JohnW
Posts: 3217 Joined: Aug. 2006
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Quote (JohnW @ July 17 2007,10:41) | Now reading Owen Gingerich's The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus. |
Finally finished it. Bloody hell, three weeks, and it's a short book. The combination of biking to work and a very cranky four-year-old hasn't left me much reading time recently.
Anyway, it was utterly fascinating - filled in a whole lot of gaps in my knowledge of Renaissance astronomy. For example, I had no idea Copernicus' model used epicycles. And obviously I need to start scribbling notes in the margins of all my books, for the benefit of future generations.
I'll start with the next one: The Real Frank Zappa Book.
-------------- Math is just a language of reality. Its a waste of time to know it. - Robert Byers
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