Amy L. Lansky

Amy L. Lansky (born 1955), is an American author,computer scientist, and homeopath, noted for having written "Impossible Cure: the Promise of Homeopathy".

Life

Lansky grew up in Buffalo, New York.She received a B.A. from University of Rochester in 1977and a M.S. (1979) and Ph.D. (1983) in Computer Science from Stanford University.She is married to Steven M. Rubin; they have two children.

Computer Science

After receiving her doctorate, Lansky worked on Artificial Intelligence planning at SRI Internationaland NASA Ames Research Center.During this time, she worked with Michael Georgeff on the Procedural Reasoning System.This work resulted in a paper [Georgeff, Michael P., and Lansky, Amy L., "Reactive Reasoning and Planning",in "Proceedings of the Sixth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence" (AAAI-87),Seattle, Washington (July 1987)] which won the AAAIClassic Paper award of 2006. [cite web | url = http://www.aaai.org/Awards/classic.php | title = AAAI Classic Paper Award ] Lansky is also known for her development of the multiagent planning systemCOLLAGE. [Lansky, Amy L., "Localized Planning with Diverse Plan Construction Methods", Artificial Intelligence, 98, 1-2, p49-136, January 1998]

Lansky's other computer science publications include:

* Amy L. Lansky, "Pasmac – A Macro Processor for Pascal," Technical Report CSL-TN-174, Stanford University Computer Systems Laboratory, April, 1980. [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=323641&dl=ACM&coll=GUIDE]

* Amy L. Lansky, [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=911276 "Specification and Analysis of Concurrency,"] Doctoral Dissertation, Technical Report STAN-CS-83-993, Computer Science Department, Stanford University, 1984.

* Amy L. Lansky and Susan S. Owicki, [http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=800221.806722&coll=portal&dl=ACM&type=series&idx=SERIES391&part=series&WantType=Proceedings&title=PODC "GEM: A Tool for Concurrency Specification and Verification,"] , in "Proceedings of the second annual ACM symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing," ACM, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1983.

Homeopathy

In 1998, Lansky left the field of Computer Science to study homeopathy.This transition was prompted by her perceived recovery of her autistic son Max after homeopathic therapy.cite journal | title = The Strange Case of Homeopathy | journal = Psychology Today | author = Michael Castleman | date = Mar/Apr 2004 | url = http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20040302-000003.html] She explained the situation in a "Psychology Today" interview: "As a scientist, I recognize that homeopathy is implausible. But I've seen it cure my son."In 2003, she published "Impossible Cure: The Promise of Homeopathy" (ISBN 0-9727514-0-8).This book is now used as a textbook in homeopathy schools and is cited in a number of other books on alternative health. [Reichenberg-Ullman, Judyth and Ullman, Robert, "A Drug-Free Approach to Asperger Syndrome and Autism: Homeopathic Care for Exceptional Kids",Picnic Point Press, 2005, ISBN 0-9640654-6-0] [Mercola, Joseph; Vaszily, Brian; Pearsall, Kendra; and Bentley, Nancy Lee, Dr. Mercola's Total Health Cookbook & Program: 150 Delicious Grain-Free Recipes and the Proven Metabolic Type Plan to Prevent Disease and Optimize Weight", mercola.com, 2005, ISBN 0-9705574-6-9] .It has been translated into German [Lansky, Amy L., "Heilung Moglich mit Homoopathie", Random House Germany, June 2005.] and Greek. ["ΥΠΟΣΧΕΣΗ ΠΡΑΓΜΑΤΙΚΗΣ ΙΑΣΗΣ" [http://www.kritiki.gr/content-en/bookDetails.asp?bookID=2404 Greek translation] of "The Improssible Cure"]

Lansky is involved in a number of activities to promote homeopathy:
* She served on the executive board of the [http://www.californiahealthfreedom.com California Health Freedom Coalition] which was instrumental in legalizing unlicensed forms of medicine in California by passing (in 2002) SB-577 into law. She testified in a California Senate hearing on November 1, 2001.
* From 1998 to 2000, she was co-editor of the [http://www.homeopathy.org North American Homeopathic Society] 's journal "The American Homeopath".
* Since 2004, she has published a regular column in the British [http://www.homeopathy-soh.org Society of Homeopaths] newsletter called "Letters From America".
* She currently broadcasts a monthly Internet radio show on [http://www.autismone.org/radio Autism One] called "There's Hope With Homeopathy".
* She is currently on the executive board of the [http://www.homeopathic.org National Center for Homeopathy] .
* Lansky appears as a guest on alternative health radio shows and is treated as an expert by the organizers of various alternative health forums: [http://www.minimum.com/bb/viewforum.php?f=55] [http://www.naturalmedicine.com/resources.php?title=examylansky] [http://www.modavox.com/news/060407.asp]

Miscellaneous

Lansky is a musician who has composed a number of piano pieces. She was the singer of Not Dead Yet, a Silicon Valley rock-and-roll band.

References

External links

* [http://www.renresearch.com Lansky's home page]