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Subject: From Howard GardnerOctober 22, 2007
To Jeffrey Epstein
From Howard GardnerHi, Jeffrey. I am very glad that I had a chance to see you last Thursday.
I ran into George Church as I left and was able to take his cab to the
airport, good timing.I'm happy to respond to your simple requests--for a reading list and
advice about offsprings. I'm taking some notes and will write to you soon.Meanwhile, take a deep breath, take one day at a time, and you'll get
through the coming period fine.With all good wishes,
Howard Gardner
Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
14 Appian Way
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-----Original Message-----
From: "hgasst" hgasst@pz.harvard.edu
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:47:36
To:kellens@earthlink.net
Subject: From Howard Gardner
October 29, 2007
To Jeffrey Epstein
From Howard Gardner
By mail and e-mail
Hi, Jeffrey. I've thought a good bit about what books I'd suggest reading. I know that you asked for five, but once I turned my attention to the task, a lot more came to mind. What I am sending you is as much for me, as for you; but you are a good and quick shopper and I'm confident that you'll be able to see which, if any, of these authors interest(s) you.
Fiction (middle 20th century onward)
Saul Bellow Henderson the Rain King, Herzog
Ian McEwen Amsterdam etc
Kasuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day
John Le Carre passim
Claire Messud The Last Life
Tom Stoppard Collected Plays
Fiction (earlier)
Thomas Mann The Magic Mountain
Influences on me: (* means one of my teachers)
Jared Diamond Guns, Germs, and Steel
*Erik Erikson Childhood and Society
*Ernst Gombrich Art and Illusion
*Nelson Goodman Ways of World Making
G H Hardy A Mathematician's Apology
- H. Stuart Hughes Consciousness and Society
Susanne Langer Philosophy in a New Key
*Claude Levi-Strauss Tristes Tropiques (Also called A World on the Wane)
Louis Menand The Metaphysical Club
Michael Polanyi Personal Knowledge
Igor Stravinsky The Poetics of Music
Kirk Varnedoe Pictures of Nothing (on modern art)
Edmund Wilson To the Finland Station
I hope that you get pleasure and edification from a few of these.
As for the other, more personal question that you posed, that requires a longer conversation-whenever you'd like.
With best wishes,
Howard Gardner
Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
14 Appian Way
Larsen Hall 201
Cambridge, MA 02138
Voice: 617-496-4929
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