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RowReads1

“It‘s most direct successor in modern French literature may be Baudelaire‘s post-romantic” Fleurs du mal”. It was only a few years after “The Regrets” that the wars of religion between varying factions of Protestants and Catholics (1562-98) profoundly changed French culture and set the stage for the more highly structured and often less personal literature of the 17th century”.

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Building + Culture = Architecture.

The author takes some buildings he sees as iconic (emphasising this is a personal choice which would be different for somebody from a different cultural background) and how the cultural meanings they accumulate make them architecturally significant. An interesting book which could be improved with better pictures as the photos don't really illustrate the points the author is making.

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Pickpick

The author takes a historical approach showing what problems with a Newtonian-based view quantum theory was reacting to and then how it has developed over the years. The easiest parts of the maths involved are relegated to an appendix, although the author stresses that it's impossible to fully understand the theory without the maths. Even in this stripped down form I was struggling but I think I did get glimmers of understanding here and there.

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TheSpineView That looks like a good book. Is it overly complicated? 5mo
rwmg @TheSpineView I'm about 1/2 way through. He's taking us through it historically, which I think does make it easier to follow than a topical overview would. For the most part he has relegated the maths to an appendix but often warns us that it's a recurring problem that people can do the maths but that doesn't mean we actually understand what's going on in real life and without the maths even less so. (edited) 5mo
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Bailedbailed

DNF I read the introduction and the first chapter and realised I had not understood a word of it despite no technical musical terms having been used at all.

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Mehso-so

After a quick run down through the life (which we don't know much about (but more than I thought)), the author looks at Elizabethan theatre and the poems, then takes us through WS's output, play by play. A short final chapter looks at WS's influence and reputation. The descriptions of the plays were too short to be useful unless you already knew the play. I think this could have been shortened and more time spent on the final chapter.

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Gissy
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#ItTakesAllKinds Day 11 #Love (I received this book from @BookBabe a couple of years ago🤗)

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs 🩷🧡💛 Pretty 13mo
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