Jochen--Yes, it's the canyon right next to the Santa Fe Institute. The story even made wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Tyrannosaur_Canyon. It sounds like a good read.
Mike On Sep 14, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Jochen Fromm wrote: > > In the holidays I read (among other things) the following two > books: "Tyrannosaur Canyon" by Douglas Preston and "First Man: > The Life of Neil A. Armstrong" by James R. Hansen. Both are > interesting and impressive. I was surprised that the former novel > takes place near Santa Fe. It is a "techno-thriller" with a lot > of tension and high scientific accuracy - like a mixture of a > Michael Crighton and a Dan Brown novel. Is there really a > tyrannosaur canyon near Santa Fe or somewhere else in New Mexico ? > > The biography of Neil Armstrong was also very interesting. It is > a bit disillusioning and thought-provoking to see how little a single > person can do, and how much a whole country can accomplish. There > were so many people involved in the space program - the American > people, > the congress and the government who financed it, the industry who > built > it, the space agency who controlled it, the astronauts who used it, > etc. > > Although astronauts are often seen as real heroes, they can accomplish > little without their rockets and the large teams of engineers and > rocket scientists behind them. What is an astronaut without a > spaceship ? > After Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong didn't really know what to do with his > life, but there were countless disputes about totally meaningless > details > - who has taken pictures of whom on the moon, who has stepped out > first, > was it all a hoax or not... Can we learn something from this for > (massive) multi-agent systems ? > > -J. > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
