Re: [FRIAM] Book ListThanks John. Don Begley says we'll have to find a new date
since there are meetings on that date all day. I'm sure the reschedule of the
talk will be announced shortly.
Best, Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: John Kennison
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 8:44 AM
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Book List
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
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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!
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>>>> "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
>>>
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