Urban Prospects
John Wolforth and Roger Leigh, 1971
McClelland and Stewart Ltd., CA, 1982
ex libris signature inside front cover: “Phillip Kitchen”
school stamp and inventory number on first leaf: “982027 / Cowichan Senior Secondary School Social Studies Dept.”

Chemistry Made Simple
Fred C. Hess, 1955
Revised by Aurthur L. Thomas, 1984
Doubleday Made Easy Books, US, reprint ~2000

It crossed my mind this morning that a strong contributing factor in the distrust of modern medicine stems from the longstanding lack of family doctors. Doctors at clinics don't have the time to get to know their patients and it makes nuanced diagnosis next to impossible. Diagnosing problems in complex dynamical systems is difficult. Problems almost never exist in isolation and the deep understanding of what interactions may be at play can only be developed over time. But for the most part doctors are only given the time for "What's the problem?", "OK.

Dynamical systems and fractals
Karl-Heinz Becker and Michael Dörfler, 1986
Translation by Ian Stewart
Cambridge University Press, UK, 3rd English printing 1990