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From: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Health and light (was Re: Office Survey Results)
Message-ID: <3065@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Date: 8 Aug 89 05:50:41 GMT
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Reply-To: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu (John Shipman)
Organization: Zoological Data Processing
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I believe this quote is from Dave Ritchie (ritchie@hp-lsd.HP.COM):

>> This is what I think is important.  I think there have been
>> studies (apart from those done in the computer field) about
>> natural light simulation and its importance to many people.

A good introduction to this subject is _Health_and_Light_ by
John N. Ott (Pocket, 1973).  I understand Ott has at least
one more recent book out, but I haven't been able to find it
(anyone seen this?).

In my opinion, what Ott has to say is especially important
to people who work with computers, since our work is
indoors and often during the night.
-- 
John Shipman/Zoological Data Processing/Socorro, New Mexico
USENET: ucbvax!unmvax!nmtsun!john  CSNET: john@nmtsun.nmt.edu ``A lesson from
past over-machined societies...the devices themselves condition the users to
employ each other the way they employ machines.'' --Frank Herbert