CoL49 group reading ch4 - winding up

[Mark Kohut]

*Scientific American* at this time was at a peak of its new life best
magazine self; a new golden age---ii was started in 1848--because of
its owner and publisher:
Education and career[edit
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerard_Piel&action=edit&section=1>
]

Piel graduated from Harvard University
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University>, magna cum laude, with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937. He was the science editor of Life Magazine
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Magazine> from 1939 to 1945. In 1946
and 1947, he worked at the Henry Kaiser Company
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Aluminum> as assistant to the
president. In 1948, in association with two colleagues, he launched a new
version of Scientific American
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_American#History>, to promote
science literacy for the general public in the postwar era. In January 1957
Piel hired the then unknown Martin Gardner
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gardner> to write the Mathematical
Games column <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_Games_(column)>, a
feature that became one of the most popular parts of the magazine, lasted
for 25 years, and produced almost 300 columns.

Piel was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences> and
the American Philosophical Society
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society>.[3]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Piel#cite_note-3>[4]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Piel#cite_note-4> He held a number of
honorary degrees and awards, including the UNESCO
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO> Kalinga Prize
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinga_Prize> in 1962.[5]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Piel#cite_note-5>
Global policy[edit
<https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerard_Piel&action=edit&section=2>
]

He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for
drafting a world constitution
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_constitution>.[6]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Piel#cite_note-6>[7]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Piel#cite_note-7> As a result, for
the first time in human history, a World Constitutional Convention
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Constitutional_Convention>convened to
draft and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_for_the_Federation_of_Earth>.[8]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Piel#cite_note-8>



On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 7:07 AM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> Also did you get that from the Scientific American archive? I’ve been
> updating the CoL49 Pynchon Wiki, and this should be an entry.
>
> Full disclosure to all, I’ve been creating a document of all our group
> reading posts. My goal is to make it part of the Pynchon Wiki as other
> group reads of MD and GR.
>
> In solidarity,
> James
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>
>
> On Saturday, June 22, 2024, 06:41, J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
> pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
>
> Yes, I have the next two weeks. I’ll post tomorrow.
>
> By the way Michael, great research on Scientific American. What doesn’t
> Pynchon read!?! The “Architecture in Transition” article summary describes
> San Narciso too closely not to be a source.
>
>
> In solidarity,
> James
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
>
>
> On Friday, June 21, 2024, 22:35, Michael Bailey <
> michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It’s been an interesting week, but we’re probably all ready to move forward
>
> Are the chapters getting longer?
>
> Ch 1 - p6 (11)
> Ch 2 - p17 (16)
> Ch 3 - p33 (28)
> Ch 4 - p61 (14)
> Ch 5 - p75 (34)
> Ch 6 - p109 (28)
>
> If I have any more insights or doo-dads before midnight, I’ll post them (-;
>
>
> It’s JK up next, right?
>
> *CHAPTER 5:
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> *>* > 6/23:  a101-112; b80-90  James V
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> *>* > 6/30:  a113-125; b91-101  James V
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> *>* > 7/7:  a126-138; b102-112  Mark
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> *>* > 7/14:  a139-146; b113-119  David
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> *>* > CHAPTER 6:
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> *>* > 7/21:  a147-157; b120-30  Michael
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> *>* > 7/28:  a158-168; b131-141  Joseph
> *>* >*
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