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I was mulling over some favorite tunes, and decided to make me a list. It soon grew faster than a politician's spending. Herewith, said...
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A discussion meandered past TOF's optics the other day and put him in mind of a post of his from way back in 2011. This proved at the t... -
Another Fine Mess. There is no answer to boredom. -- Katherine Fullerton Gerould N o one will read your story if he/she is bored. So...
Srsly, dude, get that second Galileo out of there--it's just snark--and put Tycho in.
ReplyDeletea) I did not construct the visual.
Deleteb) Galileo did say that, or to that effect, to "Sarsi" during the controversy over the comets. And he did reject Kepler's ellipses because he believed in perfect Platonic circles.
It would be fun, though, to add a few more in there...especially Oresme or Cusa scooping Einstein by a few centuries.
ReplyDeleteMmmmm! Tasty crunchy philosophical goodness!
ReplyDeleteAnother place to go for a Philosophy Fix when TOF has not posted recently enough!
Thanks!
I thought Kepler the ellipses were ugly, at least at first.
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