The Amazing Things & Ideas - 057 Traces of creation
Apologies! No original idea from my side this week. Scroll down to read this week’s posts from my blog. But first: The Amazing Things & Ideas List
Though not something I’d literally agree with, the quote does make sense in another light.
The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski I find it hard to describe such a deep book. The Ascent of Man traces the development of human society through our understanding of science. It discusses human invention from the flint tool to geometry, agriculture to genetics, and from alchemy to the theory of relativity, showing how they all are expressions of our ability to understand and control nature. As Bronowski writes in chapter 2 ‘The harvest of the seasons’ describing the power of the sickle created with the advent of settled agriculture “from which all physics, all science takes of”:
I agree with what Richard Dawkins had to say in the Foreword of this book:
One of the best pieces of popular science literature I’ve come across. Read it.
Dead Poets Society (1989) Watch it on Disney+ here. Posts from my blog this week
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056 Rewarding habits
Sunday, August 7, 2022
Running, rewards and curiosity
055 Choice transcends sacrifice
Sunday, July 31, 2022
If you're working a job you hate to support a family you love, you aren't making a sacrifice for your family. You're choosing this because you'd rather have your family eat dinner than
054 "Unnatural" doesn't and cannot exist
Sunday, July 24, 2022
It's common to classify things as natural and man-made. Though at times useful, these two seeming buckets can produce a giant misconception; namely that what we do is not natural. Human-made things
053 In favor of being extreme
Sunday, July 17, 2022
going “cold turkey”.
052 What I learned from writing a newsletter for a year straight
Sunday, July 10, 2022
In celebration of my blog and newsletter's first year anniversary, I wrote a blog post on the 5 things I learned from blogging a whole year.
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