Book 84 - Thomas Levenson "The Hunt For Vulcan"

[davesmusictank]

Thomas Levenson "The Hunt For Vulcan" (Head Zeus)

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[baron_waste]

And of course, the word revolutionary in its modern context came about because of Copernicus’ radical notions of reality

[seekerval]

I'm usually focused on fiction, but I just placed "The Hunt for Vulcan ... etc" on my list at the library website. It sounds seriously interesting.

Thanks for the tip, Dave.

[davesmusictank]

You're welcome.

[markmc03]

[markmc03]

I'm not sure Spock would mind that we never found Vulcan. Though was his home planet actually called "Vulcan" or was he called "Vulcan" from the planet "Vulca"?

[davesmusictank]

LOL! Groan.

[thespian15]

I find it surprising that on November 10, 1919, the New York Times printed on page one an account of Einstein’s theory of relativity, quoting Einstein’s statement that “there were not more than 12 persons in the whole world who would understand it.” It’s hard to imagine a newspaper headlining a complicated theory of physics today.
That is really cool, and I agree, I can't imagine a newspaper doing that today. :o
Unless of course it was FOC claiming it was "Fake News". Ugh.......
Hugs, Jon

[davesmusictank]

Yeah, he probably thinks the world is still flat and that God created the world in 7 days.

[thespian15]

Exactly. :o

[kabuldur]

Interesting history of physics, by the looks of it!