Re: Neal Stephenson's, the Baroque Trilogy

From: CBFalconer (cbfalconer_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:10:20 GMT

Bill Unruh wrote:
> "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?

We just finished crowning George XXXXIII at a cost of 80 millions
or so. At least he will be gone in another four years. 

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