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Posted on 02/23/2009 11:15:28 AM PST by SunkenCiv
subtitled, "Lecture 11 of 23 from the course Physics III: Vibrations and Waves"
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Regardless, here is an interesting photo:
That’s an incredible photo. All that brain power in one place.
I’m a huge physics buff and love reading as much as I can on all topics of physics, astronomy/astrophysics and math. There is a fantastic string theory podcast on iTunes called “Why beauty is truth - a short history of symmetry” that you should acquaint yourselves with too.
Thanks, will do.
Looked at that photo and all I could think was “If we can see farther than other men, it is because we stand on the shoulders of giants”...
Thanks. This is nice to see after months of being spammed by Young Earth Creationist nonsense.
Amen to that brother. If, like the dark ages, we lose those shoulders, we revert to ancient times because, we as humans, are no different now than we were then.
Julius Caesar’s burning of the library at Alexandria, and to a smaller degree Charlemagne’s lack of a substantial living heir, was responsible for the dark ages.
Right. There's a picture of a giant's convention.
Thanks for bringing on the bloodbath in a topic that clearly isn’t about Darwin or related to natural selection.
Since the Great Library wasn’t burned by Julius Caesar, that’s difficult to prove.
I beg to differ...granted, I wasn’t there (but didn’t miss it by much) what I have read has given me my possibly erroneous (always ready to admit I could be wrong) interpretation. I’m ready to be enlightened.
That is one hell of a gathering, eh? :’)
‘Got 4 or 5 without looking.
Great photo. Thanks.
“The Rise and Fall of Alexandria” by Justin Pollard and Howard Reid, among others, is where I got my information.
Okay, no problem, but they’re repeating a story which isn’t true. Caesar himself wrote that the fire spread to the dockside and to “some books which chanced to be there”. His vantage point was the citadel, which is where the Library was located, making his description (the only surviving eyewitness account of that fire, AFAIK) incompatible with a later account. Some ancient nimrod who didn’t like Caesar (name escapes me) bears responsibility for starting the spurious claim. The Library wasn’t destroyed per se until Moslem times, even though there were some Roman-era riots in Alexandria in which stuff got burned down and burned up.
OK. So there was a Roman invasion in which Julius was the leader that resulted in the burning of the library. He later contended that his guys didn’t do it, maybe, maybe not. But he was there when it happened and he was leading the invading force. It may have been a bibliophobic Alexandrian that used the opportunity to destroy the library. I guess we’ll never know.
So there was a Roman invasion in which Julius was the leader that resulted in the burning of the library. He later contended that his guys didn’t do it, maybe, maybe not. But he was there when it happened and he was leading the invading force. It may have been a bibliophobic Alexandrian that used the opportunity to destroy the library. I guess we’ll never know.The point is, the Library wasn't destroyed -- it remained in use for hundreds of years thereafter. Had it burned, Julius Caesar would have discussed it, since the Library wasn't located on the wharves, but in the very citadel he and his troops were occupying.
Like I said, I’m always ready to learn and an avid reader. What are your sources.
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