December 2009

Tom Stonier

was a biologist who is probably more known as a peace researcher and activist.

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Biography
Wikipedia
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Stonier's Information theory trilogy
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'Ah! mio cor' Handel: Arias

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Fantastic voice, the best Handel's arias.
My prefered:
- Ariodante HWV 33 / Act 2 - "Scherza infida in grembo al drudo"
- Rinaldo / Act 2 - "Lascia ch'io pianga"

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Magdalena Kožená
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Magdalena Kožená

One of my favourite mezzo.
Her interpretation of Rinaldo's "Lascia ch'io pianga" is probably unsurpassable

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Wikipedia
Rinaldo (excerpt)
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'Ah! mio cor' Handel: Arias

The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

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A scientific, system based study of the social organizations. This is an obvious, easy reading from the systems theory background. I found some commonalities with the "noosphere" concept of Teilhard de Chardin. Any leader / manager must read it. Apparently, nobody did, or every one of them miss the point.
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Peter Senge
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Peter Senge

Peter Michael Senge is an American scientist and director of the Center for Organizational Learning at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Wikipedia
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The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

How the Mind Works

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he first book I read from Steven Pinker.
Breathtaking, an ode to a extraordinary computing machine, the Brain.

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Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and author of popular science.

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The Blank Slate
How the Mind Works
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The Blank Slate

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Steve Pinker is an extraordinary scientist and writter.
His books are thick and printed in small letters, but they do not hurt: the reading is always captivating and the writting is beautiful.

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