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The Ideal Order
The Ideal Order
The Ideal Order
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The Ideal Order

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Dr. Rob Park’s life is out of order. His estranged wife is leaving him, the relationship to his daughters is strained and his career is at a dead end. Slowly he is putting his life back into order by sorting his LEGO collection. Prof. Dr. Smith and his newly found Adult Fans Of LEGO help him to find a new structure for himself, his LEGO collection and his family.

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The Ideal Order is a book in the tradition of Robert Pirsig’s “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”. It interweaves the story of a failing academic with a cross disciplinary investigation in mankind’s obsession with classification systems. The book spans across biology, library studies and computer science. At the same time it follows Dr. Rob Park with a sense of humor not unlike “The Big Bang Theory” through the bizarre world of academia and the LEGO culture. Sorting his bricks enables him to play again with his children and to maintain his sobriety during the separation from his wife.

The strength of The Ideal Order is that it uses platonic dialogues to engage the reader into a discourse on classification systems. Similar to “Sophies World” by Jostein Gaarder, this book uses a vivid story line about the relationship of a father to his wife and children to carry the reader through the chaos of modern life.

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Release dateMay 5, 2016
ISBN9781310230325
The Ideal Order
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Christoph Bartneck

Dr. Christoph Bartneck is an associate professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He published over 150 scientific articles,chapters and books. The media frequently covers his research work on robotics. Working for the LEGO Group reignited his passion for the brick. He uses LEGO bricks for teaching courses and he is the author of the acclaimed LEGO Minifigure Catalogs. Christoph is the a founding member of New Zealand's biggest LEGO Users Group and the Imagination Station, New Zealand's first play and learning center using LEGO.

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