New Yorker - April 14, 2008
Royall Tyler's 1797 novel "The Algerine Captive" The underlying article was to discuss religion and the founding fathers but it had an interesting lead in concerning this novel. The novel basically has a christian and muslim squaring off with the Christian trying to win his freedom. One of the muslim thoughts was you (the Christian) had inherited your beliefs but had never
examined them. Wonder if this is on gutenberg?
New Yorker - March 31, 2008
The Toven Specimen - an aluminum penny from 1974.
Another book review on David Hajdu's book "The Ten Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How it Changed America" Obviously being a comic book reader it is of interest how comic books have declined based on a 1954 congressional hearing. The hearing was investigating the causes of juvenile delinquency. According to a Gallup poll taken in November 1954, 70% of
Americans believed comic books were a cause of juvenile crime! Throw in TV and that was the death kneel for comics.
Wired
On moments of inspiration, Quantum Electrodynamics 1946 Richard Feynman, " I was in the cafeteria and some guy, fooling around, throws a plate in the air As the plate went up in the air I saw it wobble, and I noticed the red medallion of Cornell on the plate going around. I went to work out equations of wobbles...Then I thought about how electron orbits start to move in
relativity.." Inspiration can come from anywhere!
Royall Tyler's 1797 novel "The Algerine Captive" The underlying article was to discuss religion and the founding fathers but it had an interesting lead in concerning this novel. The novel basically has a christian and muslim squaring off with the Christian trying to win his freedom. One of the muslim thoughts was you (the Christian) had inherited your beliefs but had never
examined them. Wonder if this is on gutenberg?
New Yorker - March 31, 2008
The Toven Specimen - an aluminum penny from 1974.
Another book review on David Hajdu's book "The Ten Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How it Changed America" Obviously being a comic book reader it is of interest how comic books have declined based on a 1954 congressional hearing. The hearing was investigating the causes of juvenile delinquency. According to a Gallup poll taken in November 1954, 70% of
Americans believed comic books were a cause of juvenile crime! Throw in TV and that was the death kneel for comics.
Wired
On moments of inspiration, Quantum Electrodynamics 1946 Richard Feynman, " I was in the cafeteria and some guy, fooling around, throws a plate in the air As the plate went up in the air I saw it wobble, and I noticed the red medallion of Cornell on the plate going around. I went to work out equations of wobbles...Then I thought about how electron orbits start to move in
relativity.." Inspiration can come from anywhere!
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