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@AmazingMeagen @bibliolater Of course some might not want to have random people resurfacing after you’ve forgotten who they are. But it works for me.

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Ditto.

If they aren't taking up "space" it doesn't matter. I'd rather appreciate their resurfacing if/when it happens.

Newton's "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica” was published in 1687. It spells out his three Laws of Motion, which explain the relationship between the forces acting on an object and the changes in its motion, as well as his law of universal gravitation.

You can page through Newton's own annotated copy of his Principia here, courtesy of the Cambridge University Library:

https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-ADV-B-00039-00001/9

You can also download copies of the individual pages.

@bibliolater I don’t. If someone’s not posting they’re not taking any of my time or attention. If they start posting in the future, then I decide at that point whether I still want to hear what they have to say.

"Amicus Plato — amicus Aristoteles — magis amica veritas."

Plato is my friend — Aristotle is my friend — but my greatest friend is truth.

Quaestiones Quaedam Philosophicae [Certain Philosophical Questions] (c. 1664)

~Sir Isaac Newton (January 4, 1643 – March 31, 1727)

Books by Isaac Newton at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/6288

#books #science #physics #mathematics #philosophy

English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher Isaac Newton was born #OTD in 1643. His pioneering book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica consolidated many previous results and established classical mechanics. He also made seminal contributions to optics, & shares credit with German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz for developing infinitesimal calculus.

#science #physics

#inflation is fading rapidly: global price growth ended last year at 8.9%, and is forecast to drop to 5.1% by the end of 2024. #food price inflation, from #wheat to cooking oils, has plummeted, and the surge in #energy prices is unwinding, chart @FT https://www.ft.com/content/5c2f60e0-f043-4b71-a153-1c747b4ed982?xnpe_tifc=xDzDh.VpxdH8bfol4.Qub9pJVdUZMds_OuhubIUsb.n7tIzD4F1A4FHjbNJLhF4NtIQ_hfUs4F4_b.zXxMXJhFoDbunX4.oJ4.Bsb.P_

@bibliolater >Wealthy economies should abandon growth of gross domestic product (GDP) as a goal

There's something to be said for this. "GDP Number Go Up" has been a cover for a wide range of sins. The article, unfortunately, then goes into la-la land as they skipped over this loaded statement:
>focus economic activity around securing human needs and well-being

Which "humans"? Where? They try to address the "how" but it's just a stack of decades-old, useless boilerplate that only works (to the extent that it does at all) within the paradigm of "GDP Number Go Up". Disappointing.

Italian astronomer Charles Piazzi Smyth was born #OTD in 1819.

The expedition to Tenerife with his wife in 1856 established the practice of high altitude observation. Their expedition to Egypt (1865), and the publication of ‘Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid’ was to lead to prizes and controversy. Ultimately Piazzi Smyth’s adherence to his conclusions and arguments over Pyramidology led Piazzi Smyth to resign from the Royal Society in 1874.

https://www.piazzismyth.org/about-piazzi-smyth/

#astronomy #archeology

English astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks (or Jeremiah Horrox), was born #OTD in 1641.

He was the 1st person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit; & he was the only person to predict the transit of Venus of 1639. He correctly asserted that Jupiter was accelerating in its orbit while Saturn was slowing & interpreted this as due to mutual gravitational interaction, thereby demonstrating that gravity's actions were not limited to the Earth, Sun, & Moon.
#astronomy

J.R.R. Tolkien English writer and scholar was born #OTD in 1892.

He has been popularly identified as the "father" of modern fantasy literature—or, more precisely, of high fantasy. He was the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. After Tolkien's death, his son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion. via @wikipedia

J.R.R. Tolkien at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/42379

#books #literature

frician, wk.v: to dance. (FRIH-chi-ahn / ˈfrɪ-tʃɪ-an)
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Image: Psalter; England (Oxford), 1200-1210; British Library, Arundel MS 157, f. 7r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD

@bibliolater I'd include #libraries in the metric! 📚

@bibliolater @bookstodon Yes

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The quality of any area ont he face of the planet can be measured by the density of books in that area, not just stores but the books themselves. This works both for cities and individual homes :)

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