In 1664 Thomas Willis (1621–1675) published a text on the brain and nerves that was to be deeply influential for the next two centuries. Initially, Cerebri Anatome had little impact on English medical practice, though it enhanced Willis’s reputation to the extent that he was able to become a prosperous London physician1. Primitive descriptions of the arterial anastomosis at the base of the brai...

energy equation for turbulent flow in a rotating system was derived in terms of second order correlation tensors, where the correlation tensors were functions of space coordinates, distance between two points and time. to reveal the relationship of turbulent energy between two points, one point was taken as origin of the coordinate system. due to rotation, the coriolis force played an important...

21s. 312 pp. This latest work by the author of "God and the Unconscious" aPpears as we go to press, so that its profound reflections were not Mailable to any of our contributors, including the Editor, whose Writing is already in proof. The book is in part an enquiry into the relationship of Psychiatry and religion. Fr. White starts by considering the main Question posed in our editorial?the rel...

Turbulence structure on the gas side of a wavy stratified flow was experimentally investigated in a near horizontal 18.7 cm (H) 10 cm (W) 5.5m (L) rectangular duct.By applying the Variable Interval Time Averaging (VITA) technique to the hot wire anemometer measurements frequency of occurrence of turbulent events were detected near the air-water interface. Experimental results showed that fr...

Baths produce friction and random forcing on particles suspended in them. The relation between noise and friction in (generalized) Langevin equations is usually referred to as the second fluctuation–dissipation theorem. We show what is the proper nonequilibrium extension, to be applied when the environment is itself active and driven. In particular we determine the effective Langevin dynamics o...

This paper depicts e paraphernalia of an alchemist who believed in imitating creation and generating a soul thereby. The magic wands of creation are a compass and a triangular carpenter's square. They can produce the dual natured soul Ruh or Spirit symbolized as Cock and Nafs of "the soul" as snake: The real creative energy by nature is ultrasonic energy, characterizing the word of command of t...

In its heyday alchemy was a comprehensive theory of transmutation describing not only transformations of base into precious metals but also transformations of the soul up and down the great chain of being. Alchemy was not just a physics but also a metaphysics. Alchemy as metaphysics attracts interest to this day, as in Carl Jung's writings about the soul and personal identity. As he noted, "The...