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March 06, 2015

Philip Dowson on architecture

    If technology is a cancer on humanity, architects must be ever vigilant. Sir Philip Dowson:

    Architecture requires us constantly to reinterpret and revalue technology in human and social terms . . . close-knit, interdisciplinary design teams are necessary to confront the scale and complexity of modern buildings if an architecture is to survive which embodies humane ideas.

    (Quoted from page 30 of Building Envelopes: An Integrated Approach, by Jenny Lovell. Princeton Architectural Press, 2019.)
    For a brief biography of Philip Dowson, click here. For images of or relating to Philip Dowson, click here.
    For a brief biography of Jenny Lovell, click here. For images of or relating to Jenny Lovell, click here.

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March 04, 2015

Oscar Wilde on art

    Look out on art, said Oscar Wilde, to see into yourself:

    Art, even the art of fullest scope and widest vision, can never really show us the external world. All that it shows us is our own soul, the one world of which we have any real cognizance. . . . It is Art, and Art only, that reveals us to ourselves.

    (Quoted from page 247 of The Life of the Creative Spirit, by H. Charles Romesburg. Xlibris, 2001.)
    For a brief biography of Oscar Wilde, click here. For images of or relating Oscar Wilde, click here.

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March 02, 2015

Henri Poincaré on ethics and science

    Henri Poincaré’s proposal holds likewise for religion and science:

    Ethics and science have their own domains, which touch but do not interpenetrate. The one shows us to what goal we should aspire, the other, given the goal, teaches us how to attain it. So they never conflict since they never meet.

    (Quoted from page 1 of Is Science Value Free?, by Hugh Lacey. Routledge, 1999,)
    For a brief biography of Jules Henri Poincaré, click here. For images of or relating to Jules Henri Poincaré, click here.
    For a work biography of Hugh Lacey, click here. For images of or relating to Hugh Lacey, click here.

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Books by H. Charles Romesburg

  • H. Charles Romesburg: The Life of the Creative Spirit

    H. Charles Romesburg: The Life of the Creative Spirit
    Practically all of the quotations in this blog's posts are collected in "The Life of the Creative Spirit."

  • H. Charles Romesburg: How About It, Writer?

    H. Charles Romesburg: How About It, Writer?
    Based on a study of more than 12,000 essays from the very best literary magazines, this book provides writers with lists of thousands of classic forms of opening sentences, titles, transition sentences, ways of saying "for example," and ways of closing nonfiction pieces. When you are writing an essay and want a hint for a better or fresh way of saying what you mean, looking through the lists acts on the imagination, stimulating your creativity. From Lulu Press (ISBN 1-4116-2862-4, 194 pp., softback), it's $16.95 when ordered from Lulu.com/Romesburg , and $22.95 from bookstores. To view its cover, click on www.cnr.usu.edu/romesburg/how_about_it_writer.htm To view its title page, contents, and first two chapters, click on: www.cnr.usu.edu/romesburg/how_about_it_writer_preview.pdf

  • H Charles Romesburg: Best Research Practices

    H Charles Romesburg: Best Research Practices
    The Saunterer’s new book (2009), Best Research Practices explains how to plan and carry out reliable experiments, how to conceive and circumstantially support research hypotheses, how to test research hypotheses with the hypothetico-deductive method, how to discover cause and effect, and more. It’s based on his examination of 5,000 top scientific articles, studying the methods used to produce reliable knowledge. Preview it on-line by going to the following link: http://print.google.com/print?isbn=9780557017836

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