Yes, the reviews are impressive, so I've got my order in to Amazon for two-day delivery. All ready for a book signing.
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Tom Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jack: > > "Hidden Harmony" does look like an interesting read. How soon can we > expect to see you in Santa Fe to give a presentation (and book signing?) at > the Santa Fe Complex (www.sfcomplex.org)? > > -tom johnson > > > On 11/6/08, Jack Leibowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- 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 >> >> >> ============================================================ >> 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 >> > > > > -- > ========================================== > J. T. Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > www.analyticjournalism.com > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. > To change something, build a new model that makes the > existing model obsolete." > -- Buckminster Fuller > ========================================== > ============================================================ > 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 > -- George T. Duncan Professor of Statistics, Emeritus Heinz College Carnegie Mellon University (505) 983-6895
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