Lawrence E. Joseph, Author . Morgan Road $23.95 (261p) ISBN 978-0-7679-2447-4
In New Age circles, the idea that some sort of world-spanning cataclysmic event will take place in December 2012 has been gaining traction for years, thanks largely to the calculations of ancient Mayan astronomers who pegged that moment as the end...
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Lawrence E. Joseph, Broadway, $23.99 (288p) ISBN 9780767930789
While Joseph doesn't accept Mayan prophecies as divine decree, he isn't quite prepared to dismiss them outright. In his view, 2012 is "best understood as the crescendo of a metamorphic process already under way," because "apocalypse is in the air."...
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Lawrence E. Joseph, Author Addison Wesley Publishing Company $21.33 (198p) ISBN 978-0-201-58116-4
Common sense, or sound practical thinking allied to ``the craft of reasonable living,'' is rare, to judge from Joseph's witty look at contemporary follies. Author of Gaia: The Growth of an Idea , he blasts the elitist World Bank for imposing rich...
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Lawrence E. Joseph, Author St. Martin's Press $19.95 (276p) ISBN 978-0-312-04318-6
The Gaia hypothesis, which holds that planet Earth is a living, self-adjusting organism, continues to breed controversy. Is it a viable theory or a poetic metaphor? In this brisk journalistic report, science writer Joseph takes a critical yet...
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Lawrence E. Joseph. HarperOne, , $25.99 ISBN 978-0-06-206192-8
Futurist and science writer Joseph (Apocalypse 2012) describes the fascinating and subtle science underlying his “Moody Sun Hypothesis,” asserting that variations in the Sun’s radiation output have influenced history, climate, birthrates, migration...
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