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Michael M. Dediu

    Socrates to Churchill Aphorisms celebrated after 1960: A chronological and photographic documentary
    Dediu Newsletter Vol. 3 N.2 (26) 6 January 2019: Monthly news and reviews for a better and wiser world
    Dediu Newsletter Vol. 3, N. 3 (27), 6 February 2019: Monthly news and reviews for a better and wiser world
    World Constitution With Questions & Answers: Moving from many obsolete constitutions to the much better Constitution of the World
    To pour PEACE from a cup full of arms, MELT ALL ARMS!: Moving from arms race, to peace enjoyment
    17 Picturesque Cities on the World Map: A photographic documentary
    • It is well known now that the old war-oriented "Si vis pacem, para bellum" ("If you want peace, prepare for war") was replaced for good with "Si vis pacem, para PACEM!" ("If you want peace, prepare for PEACE!"). People cannot accept the fact that the arms continue to outnumber the books - people ask for zero arms!Now comes the question: how in the world can you pour peace from a cup (our planet Terra!) full to the brim with arms?!Very simple - just melt all the arms!The more preparations for war, the more unhappiness for people.This book provides simple and clear ideas, which will bring peace, no arms, freedom, good health, good education, good jobs, harmony and prosperity for all.No arms = peace + better life.

      To pour PEACE from a cup full of arms, MELT ALL ARMS!: Moving from arms race, to peace enjoyment
    • There are many fundamental questions that all human beings are called to answer. The most important philosophers, including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, and Kant, always asked profound questions, and gave eternal answers. The Constitution of the World certainly encourages questions, and offers in advance some direct and accurate answers – all these questions and answers will help the World Constitution to be better understood, and easier to implement by the people. There are many questions, from “What is the objective of this Constitution?” and “What is the first priority?”, to “Who can declare war?” and “Will everybody have a job?”, all with precise responses, based on The Constitution of the World.This book discusses over 65 questions, giving complete responses, emphasizing on the new ideas from the Constitution of the World, which will create the conditions for a peaceful, free and prosperous new country, Peaceful Terra.The future begins to take shape in front of our eyes, and it is astonishingly beautiful!

      World Constitution With Questions & Answers: Moving from many obsolete constitutions to the much better Constitution of the World
    • January 2019 started with a furlough from last year, for some government employees, and then many other events, like researchers are working on the medical advancement of digital in-vivo endomicroscopy, artificial intelligence (AI) embedded computing was introduced on the board for unmanned vehicles, debt worldwide hits record $184 T, Blue Origin - owned by Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos - launched on 23 Jan a reusable New Shepard rocket and capsule loaded with NASA microgravity experiments, on a 10-minute sub-orbital flight above Texas, and scientists have analyzed impasto layers in some of Rembrandt's paintings.In this 3nd newsletter of the third volume, the 27th in total, we included the most relevant news, in a balanced approach, usually directly from the source, to help the general public better understand the realities around us. We included also several nice photos - I thank my wife for her photo assistance. Being well and correctly informed is a sine qua non requirement for everybody, in order to make the right decisions for the future.Enjoy this newsletter and be optimist!

      Dediu Newsletter Vol. 3, N. 3 (27), 6 February 2019: Monthly news and reviews for a better and wiser world
    • Happy and Healthy New Year 2019!December 2018 was full of events, like partially closing the U.S. government, but also good events: Oregon State University engineers are using 3D animations techniques to increase the precision of radiation therapy for prostate cancer, so that neighboring healthy tissues and organs are not affected; Amazon is testing its cashier-less checkout technology for bigger stores, sources tell the WSJ; a successful rocket launch on Monday, 3 Dec, by SpaceX marked twin milestones for the company's drive to ease access for commercial satellites into orbit - the mission was SpaceX's 19th launch this year, topping its previous record of 18 in 2017; the Falcon 9 rocket also carried the largest number of satellites - a cluster of more than five dozen - ever stacked on top a U.S. booster.In this 2nd newsletter of the third volume, the 26th in total, we included the most relevant news, in a balanced approach, usually directly from the source, to help the general public better understand the realities around us. We included also several nice photos - I thank my wife for her photo assistance. Being well and correctly informed is a sine qua non requirement for everybody, in order to make the right decisions for the future.Enjoy this newsletter and be optimist!

      Dediu Newsletter Vol. 3 N.2 (26) 6 January 2019: Monthly news and reviews for a better and wiser world
    • Who are the authors of the following aphorisms?“Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, "Lighthouses" as the poet said "erected in the sea of time." They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”“Books constitute capital.”“A home without books is a body without soul.”“The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.”“You cannot open a book without learning something.”The answers are here, together with many other famous aphorisms, beautiful pictures, and other information.This book awaits to be explored - starting from 1960, in a chronological order, many great personalities and their aphorisms are remembered in these last 60 years. There are also many attractive and historic photographs – I want to thank my wife for her great assistance. This book uses Pythagoras’ “Do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. “

      Socrates to Churchill Aphorisms celebrated after 1960: A chronological and photographic documentary
    • March 2019, with its famous π day on the 14th, and the splendid March Equinox on the 20th (completely unrelated to the start of the spring, which can be - depending on the location in the northern hemisphere - between the end of February and the beginning of April), brought us all kinds of news: on March 4th astronauts have entered SpaceX's Crew Dragon while in orbit for the first time, just hours after the commercial spacecraft docked at the International Space Station; the U.S. debt grows by about $2 B/day, now is over $22.1 T; specialists created a new method that could rapidly detect cancer in cells; Jeff Bezos hosted his annual Mars Conference in Palm Springs, California; new battery research may result in high-performance batteries made entirely from polymeric materials; machine learning, AI and other exponentially growing technologies (all based on mathematics) are transforming businesses, the political economy, and our society on this planet..In this 5th newsletter of the third volume, the 29th in total, we included the most relevant news, in a balanced approach, usually directly from the source, to help the general public better understand the realities around us. We included also several nice photos - I thank my wife for her photo assistance. Being well and correctly informed is a sine qua non requirement for everybody, in order to make the right decisions for the future.Enjoy this newsletter and be optimist!

      Dediu Newsletter - Monthly news and reviews for a better and wiser world: Vol. 3, Nr. 5, (29), 6 April 2019
    • Having a good Constitution of the World, obviously many really important large projects for the world can be implemented, thus moving from small and inefficient projects, to large and efficient projects for all people. These world projects will create a completely new and much better level of civilization on Earth.There are thousands of great world projects - we give just over 70 examples, from Building a lasting peace and Improving telework for all, to Virus control and elimination, and Hurricane prevention.From the great philosophers Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, and Kant, to the present day, many people dreamed of having really big and useful projects - finally, now we will be able to implement them for the benefit of all people. This book discusses these over 70 projects, giving some details, emphasizing that these projects and the new ideas from the Constitution of the World, will create the conditions for a peaceful, free and prosperous new country, Peaceful Terra.The future begins to take shape in front of our eyes, and it is amazingly beautiful!

      World Projects: Moving from minor projects to great projects for the World