Notes
[Notebook Turkey, DB 55]
[Sunday 3 March 2002 - Saturday 9 March 2002]
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Sunday 3 March 2002
Monday 4 March 2002
Tuesday 5 March 2002
Wednesday 6 March 2002
Thursday 7 March 2002
Friday 8 March 2002
Saturday 9 March 2002
The simplest language is isomorphic to the system it is supposed
to represent.
REPRESENTATION (Noun)
TRANSFORMATION (Verb)
Bioinformatics produces and processes genomic models.
A transformation can be represented and a representation
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can be transformed. Bilingual interpreter.
A language must be isomorphic to its subject matter.
History: particular to general - science
Analysis: general (axioms) to particular - technology.
COMMUNICATE: we say that two partially ordered sets A and B
communicate when they exchange an element that changes the ordering
of both A and B.
A communication system is complete when a protocol exists to
communicate all possible changes of ordering, ie the sets are able to
induce every element of the permutation group in one another. Is this
a step toward linking communication space and Hilbert space? The
'gauge' condition is that the sets can change one another's ordinal
numbers but not their cardinal numbers. Here we have a definition of
violence: a violent communication is one that reduces the cardinal
number of the set. A creative communication on the other hand
increases the (effective) cardinality of a set by communicating new
order.
Our abstract model for body is ordered set. Each time I have a new
idea I add another ordered set to myself by creating order between
erstwhile incomparable elements of myself. Adding new structure may
be modelled by the addition of a new set to myself orthogonal to all
existing sets.
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ORTHOGONALITY = TRINITY
Theology discusses a world with just two bounds: cardinality and
consistency : cardinal and logical confinement. [However, Cantor's
theorem tells us that logical confinement requires increasing
cardinality].
While most of us have got our heads down trying to feed our
families, and keep up appearances, a theologician's task is to fly so
high as to be able to see the whole picture and shout down
instructions about the best way to move to lighten the burdens of
life.
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Further reading
Books
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Armstrong, Karen, Islam: A Short History, Phoenix/Orion 2002 Jacket: 'One of the greatest of the world religions through the 1500 years of its existence, Islam has also been by far the most misunderstood. The Western world has undergone a complete revolution of thought in recent centuries, but its mistrust of Islam is still essentially medieval. . . . Karen Armstrong's book cuts through the cliché to reveal a faith which has inspired as many scholars, mystics and poets as soldiers. Islam, she makes clear, has not only been one of the world's most important and inspiring religions but the basis for one if its most illustrious civilizations.'
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Fortun, Mike, and Herbert J Bernstein, Muddling Through: Pursuing Science and Truths in the Twenty-First Century, Counterpoint 1998 Amazon editorial review:
'Does science discover truths or create them? Does dioxin cause cancer or not? Is corporate-sponsored research valid or not? Although these questions reflect the way we're used to thinking, maybe they're not the best way to approach science and its place in our culture. Physicist Herbert J. Bernstein and science historian Mike Fortun, both of the Institute for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies (ISIS), suggest a third way of seeing, beyond taking one side or another, in Muddling Through: Pursuing Science and Truths in the 21st Century. While they deal with weighty issues and encourage us to completely rethink our beliefs about science and truth, they do so with such grace and humor that we follow with ease discussions of toxic-waste disposal, the Human Genome Project, and retooling our language to better fit the way science is actually done.'
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Johnson, Chalmers, Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic, Metropolitan Books 2008 'The third book in a series begun with Blowback (2000), which predicted harsh comeuppance for the post-cold war American "global empire," and The Sorrows of Empire (2004), which continued Johnson's thesis with a lambasting of American militarism pre- and post-September 11, this book continues the author's broad condemnation of American foreign policy by warning of imminent constitutional and economic collapse. In a chapter analyzing "comparative imperial pathologies," Johnson reminds readers of Hannah Arendt's point that successful imperialism requires that democratic systems give way to tyranny and asserts that the U.S. must choose between giving up its empire of military bases (as did Britain after World War II) or retaining the bases at the expense of its democracy (as did Rome). Johnson also predicts dire consequences should the U.S. continue to militarize low Earth orbits in pursuit of security. To some extent a timely response to recent arguments in favor of American empire, such as those of Niall Ferguson in Colossus, this account also reiterates Johnson's perennial concerns about overseas military bases, the CIA, and the artifice of a defense-fueled economy.' Brendan Driscoll
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| Keegan, John, Winston Churchill, Penguin Lives/Viking Press 'John Keegan's brilliant little book tells the story of Churchill's life with precision. It is an authentic gem. The Author's expertise in military history gives him s large advantage over previous biographers.'back |
Marshall, Peter James, and (editor), The Cambridge Illustrated Hisotry of the British Empire, Cambridge University Press 1996 Bopok Description: 'For most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the British ruled over a colossal empire that stretched from one end of the map to the other. One cannot contemplate modern history without considering the role of the British Empire. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire is an illuminating survey of the development and impact of the British Empire from the end of the American Revolution to the present day. Against a background of striking illustrations, twelve experts on imperial history survey the experience of colonialism in North America, the Caribbean, India, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, and Asia. They emphasize social and cultural history: the movement of peoples, including slavery, and of ideas, including Christianity, art, and literature; the development of trade, transport, and urban life; the impact of imperialism on food, dress, and recreation; and the emergence of new national identities. Imperialism can be a contentious issue. While not seeking to avoid controversial topics, The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire is by no means a nostalgic look at a bygone era. It is a lively document chronicling an important part of our cultural history. It will be of wide interest to history enthusiasts, students, and scholars alike.'
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Miles, Jack, God : A Biography, Vintage Books 1996 Jacket: 'Jack Miles's remarkable work examines the hero of the Old Testament ... from his first appearance as Creator to his last as Ancient of Days. ... We see God torn by conflicting urges. To his own sorrow, he is by turns destructive and creative, vain and modest, subtle and naive, ruthless and tender, lawful and lawless, powerful yet powerless, omniscient and blind.'
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| Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh, Enigma: The Battle for the Code, Phoenix 2002 Jacket: No episode in the Second World War has captured to modern imagination more strongly than the cracking of the Enigma code by the boffins at Bletchley Park.
Yet was this really what happened? Without for a moment belittling the work of Alan Turing as his team of eccentric codebreakers, this book shows the extent to which the breaking of the all important Naval Enigma code was reliant on more traditional forms of cloak and dagger: the heroic capture of -bships and U=boats and their codebooks on the high seas, and the betrayal of his German homeland by the Enigma Spy, an old-fashioned traitor.'
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Trocki, Carl A., Opium, Empire and the Global Political Economy: A Srudy of the Asian Opium trade 1750-1950, Routledge 1999 Amazon customer review: 'Excellent study of the Empire as a 'global drug cartel' April 29, 2005
By William Podmore
This book is an excellent study of the infamous opium trade, `the most long-continued and systematic crime of modern times'. And who committed this crime? The pious, canting, hypocritical Christian rulers of the British Empire!
Throughout the 19th century, the British ruling class paid for its ever more expensive empire by producing opium in India and exporting it to China. The British state promoted, protected and profited from the trade. Revenue from the opium trade financed all its governments in Southeast Asia. . . . '
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Papers
| Lan, Shau-Yu, et al, "A Clock Directly Linking Time to a Particle's Mass", Science, 339, 6119, 1 February 2013, page 554-557. 'ABSTRACT
Historically, time measurements have been based on oscillation frequencies in systems of particles, from the motion of celestial bodies to atomic transitions. Relativity and quantum mechanics show that even a single particle of mass m determines a Compton frequency ω0 = mc2/ℏ, where c is the speed of light and ℏ is Planck's constant h divided by 2π. A clock referenced to ω0 would enable high-precision mass measurements and a fundamental definition of the second. We demonstrate such a clock using an optical frequency comb to self-reference a Ramsey-Bordé atom interferometer and synchronize an oscillator at a subharmonic of ω0. This directly demonstrates the connection between time and mass. It allows measurement of microscopic masses with 4 × 10−9 accuracy in the proposed revision to SI units. Together with the Avogadro project, it yields calibrated kilograms.'. back |
| Meyers, Mark Andre, et al, "Structural Biological Materials: Critical Mechanics-Materials Connections", Science, 339, 6121, 15 February 2013, page 773-779. 'Spider silk is extraordinarily strong, mollusk shells and bone are tough, and porcupine quills and feathers resist buckling. How are these notable properties achieved? The building blocks of the materials listed above are primarily minerals and biopolymers, mostly in combination; the first weak in tension and the second weak in compression. The intricate and ingenious hierarchical structures are responsible for the outstanding performance of each material. Toughness is conferred by the presence of controlled interfacial features (friction, hydrogen bonds, chain straightening and stretching); buckling resistance can be achieved by filling a slender column with a lightweight foam. Here, we present and interpret selected examples of these and other biological materials. Structural bio-inspired materials design makes use of the biological structures by inserting synthetic materials and processes that augment the structures' capability while retaining their essential features. In this Review, we explain this idea through some unusual concepts.'. back |
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| Albert Einstein Albert Einstein - Wikiquote 'The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
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