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From: "John Kennison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 11:19 AM
Subject: [FRIAM] Book List
It's getting close to that time of year when I tell my relatives which
books I would like to receive for Christmas. (This is looked on as a favor
as I am otherwise a tough person to shop for). I have already gotten some
good leads (including the David Wilson books and The Hemingses and Paul
Krugman). I would be delighted to receive more suggestions.
John
OK John,
Now that the election is over and we are all near saturation over that and,
as well, with purported causes and solutions for the financial meltdown, how
about a change of pace in books? (Not that one has exhausted useful inputs
on those subjects.)
In all lack of humility, may I suggest my new book, which should appeal to
some of the FRIAM people, oriented analytically and scientifically as many
of us are. While it is really oriented toward non-technical people, it does
take a fresh look at how physics and the visual arts touch each other.
To get a glance on the Internet, put in " Hidden Harmony Leibowitz." and
look at the Amazon entry as well as the Johns Hopkins Press one.
It's awkward to toot one's own horn, but when you write for people with whom
you want to share ideas, it is compelling to wish to reach out to them.
(All of you who've been involved in such projects well know one doesn't do
it for the money. I have 36 color prints in the book and have had to pay for
permissions for most of them, so, if the book sells out, I will have paid
off the cost of the first printing, and would need to start all over again
if there are additional printings.Maybe the next one should have a nude on
the cover instead of a Cezanne still life and a detail of the double slit
interference experiment.)
Of course, I would want the usual FRIAM exchange of discussion Thatt's what
it's all about, isn't it.
Jack
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