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ABOUT THE BOOKSTORE   The ASC Bookstore is the Society's channel for offering historical and hard to find cybernetics materials to the public at a modest price.

Past President Pille Bunnell currently operates the Bookstore from her home in Vancouver.

Effective with spring 2007, sales of archived hardcopy documents has ceased. The sole product still being offered is the Truth and Trust video.
 



OVERVIEW OF BOOKSTORE PROCESSING   The ASC Bookstore materials are offered on an 'as available' basis. The quantity available for purchase varies from item to item.

ASC has taken care to compile as accurate a list of available materials (given below) as we can. We are currently unable to perform realtime inventory updates as purchases are processed. Because of this, some items in the list provided on this Webpage may turn out to be out of stock.

Orders submitted to the ASC Bookstore are collated into a 'batch' which is processed no less frequently than once a month.

As a result, please understand there may be a lapse of a very few weeks between the time you submit your order and the time it is processed and shipped.

Orders will not be shipped until payment has been received by the Bookstore.
 



TERMS OF SALE   All ASC Bookstore prices, quotes, and payments are calculated in US dollars.

If you transmit a hardcopy form of payment (e.g., cheque, money order, postal giro), it must be made out in US dollars and made payable to ' ASC '.

The ASC Bookstore has the ability to accept payment via credit card. Simply indicate your credit card type and enter the requested credit card data on the Bookstore Order Form.

Prices quoted for the available items include packing and postage. No additional shipping and handling fees need to be calculated, unless...

If your order totals more than US$100.00, please contact Dr. Bunnell to see if a more economical shipping rate can be offered.
 



HOW TO ORDER   Review the listings below to determine what item(s) you want (and how many of each).

Once you've decided what you'd like to order, simply proceed in accordance with the following steps:
 



Obtain an Order Form  
We have provided three ways to obtain a Bookstore Order Form as follows:

 

 
  • Download the Form as a PDF (Acrobat) File and print it out. You will need the free Acrobat Reader software to view and print the file.

    If you don't have Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free by clicking on the button to the left...

    This is probably the best option if you intend to mail in a hardcopy order form (e.g., when using a check or money order for payment). This is not a workable option for email submissions, because you cannot modify a PDF file using Acrobat Reader - you can only view it and print it out.
     

  • Download the Form as a Microsoft Word '95 File. This is the best option if you use Microsoft Word and you prefer to fill out the form electronically. If you'd like to order via email using a credit card, this is a good option. If you prefer, you can print out your completed file and mail it in.

    (Works for Windows - MS Word '95 or later and Mac - MS Word 6.0 or later)
     

  • Download the Form as a Rich Text Format (RTF) File and print it out. The RTF format is recognized by most popular word processors. This is the best option if you use a word processor other than Microsoft Word and you prefer to fill out the form electronically. If you'd like to order via email using a credit card, this is a good option. If you prefer, you can print out your completed file and mail it in.

    (Should work with most word processors other than MS Word, though formatting may appear more 'crude' than with the other options above)


 


Fill Out the Order Form   Whether you do it in ink or electronically, please take care to list the given item reference numbers, total number of items desired in each category, and applicable amounts due.
 


Submit Your Order   Submit your ASC Bookstore order to Pille Bunnell by one of the two following means:
 
  • Email the Order Form (as an attachment)*
     
    To:
      pille@interchange.ubc.ca  ( credit cards orders only )
     
    (*ASC accepts no responsibility for the security of personal or financial data transmitted electronically.)
     
    OR
     
  • Mail the Order Form (with check or money order, if applicable) To:
     
    Pille Bunnell
    2366 West. 18th Ave
    Vancouver B.C. V6L 1A8
    Canada

 
Your items will be shipped during the first batch processing following the receipt of your payment.

Reminder:

Orders submitted to the ASC Bookstore are collated into a 'batch' which is processed no less frequently than once a month.

As a result, please understand there may be a lapse of a very few weeks between the time you submit your order and the time it is processed and shipped.
 


 
 
  ASC VIDEOS (Listed by Year)

UNIT PRICE:

US$35.00 delivered to North America; US$40.00 delivered elsewhere


Year Title   Producers REF
NUM


 
2000 Truth and Trust:
Three Conversations between Heinz von Foerster and Humberto Maturana

 
  Pille Bunnell
and
Barbara Vogl

 
1
 
The video consists of three conversations between Heinz and Humberto, of approximately 25 minutes each, on the following 3 themes:
 
  • Truth and Trust: What are we doing when we verify and when we validate a statement? Does verification establish truth? Is there a role for trust in science?
     
  • Future to be Determined: The biology of cognition reveals that the student learns the teacher. If this is the case, what must the teacher do to teach well? What matters in education nowadays?
     
  • The Matrix that Embeds: We may look at objects or at the relationship between them, but either implies making a distinction. What is the ground from which we make distinctions?

 
 


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