Alexander Matthews | Author's Books

Alexander Matthews | Author

Now living in the beautiful South Devon region of the UK, Alexander Matthews was born in New York City in 1942. He has had numorous books and articles published, ranging from plays, poems and short-stories, to books on philosophy and physics. [more]

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    Glass Roots

     

    Glass Roots
    An attack by bovver boys on an Indian restaurant (paradigm for the destruction of culture), and the triumphant survival - albeit not intact - of the Indian couple.
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    Screaming Secrets

     

    Screaming Secrets
    Antonio (a paradigm for the human race) is given only a short time to live. In that context he has to make the decision between how he wants to live and pleasing his father. He chooses the former despite heavy family pressure and 'takes on' the consequences.
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    A Diagram of Definition

     

    A Diagram of Definition
    This book shows how we resolve the paradoxes inherent in definition and in communication, and so learn to use language. It offers new versions of perception and reference, and schematic models of definition and communication. Anyone interested in language and how it got started, and what a prelinguistic state might be like, should be interested in this book.
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    Physics Essays

     

    Physics Essays
    This paper argues that there could not have been a Big Bang, there is possibly time reversal, and that E=MC2 is not the fundamental equation of the universe. Also that mathematics can only be applied subjectively to physics, and so it is not the cutting edge tool of scientific research that it is made out to be.
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    The Chairman and Other Poems

     

    The Chairman and Other Poems
    The poems enclosed were among those written over a thirty year period.The longer dramatic poem is an early attempt (1966) to combine poetry and drama.
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    Current Affairs

     

    Current Affairs
    A dramatic poem dealing with the threat of consumerism to the individual.
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    Mr. Swehttam

     

    Mr. Swehttam
    A poetic novelette which considers the threat of big city life on the individual.
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    A Traveler's Maze

     

    A Traveler's Maze
    A comic account of the downsides of travel.

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