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Geometry of Meaning

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Arthur M. Young invented and created the Bell helicopter, the bubble-topped device we know from MASH, and the first commercially licensed helicopter in the country (and I think the world.) The same pragmatism, insight, and stubbornness that enabled him to realize that creation gives him the brainpower and audacity to come up with a theory of meaning that derives, in a flat-footed way, from equations of high-school physics. It stretches your brain in a direction, and to an extent, that will surprise you. I first read this book in the late 70's, and while it has attracted some following, it remains largely undiscovered. I have reread it twice recently and I see more each time. The Reflexive Universe is the sequel, and it is equally wonderful. AMY's thinking can be sampled at arthuryoung.com.

The Geometry of Meaning is a remarkable book, ambitious and insightful. Mr. Young walks the reader through the geometric relationships established in our understanding of things and ideas, while progressively moving towards his description of a "Rosetta Stone of Meaning" - a 12-fold map to overlay on our understandings. The Geometry of Meaning examines object/subject relationships, Aristotle's Four Causes, the equations of physics, The Zodiac, and much more.

Although Arthur Young may have designed the first bubble helicopter....don't forget that Oszkar Asboth, a Hungarian, was the actual INVENTOR of the helicopter!