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Cambridge University puts Isaac Newton papers online

The notebooks in which Sir Isaac Newton worked out the theories on which much classical science is based have been put online by Cambridge University. Here.

New Book: IMAGERY IN THE 21st CENTURY

Edited by Oliver GRAU with Thomas VEIGL Cambridge/Mass., MIT Press, 2011 ISBN-10: 0-262-01572-2 Scholars from science, art and humanities explore the meaning of our new image worlds and offer new strategies for visual analysis. With contributions a.o. by Marie-Luise ANGERER, Olaf BREIDBACH, Adrian CHEOK, Wendy CHUN, Sean CUBITT, James ELKINS, Oliver GRAU, Stefan HEIDENREICH, Eduardo [...]

Ann: Leonardo Reviews New Postings – January 2011

Leonardo Reviews is pleased to announce the new postings at: http://leonardo.info/ldr.html (ISSN:  1559-0429) Archeology of Violence, New Edition <http://www.leonardo.info/reviews/feb2011/clastres_graubard.php> by Pierre Clastres; trans. Jeanine Herman and Ashley Lebner Reviewed by Allan Graubard Autobiography of Mark Twain. The Complete and Authoritative Edition, Volume 1 <http://www.leonardo.info/reviews/feb2011/kade_smith.php> by Harriet Elinor Smith et al, editors Reviewed by Richard Kade

FYI: Where do books come from?

The other day I was reading a New York Times article about how teachers are being encouraged to create lessons that incorporate materials they find online. Of course, in California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced an initiative that would replace some high school science and math texts with free, “open source” digital versions as a response [...]