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Re:In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate th... by ghastmaster on Monday September 23, 2024 @09:43PM (#41632354)
You're referring to The History of Physics. An excellent read for a budding mind.

Asimov was incredibly talented.

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Re:In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate th... by owyn on Monday September 23, 2024 @10:54PM (#41632703)
I was looking at my parent's bookshelf and saw a book on Shakespeare and I recognized the author's name: Asimov!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimov's_Guide_to_Shakespeare

It's like 800 pages, I haven't read it but I think I'll keep that one. Seems like it might be hard to find another physical copy. He was definitely prolific on a number of topics.

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Re:In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate th... by lIl-IIIl on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @03:37AM (#41634072)
Not surprising!

"Asimov was so prolific and diverse in his writing that his books span all major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification except for category 100, philosophy and psychology" - from his Wikipedia page.

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Re:In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate th... by dotancohen on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @08:26AM (#41635758)
He was also incredibly talented in phrasing ideas so that they stick in the reader's mind. I am right now sitting next to a dog Asimov named after him.
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Re:In 1870, Lord Rayleigh used oil and water to calculate th... by hammock on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @09:34AM (#41636295)
Understanding Physics? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41819.Understanding_Phys...
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