It was about 5 hours ago when i reached the last page of this book:
THE MAN WHO FOUND TIME; James Hutton & The Discovery Of The Earth's Antiquity
by Jack Repcheck
Perseus Publishing, Cambridge
Enthralled! It gave me a clearer idea on:
-how the Scottish Enlightenment started
-what made the Europeans so paranoid of the church
-why people went to Pubs & Bars in those days
-the relationship between James Hutton (doctor-turned-farmer-turned-geologist) & Joseph Black (great chemist who isolated CO2), James Watt (ingenious steam engineer), David Hume (social philosopher), Adam Smith (economist) & Charles Darwin (mathematician-turned-natural philosopher-turned-biologist)
-etc etc....
I think i know more about Scotland now than Wales! God-willing, i'll make a geological fieldtrip there sometime in March. Off to my next book, also an academic novel, entitled:
THE SEASHELL ON THE MOUNTAINTOP; A Story Of Science, Sainthood, & The Humble Genius Who Discovered A New History Of The Earth
by Alan Cutler
Arrow Books, Berkshire
What about you?
7 comments:
aku... mcm bese r..lalala...
macam biasa??!
hurmmm....
aku luar biasa
biasa = tabi'i
luar tabi'i?
sukma?
anwar?
-why people went to Pubs & Bars in those days
why? cite sket secara ringkas
Eropah melalui perubahan zaman yg drastik selepas lahirnya pemikir2 yg mencabar 'kerajaan ilmu' gereja. Cthnye, dlm bible kata, bumi dicipta 6 hari. Lepas tu, bnyk manusia cuba mengkaji umur bumi kita, sampailah James Ussher (Irish) seorg paderi muncul dgn teori bhw bumi ni diciptakan pada petang October 23, 4004BC !! Siapa2 yg mengeluarkan teori diluar tafsiran Bible, HUKUM!! Buktinye - Galileo & lain2.
Maka bnyklah org yg terus membuat kajian dgn super kritikal dari pagi hingga ke lewat petang. Dari aspek ekonomi kpd fizik kpd sejarah kpd geologi kpd sosiologi. Mereka mengembara & collect data disiang hari, & berbincang dgn colleagues di malam hari.
Satu persatu 'Club' & 'Union' ditubuhkan, mengikut minat kumpulan2 tertentu (cthnye....kelab pengumpul setem ke, kelab menjahit ke)dan yg masuk tu pun bukan calang2 orang! kena jadi 'member'.
lbey kurg macam tu lah alkisahnye
Sama-sama
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