Books &Science Entropy | 22 Jul 2010
For me chemistry represented an indefinite cloud of future potentialities which enveloped my life to come in black volutes torn by fiery flashes, like those which had hidden Mount Sinai. Like Moses, from that cloud I expected my law, the principle of order in me, around me, and in the world.– Primo Levi Most people [...]
Books &Life Entropy | 14 Jun 2010
“Such is the way of civilized man; we no longer kill in a bloody hunt for food. We’re refined. We work in clean well-lighted places making civilized movements, and kill instead from a great distance . . . .” Wish to introduce wonderful world & Books of Ferenc Máté Ferenc Máté was born in Hungary [...]
Books &Meditation-Introspection Entropy | 19 May 2010
Wisdom: From Philosophy to Neuroscience- By Stephen S. Hall This Book is a compelling investigation into one of our most coveted and cherished ideals, and the efforts of modern science to penetrate the mysterious nature of this timeless virtue. In the words of Lama Surya Das – Wisdom is an endangered natural resource today in [...]
Books &Music Entropy | 11 May 2010
The Blue Moment Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music.. The critics and jazz fans alike consider Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue an improvisational tour de force. Davis cultivated an atmosphere of creative instability by rolling tape on his ensemble’s first takes and refusing to rehearse. They turned out a collection [...]
Architecture & Design &Books &Thought Provoking Entropy | 23 Apr 2010
“If nature has commanded that of all the animals, infancy shall last longest in human beings—it is because nature knows how many rivers there are to cross and paths to retrace. Nature provides time for mistakes to be corrected (by both children and adults), for prejudices to overcome, and for children to catch their breath [...]
Books &Globalisation Entropy | 15 Apr 2010
Today, local economies are being destroyed by the “pluralistic,” displaced, global economy, which has no respect for what works in a locality. The global economy is built on the principle that one place can be exploited, even destroyed, for the sake of another place. —Wendell Berry Wish to share – A timeless meditation on art [...]