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Title: The Luminous Ground: The Nature of Order, Book 4 by Christopher Alexander ISBN: 0-9726529-4-9 Publisher: Center For Environmental Structure Pub. Date: November, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Profoundly Eloquent Glimpse of Life's Depth...
Comment: Those who know me know that I am not prone to making either quick judgements or vacuous statements, so my friends (at least) will know that both the title of this mini-review and the few words that follow are far from whimsical: Alexander's Nature of Order, and in particular this fourth volume which I have recently received and simply cannot put down, are in my humble opinion, destined to rank as one of this *world's* great literary/philosophical achievements. What Alexander has produced is nothing short of a brilliant vision for the transcendent reality that lies beneath and beyond conventional categories. I write this as a Ph.D. physicist, with two graduate-level mathematical physics texts under my belt (both on complex systems), and semi-pro photographer with 30 years of experience of trying to capture "beauty" in nature. Alexander's work has provided a tentative -- but oh so deep -- glimpse of an answer to my own philosophical struggles as scientist and artist: physics and art are but two sides of a vastly richer coin, and are merely pointers to an infinitely rich *life* that pervades this universe; indeed, the life that *is* this universe. Every human being who has ever sincerely pondered the question "Why?" when looking up at the sky, while admiring a pretty flower, or looking into a mirror, can do no better than to curl up by a fireplace with a hot cup of tea, open up volume four of this incredible set of books and start using the musings lovingly offered here to look within for answers. Truly a remarkable achievement. I have never met Christopher Alexander, but can honestly say that I have been deeply touched by this preternaturally wise soul.
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Title: The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander ISBN: 0195024028 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 1979 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein ISBN: 0195019199 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 1977 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: A Foreshadowing of 21st Century Art: The Color and Geometry of Very Early Turkish Carpets (Center for Environmental Structure, Vol 7) by Christopher Alexander ISBN: 0195208668 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: November, 1993 List Price(USD): $150.00 |
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Title: Notes on the Synthesis of Form by Christopher W. Alexander ISBN: 0674627512 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1970 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Production of Houses by Christopher Alexander, Howard Davis, Julio Martinez ISBN: 0195032233 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: June, 1985 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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