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The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars | Dava Sobel

It‘s always kinda weird to read a book and the day‘s date pops up. 😆 🎃

Re: the candy. We hope there are people who bring their kids around here. In our last place there weren‘t very many kids. But it‘s already nearly 6:30 here and no one yet. 😞

Go Dodgers. 😊

#screamteam #hauntedshelf

StaceGhost I loved this book! We lived near the Annie Jump Cannon house for years! 6d

AnnCrystal 🤔 No kids in our neighborhood this year...😕. 6d

IriDas @StaceGhost that‘s really neat 😊 5d

IriDas @AnnCrystal I heard this from a lot of people. We had ICE in the area on Wednesday so people think that might be the reason here. 😞 5d

AnnCrystal @IriDas poor children 😢🎃🥺. 5d

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IriDas

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars | Dava Sobel

Good Monday morning. Game 7 of the 1960s World Series. Pirates v Yankees. And reading during the commercials. Last week was a rough one here, so I‘m hoping starting things right will help things along. 😊
#baseball
#reading
#bestnerdstuff

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IriDas

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars | Dava Sobel

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars | Dava Sobel

Does the book count as scary if you read it at your 16yo‘s doctor appointment where their BP was high and the doctor says, “has anyone ever mentioned a heart murmur before?” after listening to his chest?

I think I impressed the staff with how calm I was. They have no idea that this is not my first rodeo and, in comparison to other Dx my other kids have had, it‘s pretty innocuous. 😆 Tests are OK so far, though. Still, I think it should count. 😜

IriDas #spooktober #maybe #lol #hauntedshelf #screamteam 1mo

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝 I'm glad the test are good so far, and hope they continue to be just as good 😘💝💝💝. 1mo

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swynn

Strange Wilderness: The Lives of the Great Mathematicians | Amir D Aczel

That feeling when the book you're reading references the next in your stack ...

I don't remember hearing that d'Alembert's birth mother was Mme de Tencin, but if I did it didn't stick with me because who the heck is Claudette de Tencin? I only encountered her earlier this year through her proto-gothic Memoirs of the Count of Comminges -- and my next read, her historical novel “The Siege of Calais.“

In Aczel's story she does not seem pleasant

swynn I should add: Tencin's “seeming unpleasant“ is not about her giving up for adoption an out-of-wedlock child. The unpleasantness comes a few paragraphs down (and not pictured), where Mme. de Tencin wants no contact with the child until she learns that he has become a famous mathematician -- at which point she tries to bring her “son“ into her social orbit. In Aczel's account, d'Alembert himself resented her self-serving interest. With justice say I (edited) 3mo

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swynn

Strange Wilderness: The Lives of the Great Mathematicians | Amir D Aczel

so-so

(2011) It's a popular history of Western mathematics light on mathematical detail and heavy on biographical anecdotes. Some favorite stories are included: the Cardano-Tartaglia and Newton-Leibniz feuds, Galois's stupid and romantic death at 20, the Bourbaki pranksters and Grothendieck's reclusiveness. But for me the stories were familiar and Aczel's retelling didn't add much. I'd have liked more math, but that's not the kind of book this is.

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StaceGhost

Science in Wonderland: The Scientific Fairy Tales of Victorian Britain | Melanie Keene

pick

Finished paper 1 at 2 am
& now I sit here yet again
to write another line and verse;
I hope this essay isn‘t worse
than this poem.

I‘m halfway through comps exams & enjoying the heck out of the process even if I am tired. Today I get to write about microscopic worlds, affective ecocriticism, & The Secret Garden.

Highly recommend the tagged book even if you are not writing for scholarship. It‘s so cool! This illustration is one of my favorites🧚

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JenlovesJT47

Knowledge Is Power: How Magic, the Government and an Apocalyptic Vision Helped Francis Bacon to Create Modern Science | John Henry

Don‘t listen to them —
knowledge is power — may your
thirst never be quenched. 🦉

Knowledge is definitely power. Important to keep this in mind when trying new endeavors and somebody wants to rain on your parade. Example: me learning French. I‘ve been learning for 6 years now & I‘ve had a couple of people ask “why”, like it‘s some huge waste of time. I say, why not?

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe @TheBookHippie @DebInHawaii @lil1inblue @Kristy_K @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella @AnnCrystal @Reggie @jdiehr @vivastory @CBee @Mimi28 @Jari-chan @Itchyfeetreader @Susanna @kelly7990 @ImperfectCJ @The_Book_Ninja 4mo

Jari-chan Learning is never a waste of time! Kudos for you learning French 👏 4mo

TheBookHippie French is the language to learn it‘s spoken allll over the world. 💙 4mo

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lil1inblue Love this! I love learning new things! 🩵🩵🩵 4mo

dabbe Learning is the number one purpose in life (IMHO). Smarter people don't buy into any crackpot or crackpot idea that they come across. They know how to think and read CRITICALLY. Love a haiku with a theme! 🖤🐝💛 4mo

tpixie @JenlovesJT47 what format/ process has been the most successful for you in your learning French? I want to restart… 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @tpixie I‘ve been using Duolingo since 2019. I haven‘t done as much this year reading wise but I also read children‘s books in French out loud to help with my pronunciation. Listen to songs in French, watch shows in French, it all helps! I read the first 2 Harry Potter books in French (read with my eyeballs while listening to the French audio & since I‘m so familiar with the story already that really helps!) ♥️ 4mo

JenlovesJT47 @Jari-chan @TheBookHippie @lil1inblue @dabbe thanks for the encouragement everyone! My dad is the one who looks at me like I‘m nuts when I tell him I‘m learning French ? Je suis très fatiguée de toute cette merde ?? 4mo

julieclair Knowledge-seeking is never wasted. 4mo

TheBookHippie @julieclair 💯💯💯💯 4mo

AnnCrystal 🆒 Brave! Learning something is never a waste of time 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🥳🐝💝. 4mo

tpixie @JenlovesJT47 that is fantastic! You really have found creative ways to learn! 4mo

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