CHAPTER 24 Why This Book? Why Now?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vi
3. FOREWORD ix
4. Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER 1 Olivieromaggio 5
6. CHAPTER 2 Ambigrammia’s Shaky Start 12
7. CHAPTER 3 Pioneers of Ambigrammia 17
8. CHAPTER 4 Creative Perception 32
9. CHAPTER 5 Two Early Exhibits 44
10. CHAPTER 6 Cheating and Reading 54
11. CHAPTER 7 Chunks and Low-hanging Fruit 65
12. CHAPTER 8 Playing in Peoria 78
13. CHAPTER 9 Snippets from Ambigrammi 86
14. CHAPTER 10 Cousins of Ambigrams 107
15. CHAPTER 11 Ambigrams in New Venues 115
16. CHAPTER 12 Ambigram Renaissance 122
17. CHAPTER 13 A Surprise for Dr. J 136
18. CHAPTER 14 From the Early 2000s 157
19. CHAPTER 15 Zologrammes à Paris 177
20. CHAPTER 16 Couplings 184
21. CHAPTER 17 Michaeliana 193
22. CHAPTER 18 Cognitive Science and Music 197
23. CHAPTER 19 Unigrams and Multigrams 204
24. CHAPTER 20 Six (or so) Impossible Things 214
25. CHAPTER 21 A Phalanx of Fine Physicists 225
26. CHAPTER 22 E Pluribus Unum 258
27. CHAPTER 23 The August Lulu 274
28. CHAPTER 24 Why This Book? Why Now? 284
29. WORDS OF THANKS 287
30. BIBLIOGRAPHY 290
31. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 291
32. INDEX 293