I (Gregory Jones, new member to the discussion group) have placed an Amazon order as well!
_________________________________________________________ "For the rational study of the law the black-letter man may be the man of the present, but the man of the future is the man of statistics and master of economics." Oliver Wendell Holmes The Path of the Law (1897) GREGORY TODD JONES, M.B.A., M.P.A., J.D., Ph.D. Director of Research Director of The Computational Laboratory for Complex Adaptive Systems The Interuniversity Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Faculty Research Fellow & Adjunct Professor of Law Georgia State University College of Law 140 Decatur Street Atlanta, Georgia 30303 USA web: http://www.gregorytoddjones.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] blog: http://www.cooperationscience.blogspot.com voice: 404.413.9055 fax: 404.413.9058 skype: gregory.todd.jones >>> "George Duncan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/6/2008 12:41 PM >>> 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 ============================================================ 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
