"...in the company of men such as the economist Adam Smith,the chemist Joseph Black, and the philosopher David Hume, as well as such occasional visiting sparks as Benjamin Franklin and James Watt."
How cool is that, all these famous people all meeting together to discuss theories and ideas. I knew a lot of them were around the same time but I didn't know they would meet up and do this. This sounds awesome and would have been great to be at one of those meetings.
One question I have is I wonder if they didn't all work off of each other and have these meetings if they would have gotten some major idea's from one another that they came up with.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
QQC#3
"Almost at once things began to go wrong, sometimes spectacularly so."
That just sounds bad like it is delightful to watch someone die or find out how they died. I'm amazed at how these people were able to find out how the world was shaped and the size way back then. This article was alright, some of the writing bugged me chapter three was way better.
I don't know if most people do this in grade school or something but how where they able to find out the earths shape and how it moves and all these things way back then?
That just sounds bad like it is delightful to watch someone die or find out how they died. I'm amazed at how these people were able to find out how the world was shaped and the size way back then. This article was alright, some of the writing bugged me chapter three was way better.
I don't know if most people do this in grade school or something but how where they able to find out the earths shape and how it moves and all these things way back then?
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