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Editor: Roy Lisker,PhD
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May 13, 2010:
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Travel Announcement:
I will be in England from September 3 to 13th. After a week in Paris (Sept 13-19) at the Hotel Picard (+33(0)1 48 87 53 82),I intend to go to the south of France. From September 20 to 24th I should be localized in Port-Vendres at the Hotel Béar(+33 (0)4 68 82 01 59); of course most of the time I will be dancing the Sardanas all along the Cote Vermeil!
Then a few days in Aix and/or/Avignon, etc. Return to Paris in October. The Institut Henri Poincaré has found me a studio apartment in the suburb of Villejuif (home no doubt of klezmer, gefilte fish and moyls, circa the 12th century. See
Villejuif)
On October 10th, Sunday night at 7:30 PM,there will be a reading of my new playscript "Lament for Rachel Corrie", given by the Moving Parts English language theater company.The reading will be in the basement theater space of Carr's Pub, 1 Rue du Mont-Thabor, Metro: Tuileries. Free admission.
For the rest of October I intend to soak in the fabulous Parisian season of literary, theatrical, musical, scientific and related events. After half a dozen trips to Paris since the turn of the 21st century, I know where to go and what to look for. I can't get enough of it!
Possible brief excursions to adjacent lands.
Finally, as stated elsewhere on this website, a French publisher is looking with great interest at an anthology of short narratives. More presently.
- An historical account of the controversy surrounding the universal systems of Leibniz, Descartes and Newton in the first part of the 18th century, has been placed in Ferment Magazine.
It combines portraits of Voltaire, Emilee de Chatelet, Maupertuis, Euler and others, with an array of mathematical problems illustrating the viable features of each system. It can be read at:
Then a few days in Aix and/or/Avignon, etc. Return to Paris in October. The Institut Henri Poincaré has found me a studio apartment in the suburb of Villejuif (home no doubt of klezmer, gefilte fish and moyls, circa the 12th century. See Villejuif)
On October 10th, Sunday night at 7:30 PM,there will be a reading of my new playscript "Lament for Rachel Corrie", given by the Moving Parts English language theater company.The reading will be in the basement theater space of Carr's Pub, 1 Rue du Mont-Thabor, Metro: Tuileries. Free admission.
For the rest of October I intend to soak in the fabulous Parisian season of literary, theatrical, musical, scientific and related events. After half a dozen trips to Paris since the turn of the 21st century, I know where to go and what to look for. I can't get enough of it!
Possible brief excursions to adjacent lands.
Finally, as stated elsewhere on this website, a French publisher is looking with great interest at an anthology of short narratives. More presently.
It combines portraits of Voltaire, Emilee de Chatelet, Maupertuis, Euler and others, with an array of mathematical problems illustrating the viable features of each system. It can be read at:
Vive la Différence(2)(pdf)
The download can be done from a panel to the left. Transmission is through two formats. The VRB M3U allows one, if desired, to fast-forward through the music. It's quite a good recording. It always amazes me to hear how slowly I seem to be talking although I have the impression of giving a rapid delivery.
Here is the link:
Sam The Messiah Man
For the background to the on-going debate about the right to call myself Dr. Roy Lisker, go to Council of Autonomous Scholarly Support
Special Announcement February 28,2010
The following declaration, sent to various parties by Dr. Alexandre Grothendieck, has been posted (in French) on the homepage of the Grothendieck Circle.The English translation follows:
Declaration of my intention to refuse permission to allow my works to be published.
By Alexandre Grothendieck
I have no intention of publishing, or republishing, any work or text of which I am the author, in any form whatsoever, in electronic or print media, whether it be in the form of entire works or extracts, whether or not they be texts of a scientific or personal character, or any other kind, or in the form of personal letters addressed to others - as well as all translations of texts of which I am the author.
All editions or transmission of such texts which have been produced in the past without my express permission, or shall be made in the future as long as I am alive, which will or has been done in opposition to my will, as it is precisely expressed herein, will be deemed illegitimate in my eyes.
To the degree that I become aware of them, I will insist to the makers of these pirate editions, or any other publications including, without my express permission, texts from my own hand (apart from possible citations of a few lines at most), that they immediately withdraw these works from the marketplace; that the directors of libraries holding copies of my works, that these works be removed at once.
If my intentions as an author, as clearly expressed here, are treated as dead-letter, then let the shame of their contempt for me fall upon the heads of those responsible for those illegitimate editions, and on the directors of the libraries that harbor them. (From the moment that one or the other be informed of my intentions)
Made at my residence January 3,2010
This is to let the very much respected Dr. Grothendieck know, that I do not find sufficient grounds in this declaration, to withdraw distribution of my very imperfect (unauthorized) translation into English of the Introduction and Promenades sections of "Récoltes et Semailles" to the public at large, either in the form of an award for solving the problem stated above, or for the (NEW!!) price of $35.(See R & S translation)
I am a private individual, not a corporation.It is well-known that Dr. Grothendieck signed over all the rights to his works to Dr. Jean Malgoire more than a decade ago.He does not speak of preparing any sort of lawsuit, rather he asks us to 'avoid the shame' of treating him with 'contempt'. I don't hold him in contempt, therefore I doubt very much that I will find myself gripped by a sense of shame.Sincerely Yours, Dr. Roy Lisker
Endorsements and Cavils
This website is made possible through the
active support and encouragement of
Jacob Smullyan and family:
Anne-Marie, Benjamin, Jeremy and Gabriel
(These names overlap but are not co-extensive with the persons in the picture)
Financial Statement 1955-2005
New Editorial
March 8, 2010
Man's Role on Planet Earth
New Science Editorial
May 22,2010
Defining Particles: Singularities versus Critical Points
Mathematics Consultant for the Arts and Humanities
This photograph of me was taken in the winter of 2000. As president of the Middletown North End Action Team. I was doing my part in cleaning up the grounds of what has since become the neighborhood's pride and joy:
The North End Community Garden.
active support and encouragement of
Jacob Smullyan and family:
Anne-Marie, Benjamin, Jeremy and Gabriel
(These names overlap but are not co-extensive with the persons in the picture)
March 8, 2010
Man's Role on Planet Earth
New Science Editorial
May 22,2010
Defining Particles: Singularities versus Critical Points
A report on the 8-year struggle of the North End Action Team to obtain decent living conditions for the residents of Middletown's North End, may now be read at