Iannis Xenakis: Music and Architecture: Architectural Projects, Texts, and Realizations (2008)

“This work fills a major lacuna in the literature by bringing together for the first time all of the projects, realizations and texts related to architecture by the multi-faceted Iannis Xenakis who worked with Le Corbusier for 12 years. Sharon Kanach assisted the composer in gathering the texts for this his last ambitious project.

The material in the book is presented under four main headings: “The Le Corbusier Years”, “Xenakis as Independent Architect”, “Writings on Architecture”, and “The Polytopes”. Three annexes include a commented bibliography of writings by and on Xenakis compiled by Makis Solomo, a critical index of Xenakis’s architecture by Sven Sterken, and a comparative chronology of Xenakis’s life and work by Sharon Kanach. The latter’s commentary throughout the book strives to bridge the reciprocal influences between music and architecture in the Xenakis oeuvre.”

Compiled, Translated and Commented by Sharon Kanach
Publisher Pendragon Press, Hillsdale/NY, 2008
The Iannis Xenakis Series, 1
ISBN 9781576471074
337 pages
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Reviews: M.J. Grant (Music & Letters, 2010), James Harley (MusicWorks, 2010).

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PDF (84 MB, no OCR, updated on 2020-9-23)

Elizabeth L. Eisenstein: The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early-Modern Europe (1979)

“A key text to understand the role of print on social change and the arts. Professor Eisenstein begins by examining the general implications of the shift from script to print, and goes on to examine its part in three of the major movements of early modern times – the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the rise of modern science. Her masterful and well researched text sets a standard for understanding the social impact of printing.”

Publisher Cambridge University Press, 1979
11th printing, 2005
ISBN 052129951, 9780521299558
794 pages
HT Didgebaba

Reviews: Carolyn Marvin (Technology and Culture, 1979), Anthony T. Grafton (Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 1980), Eric J. Freeman (Medical History, 1981), Eric J. Leed (American Journal of Sociology, 1982), Richard Teichgraeber (History of European Ideas, 1984).

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PDF (2 vols., 16 MB, updated on 2022-1-30)
EPUB (2nd ed., 2012, added on 2022-1-30)

See also the collection Agent of Change: Print Culture Studies after Elizabeth L. Eisenstein (2007).

Edwin Schlossberg, John Brockman: The Pocket Calculator Game Book (1975)

New. The Electronic Game Machine. America’s New Favorite 50 Games & Puzzles 50. Count ’em! Spectacular Fun for 1, 2, 3, 4. Or More! Ladies & Gentlemen, The Most Astonishing, Entertaining, Colossal. The First-And-Only-Book-of-Its-Kind For Learning & Pleasure. Turns Your Calculator Into a Game Board, a Puzzle Board, a Deck of Cards. New Amazing Games with Numbers. The New, Original Rule Book. New Social Interaction Device!… The Most Marvelous Electronic Device on Earth. Your Pocket Calculator. Games You Play Yourself. Games You Play with Others. Play It Today! The Authentic New Book for New Authentic Games. Play: Calculator Poker! Play: Lover’s Maze! Play: High Roller! Plus Many, Many More! Magic Number! Even and Odd! Fast Eddie! Calculator 21! Widgets! The Dating Game! Double Solitaire! Fascinating, Astounding, Amusing Experiences for You and Your Friends! Play ’em Today! (from the back cover of the 1976 Bantham edition, so is the cover above)

Publisher William Morrow and Company, New York, 1975
ISBN 0688029833
158 pages
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PDF (updated to an OCR’d version on 2014-6-7 via Marcell Mars)