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What's on your reading list?
What do you plan to read this summer? What are you reading now?
I am currently reading "Degrees Kelvin" by David Lindley, published by Joseph Henry Press. The biography of Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. He was a 19th century physicist probably best known for dicsovering the temperature at which atoms cease to move: -273.15 degrees Celsius (0 degrees Kelvin or absolute zero). He also performed a lot of the early groundwork for theories of electromagnetism and thermodynamics. Lord Kelvin devised a new compass for ships that would work well when surrounded by steel as the world's ship building began to move from wooden to iron vessels. A fascinating figure from history.
I am currently reading "Degrees Kelvin" by David Lindley, published by Joseph Henry Press. The biography of Sir William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. He was a 19th century physicist probably best known for dicsovering the temperature at which atoms cease to move: -273.15 degrees Celsius (0 degrees Kelvin or absolute zero). He also performed a lot of the early groundwork for theories of electromagnetism and thermodynamics. Lord Kelvin devised a new compass for ships that would work well when surrounded by steel as the world's ship building began to move from wooden to iron vessels. A fascinating figure from history.
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Recently, "Everybody Pays" short stories by Andrew Vachss. A great "hard-boiled" detective writer with moral content. Lost in a good book by Jasper Fforde and The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman. Fun fantasy writings. An if when nothing else is available, I'll reread anything by Kinky Friedman. "Kill two birds and get stoned" being the most recent and best. Also waiting for a new book by Christopher Moore or Joe R. Lansdale. |
Hey Rufusfolks - I love Vachss writing. If you have not yet, check out his early Burke novels.....GREAT stuff if you like that gritty revenge, anti-hero, moral crisis stuff. I like the way he writes. Check out his site too if you have not already. He's a pretty amazing individual! You can even see my dog, Jax, in his "Backup Pack"! Marco |
Hey Marco, are you really Wheezer from the Little Rascals? Jax looks like Pete the Pup! And the way you photographed her with Chilla they look like they could be waiting for Stymie, Furina, Dickey Moore, Spanky and the rest of the gang for a hike out in the wild Los Angeles woods. Beautiful lighting and cast shadows! |
The Davinci Code--only to properly deride it, just like Brown's other terribly popular books. I just read Angels and Demons, and I can't believe people like this stuff! How is it that Brown makes a beautiful, female Italian scientist, a german policeman, an Italian priest, and WASP Harvard professor sound, think, and react to situations in exactly the same manner? Sheesh! The characters on Scooby Doo are more ably drawn! |
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