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

"William Claspy" wrote in message
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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 :-)

The nice thing about a science journal with such a broad scope is that you
can fool most of the people most of the time.

Check out Napolean Chagnon's contributions to "Science" and Patrick
Tierney's "Darkness in El Dorado" for a lovely example.

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

True, and Kemp does a pretty good job of it. I just didn't think the book
hung together all that well.

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?)

Boss is out of town for the week, I've got vacation time to burn, and I'm
long overdue for a road trip.

hope you haven't already made the trek.

I'm out'a here in about half an hour.

Here's the info on their copy:

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

Thanks. Hm......Thordarson......remind me some time tell you about Rock
Island.

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.

Yeah, that's had me a bit confused throughout this exchange.

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.

Not sure I'll make it on this trip, but Madison is only about an hour
away.....I WILL see it eventually.

Thanks again, Bill.

Wolfgang