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IP: re george Dyson
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 06:54:07 -0400
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 18:30:01 -0700 (PDT) From: George Dyson <gdyson () cc wwu edu> To: farber () cis upenn edu Dear David Farber, and associates, I was, to say the least, astonished (with delight) to receive a copy of the comments by Willis Ware and Paul Baran that appeared on your list on May 25 (re: Darwin Among the Machines). To see my attempt at historical story-telling endorsed by these two pioneers, eyewitnesses who made so much history happen with their own hands and minds, is almost as unexpected as a message from Erasmus Darwin or Robert Hooke. As to where in the world I found all the sources quoted in the book, the truth is I stayed put here in Bellingham, Washington ("the city of subdued excitement") and turned almost everything up through our small university library, with help from interlibrary loan. (And no small credit to the Charles Babbage Institute's oral history collection, and Rand's unmatched habit of keeping _all_ its publications in print). Many times I thought about contacting Baran and Ware, but assumed they had much better things to do than answering questions from some neophyte writing a book. with many thanks (and one question: how do I get on your list?), George B. Dyson gdyson () cc wwu edu ________________________________________________________________________
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