Tag: Delusions

Free Download Gerold Yonas Ph.D., "Death Rays and Delusions"
English | ISBN: 0692919554 | 2017 | 250 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
In "Death Rays and Delusions," Dr. Gerold Yonas explains how he found himself thrust into a high stakes world of generals and politicians, international intrigue, multi-billion dollar budgets, laser beams and nuclear annihilation as he faced a mind-boggling assignment-creating a high-tech shield in space to defend America from attack.In this autobiographical narrative about the end of the Cold War, Yonas gives a firsthand account of the creation and evolution of the Star Wars beam weapon program. Having served as the first chief scientist and acting deputy director for Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as the "Star Wars" program, Yonas traces the strange, ironic and humorous events of his career as "Reagan’s Ray Gun." He offers insight into the end of the Cold War, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the political, military and scientific machinations taking place in the background.Exploring a time characterized by chaos and confusion, politics and public relations, delusions and deceptions, Yonas reflects on the modern lessons from this era and shares his unique perspective on what happens when science and politics collide.

Free Download Delusions of Grandeur: How Crazy Ideas Change The World by J. M. Palmer
English | February 7, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0CV9BHVBX | 225 pages | EPUB | 0.45 Mb
If you were to liberate yourself from the fear of judgment, what audacious life or career choices might you consider that defy conventional expectations? What new experiences and adventures could become possible? What innovative and paradigm-shifting ideas might you bring to the table?

Free Download Educational Delusions?: Why Choice Can Deepen Inequality and How to Make Schools Fair By Gary Orfield, Erica Frankenberg
2013 | 330 Pages | ISBN: 0520274733 | PDF | 5 MB
The first major battle over school choice came out of struggles over equalizing and integrating schools in the civil rights era, when it became apparent that choice could be either a serious barrier or a significant tool for reaching these goals. The second large and continuing movement for choice was part of the very different anti-government, individualistic, market-based movement of a more conservative period in which many of the lessons of that earlier period were forgotten, though choice was once again presented as the answer to racial inequality. This book brings civil rights back into the center of the debate and tries to move from doctrine to empirical research in exploring the many forms of choice and their very different consequences for equity in U.S. schools. Leading researchers conclude that although helping minority children remains a central justification for choice proponents, ignoring the essential civil rights dimensions of choice plans risks compounding rather than remedying racial inequality.

Free Download Clin.Psych.D. Kate V. Hardy, "Decoding Delusions: A Clinician’s Guide to Working With Delusions and Other Extreme Beliefs"
English | ISBN: 1615372954 | 2023 | 414 pages | PDF | 6 MB