http://www.peterdsmith.com/archives/2010/01/22/seeing-further/ Kafka’s mouse Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:49:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.peterdsmith.com/archives/2010/01/22/seeing-further/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Paul Halpern Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:44:10 +0000 http://www.peterdsmith.com/?p=649#comment-1018 Great review - sounds like a fascinating volume. The founding of the Royal Society represented such a pivotal era for the history of science. Here in the US, the American Philosophical Society would be founded some eight decades later, emulating the free discussion that took place at Royal Society meetings. Amazing to read about the book going to the trenches. There is at least one other case, though I don't believe it was a signed copy. Karl Schwarzschild developed what became the black hole solution of general relativity while serving in the German army during the First World War. Great review - sounds like a fascinating volume. The founding of the Royal Society represented such a pivotal era for the history of science. Here in the US, the American Philosophical Society would be founded some eight decades later, emulating the free discussion that took place at Royal Society meetings. Amazing to read about the book going to the trenches. There is at least one other case, though I don't believe it was a signed copy. Karl Schwarzschild developed what became the black hole solution of general relativity while serving in the German army during the First World War.

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