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I love this sort of "Historical Fiction" where interactions and conversations between The Great People of Science are imagined and portrayed. A great example of
by zengid 6y ago
I love this sort of "Historical Fiction" where interactions and conversations between The Great People of Science are imagined and portrayed. A great example of this is Louisa Gilder's wonderful book _The_Age_Of_Entanglement:_When_Quantum_Physics_was_Reborn
https://www.amazon.com/Age-Entanglement-Quantum-Physics-Reborn/dp/1400095263 https://www.amazon.com/Age-Entanglement-Quantum-Physics-Rebo...
- mhh__ 6y agoAnthony Zee's Quantum Field Theory textbook takes a similar tone.
- mwcampbell 6y agoOh, I assumed that dialogue between Lomuto and Hoare was real -- at least the gist of it, if not the exact words.
- zengid 6y agoThe interaction was probably real, since there is a date and location, but the dialog (and certainly the narration) seems to be taking some artistic liberties perhaps? This is also what Louisa did in her book on the history of quantum mechanics; real interactions with imagined dialogs. My apologies if I gave the wrong impression.
- gumby 6y agoThanks for writing his because I hated it — I read that par thinking it would shed some light on the topic of the paper at large, but it was just noise to me. Which is not to imply that I am right and you wrong or vice versa! Simply to observe that people are different. As I liked the article but was annoyed by that beginning, it’s great for me that the first comment I saw was yours. So thanks for making it.
- turndown 6y agoIf you enjoy books like that, I recommend The Cambridge Quintet[0]; it's a wonderful book. 0. https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Quintet-Scientific-Speculation-Helix/dp/0738201383 https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Quintet-Scientific-Speculat...