Edging towards an understanding of Neal Stephenson's works
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Relationships with books
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This is something that I feel is clearly understood but I'll just reiterate it just in case. There are at least two distinct relationshi...
DIY?
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I've just been reading Paul Gannon's great book, Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret, which is a readable and entertainin...
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Eruditorium? Erudition? Root?
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What has been bothering me is the way that we need to find ways of changing thinking. In John Gribbin's The Fellowship the writer brings...
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Changes - Words and differing meanings
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I'm currently reading The Fellowship by John Gribbin (Allen Lane, London, 2005) which is the story of the founding of the Royal Society...
Pesky Liberals - An old lesson for a modern age
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Just going on further through the Gribbin and reading about John Wilkins at Gray's Inn and his views. Gribbin comments: "Wilkins wa...
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