Foucault's Pendulum - Anniversary!

[wytchcroft]

Jan 7 - 1851 marked the creation of Foucault's pendulum - verifying the rotation of the Earth.
A breakthrough of immense proportion impacting on science, religion and and philosophy to ths day.

you can read about it here.
or here.


Umberto Eco wrote a fine book titled after Foucault's Pendulum - highly recommended, measuring the movement through inner as much as outer space...



see also nicolaus copernicus

Comments

[stoshagownozad.livejournal.com]

Oh, what a nice date!
I love that novel by Mr. Eco... so really fine done thing!

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

Yes!:) a wonderful book - and a date worth celebrating:)))

[alek-morse.livejournal.com]

I read The Foucault's Pendulum - very interesting and some muddled thing. I remember that when I read this novel, I have an idea to organize The Culture Intellegence Service ;))) then I was a student of the faculty of philosophy.

However, I like his more The Name of Rose... It's more perfect novel (in a form, genre etc).

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

ah, i re-read Pendulum not so long ago and it seemed much more organised to me this time around - although i have always liked it very much.

The Name of the Rose however - well, that is one of those marvels, to me... one of my most absolute favourite books:)))

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

as for the Culture Intelligence Service - Xa Xa XA!:)
You could set it up on LJ i'm sure!:)

[avosurt.livejournal.com]

The same pendulum was in Saint Isaac's Cathedral in St.-Petersburg. Here a picture 30х years.



But now a pendulum there here this pigeon now hangs. The pendulum lays in storehouse of a cathedral. So historical registration of a cathedral is restored...

thanks!:)

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

wow thanks:) that is a great picture* -
i'm glad the pendulum survives, it should be on display though.

(*i love the art in the left hand side - very much like the 'red wedge'revolutionary posters which i admire.)

pigeons... well, Picasso liked them so that's something i suppose!

Re: thanks!:)

[stoshagownozad.livejournal.com]

wow you like this style - Окна РОСТА???
WOW!!!
In Moscow, in Mayakovsky museum, there is always a lot of that art... adn they hold special exhibition related to the art , architecture and other cultural aspects of 1900-1930th. At least when I was in Moscow late December - there was a kind of exhibition in there again, like in my own teens:)))

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[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

oh yes - i love that style! ever since as a child - and now, many years later, still i have posters and such:)

i went to an exhibition once in the uk - a visiting show from CCCP with a mock train (from the time of Red Vs White i assume) and inside were shown old film clips, photographs, posters etc - i was quite carried away!:)

i do not know how such art is viewed in contemporary Russia - with mixed emotions perhaps, i would understand that... but to an outsider - just fabulous, cutting edge design etc. :):):)

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[stoshagownozad.livejournal.com]

Yes, we still recognise its very specific design impact - an it is still popular as a kind of teasing vs actual bourgeous and glamorous style :)))

I was absolutely fond of this in my teens... and I still love Mayakovsky - either in early poems, or even in his Soviet time writings he was so perfect in creating striking images...

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[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

yes - a genius really:)

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[avosurt.livejournal.com]

thank you - for interesting information.
I was unaware about Foucault's pendulum before this. only through hearsay=)

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[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

oh it's great:)

[alex-kraine.livejournal.com]

Well, Foucault's Pendulum is a simple and genial example of the Earth's planetary revolution, and secondly, being a conspiracy theories' fan, I love Eco's work very much.
The Name of the Rose is also great - especially, its background with theological dispute between the Franciscans and the Holy Mother Catholic Church representatives. I also like Baudolino. :)

hello!:):)

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

actually i thought of you when i posted the Russian Beatle Dolls!:)

yes - i think Baudolino is excellent too:)

if you like Eco's works i would suggest comparing with The Magus by John Fowles and Dr Copernicus by John Banville.

Borges - of course, but we have spoken of this before:)

Happy Jan 7th!:):)

Many thanks! :)

[alex-kraine.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, wytch! :)
Since these after New Year days I arrive in the Internet sporadically, and just pick news, I might not have noticed that piece of yours. Will try to correct that.
Thanks for the advice of the books.

Re: Many thanks! :)

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

ach, it's just good to see ya!:)