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Unlock the secrets of
The Lost SymbolThere is only one Dan Brown—and there is only one Secrets team that has achieved worldwide bestselling success by providing curious readers with compelling and authoritative explorations into the thought-provoking ideas that lie behind Brown's bestselling novels. Once again, Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer have gathered a wide range of world-class historians, theologians, scientists, philosophers, symbologists, code breakers, art historians, experts on the occult, and writers and thinkers of all types who give readers the essential tools to understand The Lost Symbol.
Contributors include
Amir Aczel, mathematician, science historian, and author of Fermat's Last Theorem
Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God and The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions
William Arntz, writer and director of the film What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Michael Barkun, former FBI consultant and author of A Culture of Conspiracy
Steven Bullock, author of Revolutionary Brotherhood
Richard Dawkins, scientist and author of The God Delusion and The Greatest Show on Earth
Elonka Dunin, cryptographer
Heather Ewing, architectural historian, former curator at the Smithsonian Institution, and author of The Lost World of James Smithson
Mitch Horowitz, author of Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped Our Nation
Arturo de Hoyos, 33º Mason and leading scholar of Freemasonry
Marcelo Gleiser, professor of physics at Dartmouth and author of A Tear at the Edge of Creation: Searching for the Meaning of Life in an Imperfect Cosmos
George Johnson, science writer and author of Architects of Fear: Conspiracy Theories and Paranoia in American Politics
Irwin Kula, rabbi and author of Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life
Lynne McTaggart, Noetics expert and author of The Intention Experiment
Michael Parkes, artist and painter of The Three Graces
David Plotz, editor of Slate.com and author of Good Book
Ingrid Rowland, professor at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture
James Sanborn, artist of the legendary encrypted Kryptos sculpture at CIA headquarters
Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences
Jeff Sharlet, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and author of The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
David A. Shugarts, author of Secrets of the Widow's Son
Mark Tabbert, director of collections at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial and author of American Freemasons
James Wasserman, author of The Secrets of Masonic Washington
Synopsis
From the "New York Times"-bestselling authors of "Secrets of the Code" comes the definitive guide to the real history, science, and hidden meanings behind Dan Brown's current blockbuster, "The Lost Symbol."
Synopsis
"If anyone can divine the contents of
The Lost Symbol, it's Dan Burstein."
--New York magazine
With Secrets of the Lost Symbol, co-authors Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer delve into the real history, science, and hidden meanings behind Dan Brown's latest blockbuster novel, The Lost Symbol. As they have done previously with their extraordinary New York Times bestsellers Secrets of the Code and Secrets of Angels & Demons, Burstein and de Keijzer explore the themes, conspiracies, mythologies, codes, encrypted signs, and alternate histories--from the birth of Knights Templar to the present day--popularized by the acclaimed creator of The Da Vinci Code, giving them fresh and fascinating relevance while separating truth from fantasy.
Synopsis
“If anyone can divine the contents of The Lost Symbol, its Dan Burstein.”
—New York magazine
With Secrets of the Lost Symbol, co-authors Dan Burstein and Arne de Keijzer delve into the real history, science, and hidden meanings behind Dan Browns latest blockbuster novel, The Lost Symbol. As they have done previously with their extraordinary New York Times bestsellers Secrets of the Code and Secrets of Angels & Demons, Burstein and de Keijzer explore the themes, conspiracies, mythologies, codes, encrypted signs, and alternate histories—from the birth of Knights Templar to the present day—popularized by the acclaimed creator of The Da Vinci Code, giving them fresh and fascinating relevance while separating truth from fantasy.
About the Author
Dan Burstein is the world's leading expert on the fiction of Dan Brown. Burstein is also the founder of Millennium Technology Ventures, a New York-based venture capital firm that invests in innovative new technology companies. He is an award-winning journalist and author of thirteen books on global economics, technology, and popular culture.