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

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!:)