[.ca] The Deepening Complexity of Crop Circles: Scientific ... (ISBN 1583940464)

Nicely written:
A well worthwhile look at crop circles. The author puts forward his hypothesis, and he does so convincingly. Backing his statements up with well designed experiments that have at least been published in the scientific literature. My only criticism is that the book is too short. For someone with 12 years experience in the field the author either is very good at summarising all of his conjectures, or he deliberately simplifies it into a huge picture fest in an attempt to sell more books. More examples and more analyses would not have gone astray. Most definately a nice book to look at, and a very entertaining read for a couple of hours.

Well Written!:
Dr. Haselhoff has written one of the best books on the controversal subject of crop formations (and I have read most of them.) I have seen and heard him interviewed. He is a scientist, and as such presents his findings in a completely unbiased fashion. His conclusion: People may be making these patterns, but we have no idea how. We are unable to explain the uniform node lengthening found in the plants, balls of light that have been videoed and photographed many times, dead files stuck to the plants, numerous instances of camera and watch batteries dying in these fields, etc. If there were a trivial explanation for this mystery, we would have found it 20 years ago. Read this book and others on the subject if you are interested in what may be the most important ongoing mystery in the world today.

Something is going on:
If you have reached this page than you probably have more than a passing interest in the subject or phenomena known as crop circles. To take a quote from an old rock and roll( recently also sampled for hip-hop) song by Buffalo Springfield, "Something's happening here , what it is ain't exaclty clear." The Ph.D author explains some rather peculiar circumstances occurring throughout the globe, including the hoaxes, even those pertetuated by the media to the layman in a pretty easily digestable style. If you are like me, have a rudimentary background in science, not particularly linear in your thinking than this book will serve you well. All sides are presented. There were a few sections with graphs and such that were just a little to scientific for me but worthwhile nonetheless to get better insight into this unknown field that is growing in accumulated data. The book is NOT trying to convince you one way or the other as to the source of these mysterious symbols and the aftermath that results. What the author DOES do is present a concise overview of these occurrences and lets YOU be the judge as to the authenticity of this phenomena that goes obviously beyond ropes and ladders. There are no answers, some speculation and definitely some puzzling things going on. Check it out for yourself and YOU be the judge.

Didn't meet my expectations:
This book didn't meet my expectations. 75% of the time, the author tried to tell us that the phenomena is true through some of his personal (non-scientific) experiences. I wish he would have rather explained the scientific reasoning behind it and left to us, the readers, to come to any conclusions. The only chapter I liked was the mathematics behind the crop circles. I am disappointed with the book.

A very nice book!:
I have read the Italian version of this book, and I am surprised by the earlier review, which states that "75% of the time, the author tried to tell us that the phenomena is true through some of his personal (non-scientific) experiences." This is simply not true, and I don't think it is fair to write this in a book review. I have met the author here in Italy when he was giving a lecture, and he was very modest, yet extremely convincing. I therefore think this needs to be corrected. First of all, the author only refers to personal experiences in one single section of the book, and clearly puts this section explicitly in the proper context, right at the beginning. The rest of the book is based on very clear and verifiable facts, which have all been published in scientific literature. Secondly, the author makes it very clear that he is not trying to convince anyone. He says so explicitly, several times, and the entire work clearly carries this attitude. The reader is explicitly invited to make up his own mind. I was also surprised by the statement "I wish he would have rather explained the scientific reasoning behind it". This is exactly what the book does, all the time, and in an excellent and understandable way too! I recommend this book to everybody. It makes a very strong case that there exist advanced ways to create crop circles, and that there is much more to it than a few men with boards and ropes. I think that anyone who reads the book cannot refuse this statement any longer. If I could give more than 5 stars, I would do it right away. Well done!