| The Daily Drafts (year-month-day) | Size | Thoughts for the Day |
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| MathematicsOfMiracles-08-03-20.doc |
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Spring has sprung and the book has begun! Here's
the blog entry
announcing the project.
I always thought I would begin with Egerton, but I was puzzled how I'd justify the discussion of Cowper later on. The solution: Move Cowper to the front. |
| MathematicsOfMiracles-08-03-22.doc |
56,832 bytes 1,981 words |
Much reading about and by G. H. Toulmin yesterday. |
| MathematicsOfMiracles-08-04-04.doc |
58,368 bytes 2,586 words |
Nice full work day; new and less boring lead on Chapter 1. |
| MathematicsOfMiracles-08-04-06.doc |
68,608 bytes 3,447 words |
Mostly thinking about structure. By the time we get to Babbage and his book, the reader should be familiar with the history of natural theology, the background to the age of the Earth controversy, Hume on miracles, etc. |
| MathematicsOfMiracles-08-04-17.doc |
99,840 bytes 4,000 words |
Not as much time as I had hoped. Mostly worked on Cowper bio. |
| MathematicsOfMiracles-08-06-16.doc |
36,352 bytes 848 words |
Forked off Mistaken in its Age: William Cowper and the Age of the Earth. |
© Charles Petzold
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