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Denis Golikov

Denis Golikov

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I am 37 years old. My background is in Computer Engineering. 

Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God

Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God

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<p>“<em>We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”(</em>Teilhard de Chardin<em>)</em></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;"><em>Involution-An Odyssey Reconciling Science to God </em> is as layered as a French cassoulet, as diverting, satisfying and as rich. Each reader will spoon this book differently. On the surface it seems to be a simple and light-hearted poetic journey through the history of Western thought, dominantly scientific, but enriched with painting and music. Beneath that surface is the sauce of a new evolutionary idea, involution; the informing of all matter by consciousness, encoded and communicating throughout the natural world. A book about the cathedral of consciousness could have used any language to paint it, but science is perhaps most in need of new vision, and its chronology is already familiar.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The author offers a bold alternative vision of both science and creation: she suggests that science has been incrementally the recovery of memory, the memory of evolution/involution</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">.</em></p><p>“<em> Involution proposes that humans carry within them the history of the universe, which is (re)discovered by the individual genius when the time is ripe. All is stored within our DNA and awaits revelation. Such piecemeal revelations set our finite lives in an eternal chain of co-creation and these new leaps of discovery are compared to mystical experience</em>” (From a reviewer)</p><p>Each unique contributor served the collective and universal return to holism and unity. Thus the geniuses of the scientific journey, like the spiritual visionaries alongside, have threaded the rosary of science with the beads of inspiration, and through them returned Man to his spiritual nature and origin.</p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">The separation between experience and the rational intellect of science has, by modelling memory as theory, separated its understanding from the consciousness of all, and perceives mind and matter as separate, God and Man as distinct. This work is a dance towards their re-unification: Saints and scientists break the same bread.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">All of time and all the disciplines of science are needed for the evidence. Through swift (and sometimes sparring) Cantos of dialogue between Reason and Soul, Philippa Rees takes the reader on a monumental journey through the history of everything – with the evolution of man as one side of the coin and involution the other.  The poetic narrative is augmented by learned and extensive footnotes offering background knowledge which in themselves are fascinating. In effect there are two books, offering a right and left brain approach. The twin spirals of a DNA shaped book intertwine external and internal and find, between them, one journey, Man’s recovery of Himself., and (hopefully) the Creation’s recovery of a nobler Man.</span></p><p><span style="line-height:1.6em;">From the same review “</span><em style="line-height:1.6em;">The reader who finishes the book will not be the same as the one who began it. New ideas will expand the mind but more profoundly, the deep, moving power of the verse will affect the heart.</em></p><p><em>(Marianne Rankin: Director of Communications, Alister Hardy Trust)</em></p><p> </p>

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I am 38 years old. My background is in Computer Engineering. My son, Artem, got into programming on Scratch at 7 years of age. I started looking for books on Scratch on the Internet for children of 7-9 years old, but I could not find anything. All Scratch textbooks are for 11-13 years old children, though there is nothing difficult in Scratch. Having basic Math knowledge it is possible to use more than half of Scratch capabilities and make cool games and cartoons. After Artem had mastered Scratch, he got very upset once he learned that they would not be studying it at school and that other children, his friends and classmates would never learn about this interesting program. I made a decision to sacrifice my Sunday evenings to organize a club of programmers on Scratch. And so a year ago my son and I started teaching a club of young programmers on Scratch for kids of 8-11 years old. For each class Artem would think of a new game that would use new Scratch blocks. As a result, we have collected enough material for a whole book. In the fall of 2013 new children came to the club and the book was tested on them. The children made a few comments, I explained complex points in more detail, and now the book is published. Some children have already studied the whole book and are asking for a continuation! The children like studying the book a lot, because everything has been explained in great detail and does not require their parents' participation. The parents also like it because they can do their chores in the meantime.

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<p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:24px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial, 'ｍｓ ｐゴシック', 'ms pgothic', '돋움', dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:justify;background:transparent;"><span class="color_11" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(71,115,83);background:transparent;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:enriqueta, serif;background:transparent;">A Book for Young Programmers On Scratch by Denis Golikov and Artem Golikov is about grasping the concepts of the program called Scratch. It is aimed at secondary grade children and it explains how to become familiar with the program and eventually progress to more complex ideas. I had never heard of this particular program before reviewing this book. At first glance I thought it would be something similar to other things on the market, but it was actually unique in its own right. You can change and add characters, animals, and even people. You also have the ability to create a simple platform which can become enhanced with practice.</span></span></span></p> <p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:24px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial, 'ｍｓ ｐゴシック', 'ms pgothic', '돋움', dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:justify;background:transparent;"><span class="color_11" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(71,115,83);background:transparent;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:enriqueta, serif;background:transparent;">     I was very impressed with A Book for Young Programmers On Scratch. Denis and Artem Golikov are a father and son team, and they have captured the essence of a unique program and are keen to share their experiences with the rest of the world. As I began the book, the theories and diagrams looked easy to comprehend. However, the further I got into the book, the more I found things a little more complicated.</span></span></span></p> <p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:24px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial, 'ｍｓ ｐゴシック', 'ms pgothic', '돋움', dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:justify;background:transparent;"><span class="color_11" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(71,115,83);background:transparent;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:enriqueta, serif;background:transparent;">     I ultimately downloaded the program onto my computer and went through each scenario, following closely the steps provided. With fifteen minutes I was in awe of this wonderful program. I may need a little more practice with the more challenging platforms but I found it exciting nevertheless. I think this book would be extremely beneficial to new users as it is written in a way which is clear to understand. Every different aspect and example is included and I was excited to read that a second book is almost finished. Overall, this book is easy to read and understand and the program called Scratch is a welcome revelation..&quot;</span></span></span></p> <p class="font_8" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:16px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial, 'ｍｓ ｐゴシック', 'ms pgothic', '돋움', dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:justify;background:transparent;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:bold;background:transparent;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:enriqueta, serif;background:transparent;"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;"><span class="color_11" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(71,115,83);background:transparent;">Reviewed by Lisa Jones for </span></span></span></span><a href="https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/30361" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:bold;font-family:enriqueta, serif;font-size:14px;background:transparent;"><span class="color_11" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(71,115,83);background:transparent;">readersfavorite.com</span></a></p>