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The Method, So Far
The biography reading is so extensive, it would be easy to digest entire volumes and have no clue where anything is. That’s what an index is for, of course, and they are blessedly helpful. When I researched the Darwin book, … Continue reading
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Literary Quote of the Day
On my homepage I have a Google gadget called Literary Quote of the Day. Today’s is by Henry Miller–whom I am surprised to find myself quoting. I once saw a documentary-style biopic on him in which he, a skinny, hollow-chested … Continue reading
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The Squirrely Place
I’m reading the biography, learning the science, and still, I’m in that awful, squirrely place where the locus of the novel refuses to emerge. I watched a Nova dvd over the weekend, one called Einstein Revealed, and am somewhat into … Continue reading
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Acedia and Me, too
I’ve been reading Acedia by Kathleen Norris, a book about slothboth words so seldom used the computer software underlines them in red, as if each is a misspelling of some valid word. Called the Noonday Demon by the Desert Fathers, … Continue reading
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A possible frame for the Einstein novel
Today I read an article on Einstein that might provide a possible frame for the next book. I’m not far enough in to say for certain, but the article presents a possibility. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1211594-7,00.html The materials seem to be there, in print, translated … Continue reading
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The Trouble with Einstein
In 1912 Albert met Paul Ehrenfest, a physicist and teacher of compatible brilliance. Five years later, Ehrenfest had a son named Vassik born with Downs Syndrome, who in 1932 was institutionalized. By way of comfort, Albert told him, Valuable individuals … Continue reading
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The World as Einstein Sees It
Albert Einstein wrote a memoir at the end of his life called The World As I See It. This, his life story, contains no mention of either wife, Mileva or Elsa, or his children–not even the two he acknowledged, Hans … Continue reading
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What about Einstein?
As I approach the end of the Darwin book, I feel that angst about beginning something new. I’ve been reading, searching for the next book, uncertain whether I want to write about another scientist. Last night I finished a book … Continue reading
In the beginning …
I’m realizing how hard it is to begin, not just a blog, but any bit of writing. It feels too big, like it needs to be important what I have to say, or why say it, and why not do … Continue reading
In the beginning …
I’m realizing how hard it is to begin, not just a blog, but any bit of writing. It feels too big, like it needs to be important what I have to say, or why say it, and why not do … Continue reading
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