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Monthly Archives: October 2010
What is truth?
I don’t mean to sound like Pontius Pilate, here. Instead, I’m inspired by Allen Esterson’s comments on several posts (see A Possible Frame for the Novel, The Mileva Maric Controversy, and Regarding Lieserl) to think about the possible similarities and … Continue reading
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An Einstein Hiatus
I heard from my agent about the Darwin novel, who asked me if I might write an epilogue. One occurred to me immediately, a scene that took place twelve years after the publication of Origin. Consequently, I’m back looking at … Continue reading
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A Post-marriage Love Letter from Einstein to His Wife
At the time of this letter, Mileva Maric-Einstein (nicknamed Dollie to his Johnnie) is newly pregnant with her second child and in Budapest, likely to deal with something about Lieserl, the illegitimate daughter born to the two. Considering the marriage … Continue reading
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Physics and Me
I took no formal physics classes in high school, so it feels intimidating to take on a book about the greatest physicist of the 20th century. But the more I read, the more I realize that I was unwittingly toying … Continue reading
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Novelists Who Borrowed Darwin and Einstein
Darwin, an invalid, went frequently to various water cure establishments where he repeatedly encountered the same fellow clients. One such, Georgiana Craik, was a novelist of the sentimental romantic genre that Darwin himself preferred. While Georgiana never used Darwin in … Continue reading
Darwin’s Method vs. Einstein’s
As my novel about Charles Darwin’s family goes to market, I’m thinking about the differences in the two men’s methodology. Darwin was an experimental biologist, such that his home, Down House, was filled with tanks of salt water, plants that … Continue reading
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Darwin’s Method vs. Einstein’s
As my novel about Charles Darwin’s family goes to market, I’m thinking about the differences in the two men’s methodology. Darwin was an experimental biologist, such that his home, Down House, was filled with tanks of salt water, plants that … Continue reading