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

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:)))

Re: thanks!:)

[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. :):):)

Re: thanks!:)

[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...

Re: thanks!:)

[wytchcroft.livejournal.com]

yes - a genius really:)