Re: Neal Stephenson's, the Baroque Trilogy

From: Bill Unruh (unruh_at_string.physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: 26 Jan 2005 23:25:40 GMT

"John Berg" <johnberg@mchsi.com> writes:

>The "moment" is point at which the controversy over whether the English
>(Newton) invented calculus or the German (Leibnez) did. But deeper than
>that, Stephenson points to the fact that one of the inventors might have
>prevented the progress of alchemy into science. Before the trilogy is
>complete, the English and German are combined.

>The sweep of the trilogy is from the beheading of James to coronation of
>George.

What James? No James was ever beheaded in the UK, nor I suspect the rest of
the world. Did you mean Charles? 1649
And which George? There have been many of them ( the latest in the 1930's).
Or again do you mean George I? 1714?

>--
>John Berg

>"eat more ostrich" <animallife@ai5.net> wrote in message
>news:41F74E8B.AE978318@ai5.net...
>>
>>
>> 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
>>