Hi, I won't be able to make the talk, but I've put the book on my list. It looks good. --John
On 11/24/08 3:38 PM, "Jack Leibowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To the FRIAMers who kindly inquired, I'm giving a talk re the book (Hidden Harmony, Johns Hopkins U Press, 2008) at the Santa Fe Complex, in Santa Fe, on Wed. evening, Dec. 10, within the 6-8 PM time slot. Jack [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Book List >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 > ============================================================ 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
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