tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post4813648859263020169..comments2023-10-17T02:52:22.037-07:00Comments on David's blog: What are you reading this summer?Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038118012770250140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post-36264285765310455062014-07-25T12:25:37.483-07:002014-07-25T12:25:37.483-07:00A very worthwhile list. A very worthwhile list. Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038118012770250140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33957555.post-31407560287575185272014-07-25T12:03:09.253-07:002014-07-25T12:03:09.253-07:00The Pierce book reminded me of "The Metaphysi...The Pierce book reminded me of "The Metaphysical Club", which is about Agassiz, James, Pierce and Ollie Holmes., essentially the birth of American philosophers, etc. You would love it. So what am I reading this summer? Finished the latest Bosch, the latest Reacher, "The Romantic Revolution" by Tim Flannery, who posits that the Romantic Revolution was every bit as historically important as the Enlightenment or the Industrial Revolution. After reading his argument my reaction is, errrr, maybe. Read "Wonders of the World" by Richard Holmes about the great scientists of the Romantic era, often overlooked because of the previous centurie's Enlightenment greats (Newton and gang). Really interesting stuff on Joseph Banks, Herschel, the great grandfather of Astronomy, and Humphrey Davies, a truly rare genius.Currently reading WWI by Keegan (boring, thus far), "A Long Argument" by Ernst Mawr (about Darwing and evolutionary science, terrific so far), "Heretics and Heroes" by Cahill (about Renaissance religious and artistic figures, awesome, so far), and "The Winter King" by Cornwell, an Arthurian novel gifted me by a hobbit I know (haven't made my mind up yet, check back in another hundred pages). Also muddling through the Quran, Newton's Principia, and Ruskin's "Stones of Venice", but those are more project/studies than "reading".Bearnoreply@blogger.com