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I just wrapped up The Neptune File by Tom Standage. Pretty good history of the rivalries and personalities involved in finding the planet Neptune, as well as planet hunting in general from the time of Herschel to today.
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- Iron Chef Nex
- Jan 20, 2005
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From Falling Bodies to Radio Waves, by Emilio Segre (again). Excellent history of the classical physics era from a physicist. Delves nicely into the movements, organizations and interpersonal relations between the men who shaped classical physics. The follow-up book From X-rays to Quarks picks up the story and covers the "modern" period of physics.
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- Iron Chef Nex
- Jan 20, 2005
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Finished 1776 by David McCullough. I picked this up because I really enjoyed and was impressed with his John Adams biography. This one in my opinion is a bit of a step down. It is much more focused on a short time frame, and while McCullough neatly frames the book with two very different speeches by King George III, with the antics of Washington and the Continental Army in between, it just felt a bit lacking. I was hoping for a broader look at the year, and the book only really gives the military side of things, and even that reads a bit clunky at times. On the other hand the character study of Washington during this period is fantastic, and comes across as supremely interesting.
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