OK, who did it........

On 2/20/04 11:00 PM, in article
, "Wolfgang"
wrote:

That said, most of the individaul
essays (or such of them as I remember) were well worth reading.

Well, his stuff and the book reviews are about the only things I published
in Nature that I can understand :-)

That said, I've dabbled in the intersection of science and the humanities
and it's a tough creek to straddle without getting wet.

There's a copy of that over in Madison if you ever get over there.

Cool. As a matter of fact, I'm officially on vacation for the next week. A
trip to Mad Town might be fun. You don't happen to know which library it's
in, do you?......they've got a couple dozen on campus.

I've been out of town (what's with these February vacations?) hope you
haven't already made the trek. Here's the info on their copy:

Special Collections (Memorial Library): Non-circulating
Catalog: UW Madison
Call Number: Thordarson T 2474


I have access to the English version (1758) of the Book of Nature- his
drawings of nymphs are *very* cool.

I did a google search for "A Figure of Man's Miserable Life". Nothing came
up. I haven't done a thorough search for any of his other works yet. I'm
hoping to find e-texts somewhere......any help would be appreciated.

I don't think Kemp got that translation quite right. Not that I know any
Dutch. Anyhow, someone else posted the link to some pdf'ed versions of his
writings. Which are all well and good, but if you can make the trip to
Madison, seeing the 1681 version in the flesh (in the vellum?) would be
awfully cool.

Bill