Copthorne Macdonald’s Published Writing

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Books

FIFTY YEARS OF ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND: A History of the Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island, 1955 to 2005. Charlottetown: Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island, 2005, 104 pages. An illustrated book that presents the history of the Association from its founding in 1955 to its 50-year Anniversary in 2005.

MATTERS of CONSEQUENCE: Creating a Meaningful Life and a World that Works. Charlottetown: Big Ideas Press, 2004, 412 pages. (Hardcover ISBN: 096896186X; paperback ISBN: 0968961878; Adobe Acrobat eBook ISBN: 0-9689618-8-6) This book is a comprehensive map of the human situation that explores what is really important in life, addresses our personal search for meaning and significance, and deals with humanity's future in a positive, solution-oriented way. Info About Table of Contents Foreword by Paul H. Ray Introduction endorsement comments reviews

BRIDGING THE STRAIT: The Story of the Confederation Bridge Project. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1997, 128 pages. (ISBN 1-55002-281-4) An illustrated book that tells the history of Northumberland Strait crossings from the ice boats, to the ferries, to the details of the Confederation Bridge project — a project named by three Canadian engineering associations as "one of the five most significant Canadian engineering achievements of the 20th century." Info About

D’une rive à l’autre: L’historie du Pont de la Confédération. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1997, 144 pages. (ISBN 1-55002-295-4) A French language translation of Bridging the Strait.

THE FIRST 40 YEARS: A History of the Association of Professional Engineers of Prince Edward Island, 1955 to 1995, Charlottetown: APEPEI, 1995, 59 pages.

GETTING A LIFE: Strategies for Joyful and Effective Living. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 2001, 119 pages. (ISBN 0-595-20246-2). Also, a DeepUnderstanding Adobe Acrobat eBook edition (ISBN 0-9689618-3-5). A book about crafting full, rich, creative and enjoyable lives for ourselves, lives that contribute in some way to the world around us. Info About Table of Contents Introduction Chapter 1 --- Getting a Life.

Previous edition, now out of print:

GETTING A LIFE: Strategies for Joyful and Effective Living. Toronto: Hounslow Press, 1995, 120 pages. (ISBN 0-88882-178-6).

TOWARD WISDOM: Finding Our Way to Inner Peace, Love and Happiness. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 2001, 1993, 184 pages. (ISBN 0-595-20256-X). Also, a DeepUndestanding Adobe Acrobat eBook edition (ISBN 0-9689618-0-0). A book that explores the nature of wisdom and the impediments we face in our quest to become wise. Info About Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 --- What is Wisdom?

Previous editions, now out of print:

TOWARD WISDOM: Finding Our Way to Inner Peace, Love and Happiness. Toronto: Hounslow Press, 1993, 183 pages. (ISBN 0-88882-151-4)

TOWARD WISDOM: Finding Our Way to Inner Peace, Love and Happiness. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 1996, 183 pages. (ISBN 1-57174-044-9)

ENERGY EFFICIENT REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS, Charlottetown: Government of Prince Edward Island, 1995, 28 pages. (ISBN 0-929043-15-4)

USING CONTROL TECHNOLOGY TO CUT ENERGY COSTS, Charlottetown: Government of Prince Edward Island, 1995, 32 pages. (ISBN 0-929043-16-2)

ENERGY-EFFICIENT MOTORS FOR INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, AND AGRICULTURE ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, Charlottetown: Government of Prince Edward Island, 1994, English text and French translation, 28 pages each language. (ISBN 0-929043-13-8)

ENERGY-EFFICIENT HEATING, VENTILATING & AIR CONDITIONING, Charlottetown: Government of Prince Edward Island, English text and French translation, 1994, 28 pages each language. (ISBN 0-929043-14-6)

COMMERCIAL LIGHTING EFFICIENCY, Charlottetown: Government of Prince Edward Island, 1996, 28 pages. (ISBN 0-929043-17-1)

REAP-LIGHTING SOFTWARE USER’S GUIDE. Charlottetown: Government of Prince Edward Island, 1994, 115 pages. (ISBN 0-929043-07-3)

REAP-LIGHTING SOFTWARE REFERENCE MANUAL. Charlottetown: Government of Prince Edward Island, 1994, 75 pages. (ISBN 0-929043-11-1)

ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: Options for Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown: P.E.I. Department of Energy and Forestry, 1989, 111 pages. (ISBN 0-929043-00-6) An energy textbook for Grade 10 P.E.I. science classes.

ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES WORKBOOK. Co-authored with Deirdre Kessler. Charlottetown: P.E.I. Department of Energy and Forestry, 1990, 84 pages. (ISBN 0-929043-04-9) Workbook for the above textbook.

Contributions to Books

HOW TO ACHIEVE A HEAVEN ON EARTH, John E. Wade II, Ed. Pelican Publishing Company, February 2010. Contributed the essay, "The Centrality of Wisdom," pp. 294-296.

SCIENCE AND THE PURSUIT OF WISDOM: Studies in the Philosophy of Nicholas Maxwell. Leemon McHenry, Ed. Ontos Verlag, 2009. Contributed the essay "Nicholas Maxwell in Context: The Relationship of His Wisdom Theses to the Contemporary Global Interest in Wisdom." Contributed the Chapter titled "Nicholas Maxwell in Context: The Relationship of his Wisdom Theses to the Contemporary Global Interest in Wisdom," pp. 61-81.

LIVING A LIFE OF VALUE: A Unique Anthology of Essays on Values & Ethics by Contemporary Writers. Edited by Jason A Merchey, San Diego: Values of the Wise Press, 2006. Contributed the essay: "Playing the Wisdom Game: Some thoughts about the nature and development of wisdom," pp. 359-368.

RADICAL TECHNOLOGY. Edited by Godfrey Boyle and Peter Harper. New York: Pantheon Books / Random House,1976. Contributed the article: "Ham Radio and TV."

SPECIALIZED COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE RADIO AMATEUR. Edited by Jerry Hall. Newington, CT: American Radio Relay League, 1975. Contributions to Chapter 3: "Slow-Scan Television."

Scholarly Papers and Articles

"Values, Wisdom, and Action" An article in the World Wisdom Rising (Fall/Winter 2007) issue of the journal Kosmos: An integral Approach to Global Awakening., pp 21-22, 43-44. (Also available in PDF format.)

"WISDOM: The Highest Aim of Life and Higher Education" A "Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholar" address at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, delivered on April 5, 2006.

"Deep Understanding: Wisdom for an Integral Age" An essay in the inaugural issue of Integralis: Journal of Integral Consciousness, Culture, and Science,. 2000, 7 pages.

Review of Ken Wilber's book A Theory of Everything in the inaugural issue of Integralis: Journal of Integral Consciousness, Culture, and Science, 2000, 4 pages.

Review of Michael Lerner's book Spirit Matters in the inaugural issue of Integralis: Journal of Integral Consciousness, Culture, and Science, 2000, 4 pages.

"Preparing for 21st-Century Opportunities" A Presentation to the Institute of Island Studies 1998 P.E.I. Employment Summit Panel.

"Implications of a Fundamental Consciousness" A paper presented at the Tucson III Toward a Science of Consciousness 1998 international conference in Tucson, Arizona, 1 May 1998. This paper elaborates the solution to the mind/body problem outlined in the Zygon paper.

"The Necessity for Developing Skill at Mind-Process Observation, and a Suggested Methodology" A paper presented at the Tucson II Toward a Science of Consciousness 1996 international conference in Tucson, Arizona.

"An Energy/Awareness/Information Interpretation of Physical and Mental Reality" A paper published in the refereed journal ZYGON: Journal of Religion and Science, June 1994, pp. 135-51. (The paper that deals with the carrier/information nature of physical and mental reality.)

"A Slow-Scan TV system Using the Permachon for Scan Conversion," IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, December 1964. pp 80-85

Articles and eBooks Currently Available on the Internet

Free full-text eBook - MATTERS OF CONSEQUENCE
          http://www.wisdompage.com/ebooksinfo.html
Free full-text eBook - TOWARD WISDOM
          http://www.wisdompage.com/ebooksinfo.html
Free full-text eBook - GETTING A LIFE
          http://www.wisdompage.com/ebooksinfo.html
Book manuscript -THE EXISTENCE GAME: Steps Toward a Scientific/Spiritual Paradigm and Wisdom-Based Culture           http://www.wisdompage.com/ExistenceGame.html
WISDOM: The Highest Aim of Life and Higher Education
          http://www.wisdompage.com/rollinstalk.html
Playing the Wisdom Game (An essay that appears in the 2006 book Living a Life of Value)
          http://www.copmacdonald.com/wisdomgame.html
A Brief Introduction to the System Perspective
          http://www.wisdompage.com/systemintro.html
The Role of Values in Wisdom
          http://www.wisdompage.com/roleofvalues.html
The Integral Vision
          http://www.wisdompage.com/integralintro.html
Deep Understanding: Wisdom for an Integral Age
          http://www.wisdompage.com/deepundr.html
Creating an Integral Culture
          http://www.wisdompage.com/integralculture.html
The Centrality of Wisdom (submitted for inclusion in the forthcoming book How to Achieve a Heaven on Earth)
          http://www.wisdompage.com/CentralityOfWisdom.html
Values, Wisdom, and Action (An article that appeared in the Fall/Winter 2007 issue of Kosmos: An Integral Approach to Global Awakening)
          http://www.wisdompage.com/MacdonaldKosmosArticle.html
A Brief Introduction to Collective Wisdom
          http://www.wisdompage.com/GroupWisdom.html
Dialogue Instead of Debate: Cutting Through Ideological Polarization
          http://www.wisdompage.com/dialogue.html
Some Thoughts on Developing Wisdom
          http://www.wisdompage.com/developingwisdom.html
Flaws In Human Mentality
          http://www.wisdompage.com/FlawsInMentality.html
The Importance of Meditation
          http://www.wisdompage.com/meditation.html
About Open Focus™
          http://www.wisdompage.com/aboutopenfocus.html
Nicholas Maxwell in Context
          http://www.wisdompage.com/MaxwellinContext.html
Spirituality and Wisdom in Business
          http://www.wisdompage.com/workplace.html

Audio and Video Items Available on the Internet

Personal and Societal Wisdom: Some thoughts on their nature and development (audio with slides, RealPlayer format)
          http://www.wisdompage.com/cop-av.html
Personal and Societal Wisdom: Some thoughts on their nature and development (audio only, 32kb MP3)
          http://www.universityuus.org/d/SS2006-04-02-Person&SocietalWisdom.mp3
WISDOM: The Highest Aim of Life and Higher Education (audio with slides, RealPlayer format)
          http://www.wisdompage.com/RollinsSlideTalk/slidetalk.smi
WISDOM: The Highest Aim of Life and Higher Education (audio only, 32kb MP3)
          http://www.wisdompage.com/Macdonald_at_Rollins_College--32kbps.mp3
Interview - Get a Life!
          http://www.wisdompage.com/Merchey-GetALife.mp3
Interview - Self-Actualization
          http://www.wisdompage.com/Merchey-Self-Actualization.mp3
Interview - Wisdom: We Need a Revolution
          http://www.wisdompage.com/Merchey-WisdomWeNeedARevolution.mp3
Interview - An Exploration of Wisdom
          http://www.wisdompage.com/Merchey-AnExplorationOfWisdom.mp3
CBC IDEAS Documentary - Becoming Wise
          http://www.wisdompage.com/Cop-IDEAS.wma
CBC TV Interview - Toward Wisdom
          http://www.wisdompage.com/CBCWisdomInterview268.wmv
Video Documentary - An Early Art and Technology Collaboration (RealPlayer format)
          http://www.wisdompage.com/artproj.smi

Additional Works Concerned with Energy Conservation and Energy Alternatives

User instruction manuals for the REAP-Lighting energy conservation software being distributed by the Energy, Minerals and Technology Branch of the P.E.I. Department of Economic Development and Tourism:

Edited the 459-page proceedings of the Sixth International Wind-Diesel Workshop held at P.E.I.’s Mill River Resort June 16-19, 1992:
WORKSHOP REPORT — THE SIXTH INTERNATIONAL WIND-DIESEL WORKSHOP.

Thirty-seven 2-page $mart EnergyUser newsletters on a wide range of energy conservation topics were written, put in fax format, and faxed by the Government of P.E.I. to interested businesses during 1996 and 1997.

ISLAND BIO-ENERGY, an 8-page newsletter concerned with biomass energy and energy conservation on Prince Edward Island that was published from 1987 through 1993. (Edited all issues and wrote almost all articles.)

ISLAND BIO-ENERGY — Issue No. 1, Volume 1 Number 1 May, 1987

ISLAND BIO-ENERGY — Issue No. 2, Volume 1 Number 2 September, 1987

ISLAND BIO-ENERGY — Issue No. 3, Volume 2 Number 1 March, 1988

ISLAND BIO-ENERGY — Issue No. 4, Volume 3 Number 1 January, 1989

ISLAND BIO-ENERGY — Issue No. 5, Volume 4 Number 1 September, 1990

ISLAND BIO-ENERGY — Issue No. 6, Volume 5 Number 1 July, 1991

ISLAND BIO-ENERGY — Issue No. 7, Volume 6 Number 1 April, 1992

ISLAND BIO-ENERGY — Issue No. 8, Volume 7 Number 1 March, 1993

ISLAND BIO-ENERGY — Issue No. 9, Volume 7 Number 2 November, 1993

A software user’s manual for the Richardson Associates Limited ENERGY-WATCH energy-monitoring system.

BIOMASS COMPENDIUM, descriptions of a selection of biomass energy projects located in the New England states and the Eastern Canadian provinces, for the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers.

DISTRICT HEATING: The Prince Edward Island Experience, a 21 page booklet that describes P.E.I.’s district heating systems. (P.E.I. Energy Corporation.)

Other energy-related newspaper, magazine, and newsletter articles, including:

A 10-article newspaper supplement for Maritime Electric that appeared in the Journal-Pioneer and the Guardian September 2, 1995.

"Biomass Energy on P.E.I.," Woodland Gazette, Spring 1990

"Farm Energy Management," Ener$ave Update, Vol. 3 No. 6,
November 1983. pp. 2-3

"Energy Management in Seasonal Tourist Operations," Ener$ave
Update, Vol. 3 No. 5, July 1983. pp. 1-4

Magazine Columns

Wrote the "New Directions Radio" column in The Mother Earth News (ISSN 0027-1535) from September, 1973 thru November, 1983. New Directions Radio was an international network of radio amateurs concerned with using ham radio "to help create a more aware, more caring, and more responsible human society." 62 article-length columns.

Wrote "Cop’s Column" in CQ, The Radio Amateur’s Journal (ISSN 0007-893X) from July, 1972 to March, 1975. The 32 article-length columns dealt with slow-scan television and New Directions Radio activities.

Other Magazine Articles

Woodland Gazette, Spring 1993 (entire issue)

Woodland Gazette, Spring 1992 (entire issue)

"Getting Started in Amateur Radio in the 1990s -- Part 3," Co-authored with Daniel Basiletti, CQ, Vol. 47, No. 7, July 1991, pp. 22-28.

"Getting Started in Amateur Radio in the 1990s -- Part 2," Co-authored with Daniel Basiletti, CQ, Vol. 47, No. 6, June 1991, pp. 34-36, 38-40, 42.

"Getting Started in Amateur Radio in the 1990s -- Part 1," Co-authored with Daniel Basiletti, CQ, Vol. 47, No. 3, March 1991, pp. 52-54, 56, 57.

"Biomass Energy on P.E.I.," Woodland Gazette, Spring 1990

"The Telephone Revolution", The Mother Earth News, No. 86, March 1984. Page 14

"Farm Energy Management", Enersave Update, Vol. 3 No. 6, November 1983. pp 2-3

"Energy Management in Seasonal Tourist Operations", Enersave Update, Vol. 3 No. 5, July 1983. pp 1-4

"‘Soft’ Technology: New Applications for the Third World", The Mother Earth News, No. 63, May 1980. Page 117

"COMTEK ‘79", The Mother Earth News, No. 62, March 1980. pp 175-176

"The Vienna Technology Forums", The Mother Earth News, No. 61, January 1980. Page 192

"CQ Reviews: The Venus Scientific Slow-Scan TV Equipment", CQ, Vol. 31 No. 4, April 1975. pp 25-27, 64, 66

"CQ Reviews: The Swan SS-200 Solid-State Transceiver", CQ, Vol. 31 No. 3, March 1975. pp 36-40, 63

"CQ Reviews: The Robot Research Slow-Scan TV Equipment", CQ, Vol. 30 No. 8, August 1974. pp 20-24, 71-72

"Heading Off Catastrophe", The North Country Anvil, No. 9, Dec 1973. pp 52-54

"SSTV: Toy or Tool?" (Guest Editorial) CQ, V.29 No.7, July 1973, pp 5, 80, 82

"Getting in Touch . . . Converting an Old Toy Into a New Tool", The Mother Earth News, No. 23, July 1973. pp 18-21

"A Slow-Scan Vidicon Camera: Part III --- Setup and Operating Procedures", QST (ISSN 0033-4812), August 1965. pp 24-26

"A Slow-Scan Vidicon Camera: Part II --- Mechanical Design", QST, July 1965, pp 15-18

"A Slow-Scan Vidicon Camera: Part I --- Performance and Electrical Design", QST, June, 1965, pp 11-15

"A Compact Slow-Scan TV Monitor", QST, March 1964. pp 43-48

"Slow-Scan TV Vidicons Developed", Electronics, May 11, 1962. pp 104, 106-107

"S.C.F.M. --- An Improved System for Slow-Scan Image Transmission: Part II --- Circuit Details", QST, February 1961. pp 32-35

"S.C.F.M. --- An Improved System for Slow-Scan Image Transmission: Part I --- Slow-Scan Modulation Tests and Proposed Standards", QST, Jan 1961. pp 28-32

"Slow-Scan Image Transmission: A Progress Report", QST, April 1960. pp 36-40

"Nuevo Sistema de Transmision de Imagenes de Banda Angosta", Revista Telegrafica Electronica, February 1959. pp 67-70

"A New Narrow-Band Image Transmission System: Part II --- Circuit and Construction Details", QST, September 1958. pp 31-36, 146, 148

"A New Narrow-Band Image Transmission System: Part I --- Principles of Slow-Scan Picture Reproduction", QST, August 1958. pp 11-15, 140, 142

"A Slow-Scan TV System for Image Transmission", The Kentucky Engineer, Vol. XX No. 4, May 1958. pp 8-11, 34-35 (Winning paper in the 1958 National Student Paper Competition of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers)