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THE ANIMATE AND THE INANIMATE  

                                             William James Sidis

 

                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

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 I   The Reverse Universe
II  Reversible Laws
III  Irreversibility
IV  The Paradox
 V   The Probabilities in the Problem
VI  Solution of the Paradox
VII  Theories of Life
VIII  The Extension of the Second Law
IX  The Relation Between the Tendencies
X  Exothermic and Endothermic Substances
XI  Theories of the Origin of Life
XII  The Astronomical Universe
XIII  The Nebular Hypothesis
XIV  The Reversibility Theory of Cosmogony
XV  The Pseudo-Living Organisms
XVI  Psychological Aspect of Reversal
XVII  General Summary of the Theory
XVIII  Some Objections to the Reversibility Theory
XIX  Conclusion

        AN INDEX FOR THE ANIMATE AND THE INANIMATE

 

Text entry by Dan Mahony, Nick Duvoisin, Jason Stanfield and  Frankie Dintino.

Proofreading by Dan Mahony, Leon Hansen, Scott Hoge.

 

"Our previous consideration on the production of radiant energy from the stars indicates that such production of radiant energy is only possible where the second law of thermodynamics is followed, that is, in a positive section of the universe. In a negative section of the universe the reverse process must take place; namely, space is full of radiant energy, presumably produced in the positive section of space, and the stars use this radiant energy to build up a higher level of heat. All radiant energy in that section of space would tend to be absorbed by the stars, which would thus constitute perfectly black bodies; and very little radiant energy would be produced in that section of space, but would mostly come from beyond the boundary surface. What little radiant energy would be produced in the negative section of space would be pseudo-teleologically directed only towards stars which have enough activity to absorb it, and no radiant energy, or almost none, would actually leave the negative section of space. The peculiarity of the boundary surface between the positive and negative sections of space, then, is, that practically all light that crosses it, crosses it in one direction, namely, from the positive side to the negative side. If we were on the positive side, as seems to be the case, then we could not see beyond such surface, though we might easily have gravitational or other evidence of bodies existing beyond that surface."CHAP XII


Seeing the invisible – first dark galaxy discovered?

Dark galaxy

"A British-led team of astronomers have discovered an object that appears to be an invisible galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter – the first ever detected. A dark galaxy is an area in the universe containing a large amount of mass that rotates like a galaxy, but contains no stars. Without any stars to give light, it could only be found using radio telescopes. It was first seen with the University of Manchester’s Lovell Telescope in Cheshire, and the sighting was confirmed with the Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico. The unknown material that is thought to hold these galaxies together is known as ‘dark matter’, but scientists still know very little about what that is."physorg.com

 

 


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ONLINE CATALOG

Library of Congress

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Washington, DC 20540

LC Control Number: 25024679

Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)

Personal Name: Sidis, William James. [from old catalog]

Main Title: The animate and the inanimate

Published/Created: Boston, R. G. Badger [c1925]

Description: p. cm.

Subjects: Science--Philosophy. [from old catalog]

Cosmogony. [from old catalog]

LC Classification: Q175 .S55

CALL NUMBER: Q175 .S55

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CALL NUMBER: Q175 .S55

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From: jaydillon.com
Date sent: Thu, 6 May 2004 12:28:23 EDT
Subject: Sidis ANIMATE

The National Union Catalog recorded a copy at Michigan; but it is
long gone. A copy formerly at Brandeis is also gone. Ditto the copy you photocopied in 1977 at NYU. I found one more today: California State Library (Sacramento). So now I know about eight copies in eight libraries: 

California State Library 
Curry College (Milton, MA)
Harvard 
Library of Congress (1)
Oregon State Univ 
Princeton Univ 
Univ of Texas (Arlington) 
Washington Univ 

 

 

 

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