Talk:Arthur Burks

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I think he also worked on the theory of self-replicating or self-reproducing automaton. 82.131.210.162 (talk) 12:12, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Burks did complete von Neumann's paper on the subject. This finds mention in the IAS section. Feel free to expand if you can find additional well-sourced information. Robert K S (talk) 16:34, 21 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Hard to judge Burks contribution. Clearly, he completed the literature, preparing von Neumann's notes for publication.  Cleary, he did not construct a self-replicator, and from my read of the published record, did not try.  Rather, he tried to understand von Neumann's design, however incomplete, and present same, without taint.  The contribution of J. W. Thatcher seems easier to assess, as he very nearly gave a complete self-replicator.  William R. Buckley (talk) 05:04, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Comments from Alice Burks.
In private email from Alice Burks, who is still with us and considering the publication of a new book of stories for children, I am told that some of the details regarding donations of papers by Arthur Burks are misstated within this biographical article about Arthur Burks. I will post the details of that correspondence, hoping that other editors more familiar with the details of obtaining verification of these claims of Alice, will be able to provide correction to the biographical article. William R. Buckley (talk) 21:52, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

The relevant quote is:


 * I have reviewed the Wikipedia entries on Art and me, and also on Atanasoff. I am satisfied with the ones on Atanasoff and on me, and Art's is fine except that toward the end, under "As professor emeritus," it cites only his papers as donated to Bentley Historical Library, whereas in fact, from 1999 on, he gave a great share of his papers to the Institute for American Thought, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.  (This was because of their work in reproducing the writings of Charles S. Peirce, on whom Art wrote his doctoral thesis and whose philosophy he promoted throughout his career.)  Also, he began consulting for Burroughs after, not prior to, coming to Michigan, as stated under "External Links."  I am not sure what can be done about these errors.  (From Alice Burks)

William R. Buckley (talk) 06:13, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed the "book review" that contained the contested content in the External links section. We shouldn't have such an extensive summary of external content anyway.  If someone wants to read the lengthy oral history with Dr. Burks, the link is there and they should do so for themselves.  As for the other improvements suggested by Mrs. Burks, I would support amending the article to include them, pending verification from reliable third-party sources.  (E.g., was there ever anything published to indicate where Dr. Burks donated his papers?) Robert K S (talk) 05:12, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

I will ask Alice for any suitable reference. Perhaps we might obtain records from the various libraries, and I hope that any such source is publicly displayed, such as upon the WWW. Thanks for your help, Robert. William R. Buckley (talk) 19:27, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

CD-ROM
It happens that the CD-ROM which was available through the firm InteLex Corporation is now no longer available. So, even though one can provide a link to that company, it is of little benefit to readers of the Arthur Burks article. William R. Buckley (talk) 22:02, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

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