Comments on: An Instance of the Fingerpost http://bookwormcircle.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/an-instance-of-the-fingerpost/ Book junkies connecting online. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Deborah http://bookwormcircle.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/an-instance-of-the-fingerpost/#comment-4 Deborah Tue, 06 May 2008 02:26:44 +0000 http://bookwormcircle.wordpress.com/?p=10#comment-4 Okay, so I tried it. I love the holds/reservation system at my library, so I didn't even hunt this book out on the shelves -- I just picked it up at a special shelf in the front. First, you've gotta add something to your descriptions about how long the book is! That is one monster book. I read half. Maybe I'll try the second half later...I just couldn't make it in the time I had the book from the library -- and I just couldn't get invested in the characters. I do like reading about historical figures -- and anything math related is even better -- but this one just didn't pull me in. The juxtaposition of thought in that era: science vs supernatural, age of reason vs the old ways (medicine as it relates to humors) is fascinating. I read a great non-fiction math history one recently: The calculus wars : Newton, Leibniz, and the greatest mathematical clash of all time by Jason Socrates Bardi -- makes you see the people behind the legends. Okay, so I tried it.
I love the holds/reservation system at my library, so I didn’t even hunt this book out on the shelves — I just picked it up at a special shelf in the front. First, you’ve gotta add something to your descriptions about how long the book is! That is one monster book.
I read half. Maybe I’ll try the second half later…I just couldn’t make it in the time I had the book from the library — and I just couldn’t get invested in the characters.
I do like reading about historical figures — and anything math related is even better — but this one just didn’t pull me in. The juxtaposition of thought in that era: science vs supernatural, age of reason vs the old ways (medicine as it relates to humors) is fascinating.
I read a great non-fiction math history one recently: The calculus wars : Newton, Leibniz, and the greatest mathematical clash of all time by Jason Socrates Bardi — makes you see the people behind the legends.

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