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johnmperry commented on the word foucault's pendulum
The Foucault pendulum , or Foucault's pendulum, named after the French physicist Léon Foucault, was conceived as an experiment to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth.
Get the full monty from wikipedia here. . . . it's heavy.
June 19, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word foucault's pendulum
I loved Umberto Eco's book with the same title.
June 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word foucault's pendulum
Did you, Pro? I read it a long time ago, but I remember being irritated by it.
June 19, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word foucault's pendulum
It's great. But you have to appreciate Umberto Eco first. May I suggest you to start with The island of the day before?
June 20, 2008
reesetee commented on the word foucault's pendulum
Indeed you do have to appreciate him! I'd already read The Name of the Rose and later read The Island of the Day Before, and enjoyed them both. Maybe I was just too young at the time. ;-)
June 20, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word foucault's pendulum
While I didn't love The mysterious flame of Queen Loana - I think you have to be a 70/80 year old Italian man to appreciate it.
June 20, 2008
asativum commented on the word foucault's pendulum
I read Name of the Rose first, and loved it. I liked Foucault's Pendulum at least as much, maybe more. Baudolino was excellent. I never could get into Island of the Day Before.
But The Mysterious flame of Queen Loana was curious: I was captivated by it as I read it, and even stayed up too late a couple nights. But it was slow going, and for some reason, after I had to set it aside very briefly, I didn't return to it. Is there a word for that? Something that's fully engrossing until one is distracted from it, at which point one doesn't return to it?
(I also heartily recommend a book of Eco's essays called How to Travel With a Salmon. Several are truly hilarious.
June 20, 2008
reesetee commented on the word foucault's pendulum
Uh oh. Sounds like I need to add to my 20-page reading list....
June 20, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word foucault's pendulum
Can I say it again? I love this book.
October 1, 2008