Josh makes the same claim, but who's going to believe him? ;-]
(I know he reads this). --Doug -- Doug Roberts, RTI International [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One of our complexity scientists in this novel claims she plays the > piano passably. > > > On Sep 13, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > > > What?! No saxophone-playing complexity scientists? FRIAM has at > > *least* two of those... > > > > Hmph. See if *I* read your novel. > > > > ;-} > > > > Seriously, congrats, Pamela! > > > > --Doug > > > > -- > > Doug Roberts, RTI International > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 505-455-7333 - Office > > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > > > On 9/13/07, Pamela McCorduck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> released.The authors' copies arrived last night.Set mostly in > >> Santa > >> Fe, though parts of it are set in Frankfurt and Munich, Germany and > >> two > >> of the major characters come from New York City. > >> > >> Here's the copy blurb: > >> > >> An internationally renowned scientist who fears she's taken one > >> scientific risk too many; a distinguished archaeologist who's haunted > >> by taking too few; a world famous financier who's lost everything > >> except his money; an art gallery owner with a heartbreaking burden; a > >> fugitive filmmaker; the head of a battered women's shelter--these are > >> some of the people who find themselves at the end of the Old Santa Fe > >> Trail at the end of the 20th century.Chance has brought them from > >> all > >> over to beautiful legendary Santa Fe, New Mexico, where they shape, > >> illuminate, and even deform each other's lives unexpectedly, as if on > >> the very edge of chaos. > >> > >> This edge of chaos, a scientific term for that slender territory > >> between frozen predictabililty and hopeless disorder, is a dangerously > >> unstable place.Learning and change can only happen there, but always > >> under threat of sliding back to frozen order--or over into the chaotic > >> abyss.And Santa Fe's sons and daughters, even now, keep a precarious > >> foothold on The Edge of Chaos, bringing their own pasts and their > >> city's rich history into an uncertain but exhilarating future. > >> > >> Available on Amazon: > >> > >> http://www.amazon.com/Edge-Chaos-Pamela-McCorduck/dp/0865345783/ > >> ref=sr_1_2/102-5640244-6038511?ie=UTF > >> > >> Sorry for the shameless self-promotion, but getting a book out is > >> about > >> like having a baby, except it takes longer. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> "A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, > >> their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, > >> restore their government to its true principles.It is true that in > >> the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the > >> horrors of war and long oppressions of enormous public debt...If the > >> game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck > >> turns, and then we shall have the opportunity of winning back the > >> principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at > >> stake." > >> > >> Thomas Jefferson > >> > >> > >> ============================================================ > >> 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 > > > "A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, > their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, > restore their government to its true principles. It is true that in > the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the > horrors of war and long oppressions of enormous public debt...If the > game runs sometimes against us at home we must have patience till luck > turns, and then we shall have the opportunity of winning back the > principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at > stake." > > Thomas Jefferson > > > > ============================================================ > 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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