Re: Neal Stephenson's, the Baroque Trilogy

From: eat more ostrich (animallife_at_ai5.net)
Date: 01/26/05

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    Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 02:02:20 -0600

    John Berg wrote:

    > I have begun a series of comments on the subject books in
    > rec.arts.book.hist-fiction Which I invite you to read. The subject of the
    > Trilogy is that moment in history when science depended on politics

    which "moment" would that be? Science is still dependent on politics.
    If you mean the content of science was political dogma, well then you have a
    very large block to time to work with, which you already knew.

    > and who
    > invented the calculus.

    Newton? Leibnitz? ________________ ?

    >
    > I shall from this point cross-post on this use-net and request others who
    > may respond to also cross-post.
    >
    > --
    > John Berg

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