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Dennis McCarthy has published papers
on a wide variety of subjects, including
geophysics, biogeography, and English
literature. He is currently a research
associate at the Buffalo Museum of
Science and is on the editorial board of
Biogeography & Systematics, a journal
that will be launched by the Systematic
& Evolutionary Biogeographical
Association (SEBA) in late 2008.
Dennis McCarthy has published papers
on a wide variety of subjects, including
geophysics, biogeography, and English
literature. He is currently a research
associate at the Buffalo Museum of
Science and is on the editorial board of
Biogeography & Systematics, a journal
that will be launched by the Systematic
& Evolutionary Biogeographical
Association (SEBA) in late 2008.
The Fourth Revolt
Papers
McCarthy, D. (2007) Geophysical explanation for the disparity in spreading rates between
the Northern and Southern hemispheres, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B03410,
doi:10.1029/2006JB004535. The paper also includes a brief and
simple video that helps summarize the basic points of the paper .
McCarthy, D. (2007) Sir Thomas North as Sir John Daw, Notes & Queries, 54(3), 321-4.
McCarthy, D. (2007) Thomas North was the "T.N." who prefaced Belleforest's "Tragical
Hystories," Notes & Queries, 54(3), 244-8.
McCarthy, D. (2005) Biogeographical and geological evidence for a smaller,
completely-enclosed Pacific Basin in the Late Cretaceous. Journal of Biogeography, 32,
2161-2177.
McCarthy, D. (2005) Biogeography and scientific revolutions. The Systematist, 25, 3-12.
McCarthy, D. (2003) The trans-Pacific zipper effect: disjunct sister taxa and matching
geological outlines that link the Pacific margins. Journal of Biogeography, 30, 1545-1561.
Book Chapters
McCarthy, D. (2006), Are plate tectonic explanations for trans-Pacific disjunctions
plausible? Empirical tests of radical dispersalist theories, in Biogeography in a Changing
World, edited by Ebach, M.C. and Tangney, R., Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Florida.
Lectures
McCarthy, D. (2005) "Vicariance in the Pacific." Fifth biennial conference of the Systematics
Association, presented by Cardiff University and the National Museum and Gallery of Wales.
McCarthy, D. (2007/ Upcoming) "Paleobiogeography / Trans-oceanic disjunctions and
solutions." First International Palaeobiogeography Symposium presented by the Société
géologique de France and the University of Paris.
Upcoming books
Prospective title: "Here There Be Dragons / How the distributions of plants and animals
have revolutionized our views of life and Earth."
Proposal accepted by Oxford University Press, set for publication in February, 2009.
Prospective title: "North of Shakespeare." This book explains all the mysteries surrounding
our greatest body of literature -- including uncovering the identities of the "dark lady," "the
fair youth," and the "rival poet." See excerpt from the preface and the video below...
McCarthy, D. (2007) Geophysical explanation for the disparity in spreading rates between
the Northern and Southern hemispheres, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B03410,
doi:10.1029/2006JB004535. The paper also includes a brief and
simple video that helps summarize the basic points of the paper .
McCarthy, D. (2007) Sir Thomas North as Sir John Daw, Notes & Queries, 54(3), 321-4.
McCarthy, D. (2007) Thomas North was the "T.N." who prefaced Belleforest's "Tragical
Hystories," Notes & Queries, 54(3), 244-8.
McCarthy, D. (2005) Biogeographical and geological evidence for a smaller,
completely-enclosed Pacific Basin in the Late Cretaceous. Journal of Biogeography, 32,
2161-2177.
McCarthy, D. (2005) Biogeography and scientific revolutions. The Systematist, 25, 3-12.
McCarthy, D. (2003) The trans-Pacific zipper effect: disjunct sister taxa and matching
geological outlines that link the Pacific margins. Journal of Biogeography, 30, 1545-1561.
Book Chapters
McCarthy, D. (2006), Are plate tectonic explanations for trans-Pacific disjunctions
plausible? Empirical tests of radical dispersalist theories, in Biogeography in a Changing
World, edited by Ebach, M.C. and Tangney, R., Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Florida.
Lectures
McCarthy, D. (2005) "Vicariance in the Pacific." Fifth biennial conference of the Systematics
Association, presented by Cardiff University and the National Museum and Gallery of Wales.
McCarthy, D. (2007/ Upcoming) "Paleobiogeography / Trans-oceanic disjunctions and
solutions." First International Palaeobiogeography Symposium presented by the Société
géologique de France and the University of Paris.
Upcoming books
Prospective title: "Here There Be Dragons / How the distributions of plants and animals
have revolutionized our views of life and Earth."
Proposal accepted by Oxford University Press, set for publication in February, 2009.
Prospective title: "North of Shakespeare." This book explains all the mysteries surrounding
our greatest body of literature -- including uncovering the identities of the "dark lady," "the
fair youth," and the "rival poet." See excerpt from the preface and the video below...
His latest paper in The Journal of Geophysical Research was the first to provide the
correct explanation for the lopsided ocean-continent distribution of the Earth. Specifically,
it explained why the Southern Hemisphere is so oceanic while the Northern Hemisphere
is crowded with continental crust. Der Spiegel, the largest news magazine in Europe, has
devoted a large article ( English translation) to this JGR paper.
correct explanation for the lopsided ocean-continent distribution of the Earth. Specifically,
it explained why the Southern Hemisphere is so oceanic while the Northern Hemisphere
is crowded with continental crust. Der Spiegel, the largest news magazine in Europe, has
devoted a large article ( English translation) to this JGR paper.
| Excerpt from Preface to North of Shakespeare: For more than two hundred years, the vast and myriad fields of Shakespeare studies have been as battle-ridden as Henry V and as bloody as Titus Andronicus. Editors, researchers, professors and biographers continue to squabble today, as their forefathers squabbled before them, over almost every important aspect of the works and life of William of Stratford. They thrust and parry over meanings, dates, sources and co-authors. They attack and retreat over allusions, processes, handwriting and portraits. Throughout the history of Shakespeare studies, countless factions have formed, attacked, defended, and dissolved. And countless reputations have been lost or made, depending on the fortunes of this never-ending war. Yet, peace and resolution, comparatively speaking, is now the rule in many other academic fields, whether literary or scientific. Over these same two centuries of Shakespearean in-fighting, we have discovered the cause of disease, charted the elements, cured polio, split the atom, motorized the planet, electrified the world. We have conquered both the skies and the depths, and we have even solved that "mystery of mysteries," the origin of species. But we still see disputes and confusion over many of the most fundamental questions of our greatest writer. As a case in point, Shakespeare is the most thoroughly investigated figure in literary history, and he has written the most oft-analyzed sequence of poems. Yet out of his 154 sonnets, we still have not discovered the addressee of a single one. New books appear every few years raising swords before new candidates. Some have declared them inscrutable; others have dismissed them as mere literary exercises. To put this in perspective: while we have placed a man on the moon and unraveled the genetic code of life, we still have no idea whom our greatest poet was comparing "to a summer's day." We still do not know whose eyes were "nothing like the sun." ….All this conflict and unease over Shakespeare, both from within and without, has given the impression that the history behind these most important works remains unresolved, as if there were some key bit of evidence still missing -- some finding that would explain all the facts darling to each side. North of Shakespeare provides this discovery. By combining analyses of title page attributions, contemporary references, and, most importantly, the biographical information found in the allusions of contemporary satires, North of Shakespeare provides a single, simple and coherent answer to all the questions surrounding this most important of all bodies of literature. What precisely was Shakespeare's relationship to the works commonly attributed to him? Why have so many amateur researchers contested his authorship when his involvement with the plays is undeniable? And who were the "Lovely Boy," "the Rival Poet," and the "Dark Lady" of the sonnets? All these questions now finally have an answer. The interpretation provided here, unlike all other analyses of Shakespeare, whether put forth by orthodox scholars or intelligent dissidents, carefully eschews all conspiracies, hypothetical behind-the-scenes-intrigue, or outlandish and dastardly motives. What remains is only one exceedingly simple explanation, confirmed repeatedly by multiple lines of evidence, that unknots confusion, settles the paradoxes, and, once and for all, explains the mystery of Shakespeare..... |