Reverberations of a Stroke A Memoir
In the early morning hours of Feb. 1, 2016, Karl Gustafson became instinctively aware that something catastrophic was happening inside him. A severe headache that had persisted for days had taken a sudden turn for the worse, and a clear inner voice ordere
- PDF / 1,748,540 Bytes
- 72 Pages / 453.544 x 683.151 pts Page_size
- 68 Downloads / 200 Views
Reverberations of a Stroke A Memoir
Reverberations of a Stroke
Karl Gustafson
Reverberations of a Stroke A Memoir
123
Karl Gustafson Department of Mathematics University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-12861-6 ISBN 978-3-030-12862-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12862-3
(eBook)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019934351 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: The author on Flagstaff Mountain, above Boulder, Colorado, 2019. (Photo by Jillian Lloyd) This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
The physicist Leo Szilard once announced to his friend Hans Bethe that he was thinking of keeping a diary. ‘I don’t intend to publish. I am merely going to record the facts for the information of God.’ ‘Don’t you think God knows the facts?’ Bethe asked. ‘Yes,’ said Szilard. ‘He knows the facts, but He does not know this version of the facts.’ Hans Christian van Baeyer, Taming the Atom (Random House, 1992)
Foreword by Simo Puntanen: Eight Months Before a Second Life…
It was a dark and stormy night. Subject: China, Southern provinces: Maintain flexible itineraries due to potential for disruption to flights, overland travel during rainy season—Disruption to travel and essential services should be expected in the southern provinces during the rainy season. Hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed on 2 June at Shanghai Pudong International Airport due to poor weather conditions.
I received the above emailed message from Karl Gustafson on Wednesday, June 3, 2015, with the following line: “Maybe we were lucky to get up here from Haikou Sunday night, even if very late! Karl.” Karl was not joking, and I, being from the largest Nordic city without access to
Data Loading...
