<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp524949ayahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><blockquote type="cite" style="font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp634af852yiv2913028987ydp2f62d9dyiv4662704865ydpf7228992yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif;"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align: left; font-family: new times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.32px;" data-setdir="true"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Our book for December is </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"><i>Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order</i> by <span>mathematician (and Loomis Chaffee alumni) Steven Strogatz</span>.</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;"> The discussion will take place on the Solstice, Saturday, December 21 at 2:30 pm at the Wilson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, located at 303 Washington Ave., New Haven.</span></div><div style="font-family: new times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.32px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: new times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.32px;"><div style="text-align: center;" data-setdir="true"><img title="Inline image" alt="Inline image" src="cid:65a6dd83-c1e5-77d1-c9b6-e829cfaf93bc@yahoo.com" class="ydpa505a6c2yahoo-inline-image" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); letter-spacing: -0.02em; max-width: 292px; width: 50%;" data-id="<65a6dd83-c1e5-77d1-c9b6-e829cfaf93bc@yahoo.com>"></div><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: new times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.32px;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);">From Amazon:</span></div><div style="font-family: new times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.32px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div>Synchrony is a science in its infancy, and Strogatz is a pioneer in this new frontier in which mathematicians and physicists attempt to pinpoint just how spontaneous order emerges from chaos. >From underground caves in Texas where a French scientist spent six months alone tracking his sleep-wake cycle, to the home of a Dutch physicist who in 1665 discovered two of his pendulum clocks swinging in perfect time, this fascinating book spans disciplines, continents, and centuries. Engagingly written for readers of books such as Chaos and The Elegant Universe, Sync is a tour-de-force of nonfiction writing.</div><div><br></div><div>"A vivid, first-hand account of what it is like to be at the beginning of a scientific revolution." – Focus</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font color="#9d1811">Also, p<span>lease bring a contribution of NEW, WARM Socks, all sizes, to the discussion. HAC member Gayle Walter is again collecting them for donation to the Amistad House in New Haven.</span></font></div><div><br></div></div><div style="font-family: new times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.32px;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Hope to see you on the Solstice,</span></div><div style="font-family: new times, serif; letter-spacing: -0.32px;"><span style="letter-spacing: -0.02em;">Kevin & Paula</span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>