I know that Brad is going to be disappointed, but I just can’t get into Galileo’s Daughter. Maybe if I had been able to work out Astronomy as my lab science at Carolina… I’ve read 75 pages and it’s just not gripping me.
The Myth of Prodigy and Why it Matters — a good read for all parents.
(HT: BetsyPage)
I took a luxurious bubble bath in the clawfoot tub at 6:15 pm while Mike took the kids out of the house. I am a very blessed wife.
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I accidentally made this post private and so it got posted 24 hours or so after I originally published it… my apologies!
Well, my reading it was compulsory for my Milton class in college. The assignment was to discuss in some way Milton’s views of knowledge/science and theology as demonstrated in Paradise Lost and Galileo’s views of the same. I wasn’t Mr. Astronomy either, and hadn’t been since 3rd grade or something. If I’m remembering correctly, the first part wasn’t all that riveting, when it’s discussing Copernicus and Tycho Brahe and other Renaissance astronomers – but towards the end you’ll find the inquisition of Galileo, its impact on his faith, and relationships with his dearest friends and family pretty moving. I can’t remember ever shedding a tear over another book (not even Where the Red Fern Grows in 6th grade!), but I did with that one by the end.
But I probably never would’ve touched it had it not been assigned.