WSU Retention List Stories

One hundred years ago next month, Werner Heisenberg published the seminal article that kicked off the era of Quantum Mechanics (Zeitschrift fur Physik, v. 33: pp 879-898). Einstein, Planck, and others had—a generation earlier—begun dealing with physical entities using quanta instead of continuous values, but Heisenberg and Schrodinger truly revolutionized our understanding of the physical world with a fully fledged quantum mechanics. One of the weirdest aspects of quantum mechanics (which has been experimentally confirmed) is the concept of non-local interactions such as entanglement, which Einstein derisively called “spukhafte Fernwirkung” or “Spooky distant-action.” Below is a book on the Krueger Library retention list that discusses non-local behavior at the quantum scale.

Quantum chance and non-locality: probability and non-locality in the interpretations of quantum mechanics / W. Michael Dickson. Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Recap: In 2022, twenty-four Minnesota libraries joined together in a commitment to retain over a half-million print books which are scarcely-held in Minnesota. It is called the Minnesota Shared Print Collection. This is one of the stories from the Winona State share of the collection.

Nils Minné was the President of Winona State from 1944 to 1967, spanning the entirety of the Baby Boom generation. One of the books on our retention list was a gift to Dr. Minné from its author (who, by the way, did earn a Ph.D. in 1938) soon after Minné began his tenure as president of Winona State. As the title suggests, it presents some of the advantages and disadvantages of the Ph. D.

Dr. Minné retired just about the time that the Beatles released the album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. No word yet on whether Dr. Minné was the Eggman or the Walrus.

Atkinson, Carroll. Pro and Con of the Ph. D. Meador Publishing Company, 1945.

Recap: In 2022, twenty-four Minnesota libraries joined together in a commitment to retain over a half-million print books which are scarcely-held in Minnesota. It is called the Minnesota Shared Print Collection. This is one of the stories from the Winona State share of the collection.

In the last seventeen months, we have found a book on the retention list for every single academic department at Winona State except for 1) Marketing and 2) Physical Education and Sports Science. Here is one book for both of those departments.

Davis, John A, and Jessica Zutz Hilbert. Sports Marketing: Creating Long Term Value. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2013.

Recap: In 2022, twenty-four Minnesota libraries joined together in a commitment to retain over a half-million print books which are scarcely-held in Minnesota. It is called the Minnesota Shared Print Collection. Here is one of the stories from the Winona State share of the collection.

Some educators advocate for year-round K-12 schooling. Our books on that subject circulate more than many other education books. This volume on the Krueger Library retention list refers to year-round schooling as a dream, but what would the schoolchildren call it? To quote Ben Stein, “Bueller? … Bueller? … Bueller?” Still, this book might be something to read over the summer.

National Council on Year-round Education. Colorado State Board of Education. Year-Round Education, Dream and Reality: A Report of the 7th National Seminar on Year-Round Education, May 11-14, 1975, Denver. 1975.

Recap: In 2022, twenty-four Minnesota libraries joined together in a commitment to retain over a half-million print books which are scarcely-held in Minnesota. It is called the Minnesota Shared Print Collection. This is one of the stories from the Winona State share of the collection.