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Notes on the Synthesis of Form , Cambridge : Harvard Paperback, 1964 . Alexander's published Ph .D. exposes his struggle between his training in math and logic and mystical intuitive sources of knowledge. }}Alexander, Christopher. Notes on the Synthesis of Form, Cambridge: Harvard Paperback, 1964. Alexander's published Ph.D. exposes his struggle between his training in math and logic and mystical intuitive sources of knowledge."},{"key":"e_1_3_2_1_2_1","volume-title":"The Timeless Way of Building","author":"Alexander Christopher","year":"1979","unstructured":"}} Alexander , Christopher . The Timeless Way of Building , New York : OUP, 1979 . The Big Picture on 'the why' of architecture which is to achieve QWAN. The Quality Without a Name is redefined in his latest work as God . }}Alexander, Christopher. The Timeless Way of Building, New York: OUP, 1979. The Big Picture on 'the why' of architecture which is to achieve QWAN. 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Four volume magnum opus attempting quite literally to decipher the nature of order in the universe and how to harness its secrets. }}Alexander, Christopher. The Nature of Order, Berkeley, California: CES, 2003-2005. Four volume magnum opus attempting quite literally to decipher the nature of order in the universe and how to harness its secrets."},{"key":"e_1_3_2_1_5_1","volume-title":"The Visionary Eye: Essays in the Arts, Literature, and Science","author":"Bronowksi Jacob","year":"1978","unstructured":"}} Bronowksi , Jacob . The Visionary Eye: Essays in the Arts, Literature, and Science , Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press , 1978 . Bronowski makes the pitch that art and science are but two compatible and mutually reinforcing sides of man's inquisitive mind. }}Bronowksi, Jacob. The Visionary Eye: Essays in the Arts, Literature, and Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1978. 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Provides concepts such as pathways, access, and intelligibility absent in Alexander's work. }}Hillier Bill and Hanson J. The Social Logic of Space, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Basic text on space syntax. Provides concepts such as pathways, access, and intelligibility absent in Alexander's work."},{"key":"e_1_3_2_1_13_1","volume-title":"The Scientific Imagination","author":"Holton Gerald","year":"1998","unstructured":"}} Holton , Gerald . The Scientific Imagination . Cambridge , Harvard Press , 1998 . Case studies of inquiry which reveal the subliminal schemata at work. }}Holton, Gerald. The Scientific Imagination. Cambridge, Harvard Press, 1998. Case studies of inquiry which reveal the subliminal schemata at work."},{"key":"e_1_3_2_1_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.7208\/chicago\/9780226177847.001.0001","volume-title":"The Body in the Mind: The bodily basis of meaning, imagination and reason","author":"Johnson M.L.","year":"1987","unstructured":"}} Johnson , M.L. The Body in the Mind: The bodily basis of meaning, imagination and reason , Chicago : University of Chicago Press , 1987 . Classic text on the role of bodily metaphors in thought. }}Johnson, M.L. The Body in the Mind: The bodily basis of meaning, imagination and reason, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. 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