20th century.This reviewer teaches discrete math courses so he certainly agrees that,in certain areas not related to probability,Ramsey made contributions that qualify him for genius status.His subjective theory of probabilty was not one of those areas,especially when he critiques Keynes's theory based on a reading of only two chapters of Keynes's 1921 A Treatise on Probability,chapters 3 and 4.How Ramsey has been able to get away with his gross misrepresentation of Keynes's theory,as well as what are many appeals to ignorance,authority,and ad hominem attacks on Keynes,is a mystery tothis reviewer .

Two of the contributors to this volume ,B Skyms and P Suppes,simply continue Ramsey'smisrepresentation ofKeynes's contribution.Keynes,a university tournament chess player,understood the extreme importance of the role of intuition in decision making.Practically any modern day study of the role played by intuition in decision making,such as those written by Gary Klein and D G Myers,concludes,based on large amounts of experimental evidence,that the use of intuition, knowing without knowing precisely how you know,is overwhelmingly supported .Keynes's position is that decision makers are able to use their intuition to establish a connection or degree of partial entailment or similarity between two propositions,one representing the existingpartial evidence and the other a conclusion based on this partial evidence.Keynes called these degrees logical or inductive probabilities.Ramsey simply denies that they exist,as do Suppes and Skyms.No experimental evidence is cited by Ramsey or deductive proof provided to show that inductive probabilities do not exist.The following inductive probabilities are intuited by this reviewer based on the partial evidence provided in these essays-(a)neither Ramsey,Skyms,or Suppes has ever played, or would ever haveplayed,anytournament chess games in their lives,(b)none of them ,if they had attempted to play,would ever rise above a class E rating because they are deductivists who would attemt to analyze every move they made.Suppes arrives at what can only be described as a nonsense conclusion:"It is hard to think of another book in the history of probability,as badly thought out as Keynes',which has had so much attention".(Suppes,p.36).

Suppes essay is followed by another essay written by Skyms,titled "Discovering "Weight",or the value of knowledge".Skyms claims that a two page essay written by Ramsey,a version of the EVPI(the expected value of perfect information)rule used to calculate expected values in the EMV(expected monetary value)rule,solves Keynes' weight of the evidence problem.It does nothing of the sort.Ramsey simply assumes that the weight of the evidence already equals 1 so that he can use either a specific probability distribution or a set of numerical probabilities that are additive and sum to one.This is the very point that Keynes would challenge.Skyms appears to be completely ignorant of the very similar work done by Ellsberg,Einhorn and Hogarth,Gardenfors and Sahlin,or Tversky's support theory,which all present indices to measure weight like concepts that are very similar to Keynes's specification of an index to measure the weight of the evidence,w,on the unit interval between 0 and 1.w measures the completeness of the relevant actual and potential evidence upon which a decision maker would base his estimates of probability.If w<1,Ramsey's calculations become worthless nonsense.
It appears that Suppes and Skyms never learned from the 20 year old confrontation between Kahneman and Tversky versus L Jonathon Cohen over the blue-green taxi cab problem that abruptly ended with Tversky implicitly conceding practically every point to Cohen and putting forth his support theory, a theory closely related to Keynes's weight of the evidence approach

A final error committed by both Suppes and Skyms is their claim that Keynes did not understand Bayesian conditionalization.On the contrary,Keynes understood only too well.Bayesian Conditionalization only works if w=1,which means that a timeless probability distribution has been defined to be applicable.Again,if w<1,this approach falls apart. ... Read more

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Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903--1930), Cambridge mathematician and philosopher, was one of the most brilliant people of his generation. He lived in an extraordinarily stimulating milieu, surrounded by figures such as Russell, Whitehead, Keynes, Moore, and Wittgenstein. Ramsey's highly original papers on the foundations of mathematics, probability, economics, philosophy of science and the theory of knowledge were very influential in the 20th century and are still widely discussed in the 21st. This collection of eleven new papers, specially written to commemorate his centenary, answers a crying need for more secondary literature on Frank Ramsey. Nearly all the aspects of Ramsey's work are examined: his logic, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, metaphysics, epistemology, pragmatism, economics, and the mutual influences between Ramsey and Wittgenstein. The book will be eagerly welcomed by those working in many branches of analytic philosophy, and beyond. ... Read more

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Ramsey's small ideas on the logic of probability
This set of essays on Ramsey's contributions to philosophy,economics,probability,etc.,could have earned a five star rating.The reason it has not is that none of the authors is willing to deal with the fact that Ramsey's ideas on mathematical probability are a very special case of Keynes's general theory of logical probability which appliesnot only to point estimates(Ramsey's theory)but to interval estimates and ordinal rankings as well.Ramsey is primarily concerned with degrees of belief(not degrees of rational belief which is the major concern of Keynes's) where he believed that "...there was an authentically logical interpretation of the (PURELY MATHEMATICAL)laws of probability...[as]consistency constraints on the distribution of partial belief".(Howson,p.145).A major confusion of Ramsey's concerned Keynes's conditional probabilities.Only in the special case of the weight of the evidence,w,equaled one(w=1,where w is an index that measures the completeness of the relevant information,data,knowledge,etc., upon which the probability estimates are being based) would Ramsey's conditional probabilities(say P(A/B)=C) be identical to Keynes's conditional probabilities(say p(a/b)=c).Otherwise,different conditional probability estimates will result.Ramsey's subjectivist approach is thus a special case of Keynes's more general logical approach.The reader should note that Tversky and Kahneman made the exact same mistake as Ramsey did for about 20 years in their continuing series of exchanges with L Jonathan Cohen in the journal Brain and Behavioral Sciences over the rationality of decision makers in experimental setups between 1975 and 1994.Tversky's support theory was a belated attempt by Tversky to fix up the giant hole in his theory in an ad hoc manner since support theory has not been integrated into cumulative prospect theory.Keynes would ,of course, agree that ,in those special cases where the purely mathematical laws of probability were applicable(w=1), agreement with these laws is a coherence and consistency requirement that the rational and reasonable decision maker would want to accept ,provided that his probability preferences were linear.The problem ,then, is that Ramsey's theory is so narrow(only linear preferences and probabilities with weights of 1 can be used) that it is practically inapplicable to problems in everyday decision making,social science,liberal arts,business,economics,etc.Its applicability is resticted to areas in the life and physical sciences where the weight of evidence is equal to one or approaches one in the limit.
The second major flaw in Ramsey's approach is the requirement that ALL probabilities MUST be precise single number estimates.This directly contradicts Keynes's approach where the probabilities are primarily interval estimates based on Keynes's path breaking work in chapters 15 and 17 of the TP.All of Part III isbased on Keynes's analysis IN Part II of the TP.Ramsey never read Part II or Part III of the TP.Ramsey reviewed chapters 2 and 3 of Keynes's book.Ramsey had no idea at all about the fundamental interval estimate foundations of Keynes's approach.The only conclusion that is possible is that Ramsey's two book reviews of Keynes's TP,in 1922 and 1926,are completely worthless in so far as they purport to deal with Keynes's logical theory of probability.These two reviews have continuallymisled literally thousands of economists,philosophers,statisticians,psychologists,and logicians over the last 80-85 years. ... Read more

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The Cambridge philosopher Frank Ramsey died tragically in 1930 at the age of 26, but had already established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of the twentieth century. Besides groundbreaking work in philosophy, particularly in logic, language, and metaphysics, he created modern decision theory and made substantial contributions to mathematics and economics. In these original essays, written to commemorate the centenary of Ramsey's birth, a distinguished international team of contributors offer fresh perspectives on his work and show its ongoing relevance to present-day concerns. ... Read more

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Subjective decision theory tells us very little
This collection of essays recognizes the great variety and wide ranging scope in Ramsey's thought and published work.It commemorates Ramsey's birth in 1903.The essays ,in general,cover Ramsey's contributions while at the same time connecting him to other famous philosophers and thinkers like Keynes,Russell,and Wittgenstein.Unfortunately,the entire book is marred by the failure of any of the authors to correct the error filled assessments made by Ramsey,in 1922 in a book review in The Cambridge Magazine and in 1926 ,in the essay titled "Truth and Probability",of J M Keynes's path breaking work of 1921,A Treatise on Probability.Mellor's contribution,like every other contribution made by him to this particular subject,completely ignores the fact that Ramsey's assessment of Keynes's work is mainly based on Ramsey's misinterpretation of Keynes's use of the term "nonnumerical" in chapter 3 of Keynes's book to mean using no numbers in the measurement and estimation of probabilities.Keynes's entire approach to measurement was clearly presented in chapters 15 and 17 of the TP after the introduction in chapter 3.Ramsey never read these chapters.Neither did Mellor or any other economist,philosopher,or psychologist in the 20th century .The other problem with Mellor's essay is that it fails to recognize the very limited range of application of Ramsey's approach.A necessary condition for the application of Ramsey's approach is that all estimates of probability be unique,precise,single number answers so that the addition and multiplication laws can be applied.Keynes's systematic approach incorporates Ramsey's approach as a special case of his far more general theory of probability that also includes interval estimates and rank orderings,as well as numerical probabilities in some cases.Mellor,like Ramsey,equates probability with mathematical probability alone.Such an approach can be applied only in those areas of physical and life science,like genetics and heredity,where the information set is complete,homogeneous, and fixed over time. ... Read more

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AN IMPORTANT RE-EXAMINATION OF AN HISTORICAL UFO CASE! - - - Were 16 alien bodies recovered from a dome-shaped device that crashed near the town of Aztec, New Mexico circa 1948? . . . Why does the FBI continue to withhold 200 pages of classified material on the case for alleged "national security reasons?" . . . Was the incident covered up with a camouflaged "front story" presided over by con men and scam artists, who were perhaps in the government's "back pocket?" . . . Did President Eisenhower make contact with aliens around the same time, thus adding weight to this and other UFO crash cases? ... Read more

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Alien technology recovered in NM before 1950? Strong case made in Scully's classic book

This is a 2008 "Conspiracy Journal" reprint of Frank Scully's original book which caused something of a stir on its publication in 1950. Scully was a successful journalist with a national profile who claimed he had information that a dome-shaped craft of non-human origin had crashed in Aztec NM in 1948, been recovered by the military and the whole incident hushed-up by the Truman administration. He also claimed a number of dead bodies of small, humanoid aliens were recovered from the crash. In 1950, no details of the 1947 Roswell crash recovery had leaked into the public domain. With the exception of Donald Keyhoe mentioning widespread Air Force mess-hall rumors of a saucer crash-recovery event in NM in his second book, the idea did not enter the mainstream until the 1980s. So in 1950, Scully's public claims were revolutionary and led to sales of 62,000 copies in several printings, an enormous number at that time. As a consequence, Scully became a minor national celebrity.

Controversy surrounds Scully's main informants Leo GeBauer and Silas Newton. These guys were financial players, oil investors and speculators who had business dealings in all the Four Corners states. Following the publication of Scully's book in 1950, the FBI went after GeBauer and Newton and started a campaign to discredit them ending with their conviction in a court in Denver when they were ordered to pay back US$18,000 to an "investor", Herman Flader. However, no other investors dealing with GeBauer or Newton ever had any complaints and all refused to testify against them, and the tenacious defamation campaign mounted by the FBI failed to make anything else stick. The Flader conviction did its job, however, and mud had stuck on Scully's expose of the Aztec crash: the book went out of print and the story slowly faded from memory.

The long introductory section to this CJ edition includes a piece by Sean Casteel summarising the evidence unearthed by UK researcher Nick Redfern, who spent a great deal of time investigating the story in the 1980s and 90s and uncovered a substantial paper trail including FBI files on GeBauer, Newton and Scully. 200 pages of documentation on the case remain classified, even after 60 years. Stan Friedman is also interviewed at length and gives his opinions on the episode and its likely authenticity, and Casteel also profiles the extensive work of respected researcher Scott Ramsey into the affair. The overall assessment is that Something Happened out there in the desert which cannot be dismissed as a hoax, and the story at core is probably true.

The text of the book itself is prefaced by an introduction by the original author whose description of the encroaching "National Security" apparatus into the lives of ordinary citizens in 1950 is highly prescient and absolutely relevant to the 21st century. The text of the original book takes up 133 pages, due to the large page format adopted by CJ enabling a greater number of characters per page and some compression.

The book is short but good, and worth reading. Without going into too much detail, Scully describes an intriguing incident involving a mysterious "scientist" reported as giving a lecture to students at the University of Colorado talking about UFOs, advanced physics and crash recoveries. He then details contemporary sightings and encounters and speculates about interplanetary travel, describes and illustrates the current aerospace industry's attempts to design disk-shaped craft which would fly (a project designed to discredit encounters with non-human-origin UFOs by alleging confusion with more prosaic aircraft), discusses Einstein and the Unified Field Theory and lists 20 questions about the management of the UFO phenomenon which he put to "Pentagon desk generals" - not one of which was answered. The episode describing the NM crash recovery is actually quite short and scant on detail, but as it was reported to Scully second-hand he simply gives the facts as he heard them and does not enter into extensive speculation about the case.

Despite - or perhaps because of - the controversy surrounding Scully's book and the FBI's persistent and ruthless campaign to discredit him and his informants, this is an important book historically. It was one of the first ever to address the UFO issue in print, pre-dating Donald Keyhoe's "The Flying Saucers are Real!" by several months, and the first ever book to discuss or even refer to credible reports of crashed and recovered alien technology.

You can still find the original 1950 hardcover book, as so many were printed and are still in circulation. However the updated 2008 CJ version containing the interviews with Redfern, Friedman et al is more informative about the history behind it all and this is the one I would recommend.
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Frank Fabozzi and Chuck Ramsey update their treatise on nonagency mortgage backed securities in this third edition of The Handbook of Nonagency Mortgage Backed Securities. Focused on an important investing area that continues to grow, this book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of this specialized market sector, including the mortgage-related asset-backed securities market and commercial mortgage-backed securities.There is information on raw products, such as jumbo loans, alternative A mortgages, and 125 LTV mortgages, as well as structured products, analytical techniques, prepayment characteristics, and credit issues. This fast-growing segment also includes nonagency pass through, nonagency collateralized mortgage obligations, home loan equity-backed securities, and manufacture housing loan backed securities. ... Read more

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Good book for daily use
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Modern Earth Science The book is in excellent condition; eventhough I paid for a used book it looks like new.Also, I received the book on time.

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ruby Laffoon, Dottie Rambo, Travis Ford, Malcolm Richard Wilkey, Frank Ramsey, Byron Parker, Charmaine Hunt, James Fleming Gordon, Will Cox. Excerpt:: 28 Toronto Argonauts Byron Wesley Parker (born March 3, 1981 in Madisonville , Kentucky) is a gridiron football cornerback for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League . He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Tulane . Parker has also been a member of the Edmonton Eskimos , Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles . College career Parker initially enrolled in Tulane on a college basketball scholarship and played on their team from 2001 to 2003. It was also in 2003 that Parker won the NCAA slam dunk competition. His slam dunking abilities were showcased in a 2005 CFL game at Molson Stadium against the Montreal Alouettes . Lined up as a wide receiver , Parker caught a 42-yard touchdown reception and celebrated by dunking the ball over the cross bar uprights. He also has a 43" vertical leap . Professional career Jacksonville Jaguars On April 26, 2004, Parker was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Jacksonville Jaguars . He was waived by the team following training camp on August 1. First stint with Argonauts After being cut by the Jaguars, during training camp, Parker signed with the Argonauts on January 24, 2005, but played in only six games. Dallas Cowboys In 2006, Parker signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL but was cut by the team on July 31. Second stint with Argonauts Parker re-joined the Argonauts a week after being released by Dallas. Upon his return, he became their starting cornerback. On October 14, 2006, Parker broke a CFL record for most interception return yardage in a single season with a 75-yard interception r... ... Read more

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Chapters: Happy Chandler, Archibald Dixon, Frank Ramsey, Ann Rutledge, Stovepipe Johnson, John J. Becker, Steve Bardo, Ingram Crockett, James Franklin Clay, Clarence Adams. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler, Sr. (July 14, 1898 June 15, 1991) was the 44th and 49th Governor of Kentucky, a U.S. Senator, the second commissioner of Major League Baseball, from 1945 to 1951 and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. His jovial attitude earned him the nickname "Happy," which stuck for the remainder of his life. Chandler's first term as governor is still regarded as one of the most productive of any Kentucky governor. Following on this success, he unsuccessfully tried to unseat Senate Majority Leader and fellow Kentuckian Alben Barkley, but was appointed to the Senate shortly after the election due to the death of the state's junior senator. He would later resign this position to become Commissioner of Baseball, steering it through the difficult period of integration, which many contend led to his not being offered a second contract for the position. Instead, twenty years after his first term as governor of Kentucky, Chandler returned to the Governor's Mansion using the slogan "Be Like Your Pappy and Vote For Happy." Later in life, Chandler's commitment to civil rights was questioned as he supported Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond's bid for President. Having been elected to his first term at the age of 37, Kentucky's "Boy Governor" was both the last surviving governor of any U.S. state to serve before 1939 and the last living Senator to have served before 1940 by the time of his death in 1991. Chandler was born in Corydon, Henderson County Kentucky the son of Joseph Sephus and Callie Saunders-Chandler. His childhood was a difficu...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=304107 ... Read more

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