@mariapopova If anyone can talk about science and maths and art and life and words as being different facets of the same natural thing, it is her.


She’s the very embodiment of Syntopica.


for e.g. What do relentless persistence, witchcraft, astronomy, mathematics, science fiction, the moon landing and an undying parental love, have in common? Johannes Kepler.


Read Maria’s post to find out :)
https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/12/26/katharina-kepler-witchcraft-dream/


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When I first began reading Brain Pickings—eons ago—I would skip her commentary in the “margins” and go straight to the quotes, because that is what I wanted.
Now a days the quotes pale into insignificance as I rush to read what she has to day. If ever there was a case of the frame being more beautiful than the art it contains, it is the Marginalian’s (@mariapopova)


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b6bee2998cb6f323.png#TomGauld speaks to my soul!


#Me!


via his latest post:
https://myjetpack.tumblr.com/post/727972254871420928/my-cartoon-for-this-weeks-guardian-books


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Here’s what I read last week


  1. A Portrait of Love, Minerva Spencer
  2. The Language of Love, Minerva Spencer
  3. Dancing With Love, Minerva Spencer
  4. The Boxing Baroness, Minerva Spencer
  5. The Dueling Duchess, Minerva Spencer
  6. The History of English, Episodes 21-30, Kevin Stroud
  7. Their Master, Victorian Decadence, S.M. LaViolette

The rest of this year’s list is here:
https://janusworx.com/reading/


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Here’s what I read last week


  1. Outrageous, Minerva Spencer
  2. Scandalous, Minerva Spencer
  3. The Footman, Minerva Spencer
  4. The Postilion, Minerva Spencer
  5. The Bastard, Minerva Spencer
  6. The Music of Love, Minerva Spencer
  7. A Figure of Love, Minerva Spencer

The rest of this year’s list is here:
janusworx.com/reading/#2023


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— Jean-Louis Gassée, Grateful Geek


6/6


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Here’s what I read last week


  1. The History of English, Episodes 1-10, Kevin Stroud
  2. Courage Under Fire, James Stockdale
  3. Selina, S.M. LaViolette
  4. Balthazar: The Spare, S.M. LaViolette
  5. A Second Change for Love, S.M. LaViolette
  6. The Arrangement (Anthology), Sylvia Day, Minerva Spencer & Kristin Vayden
  7. Icon, Frederick Forsyth
  8. Dangerous, Minerva Spencer
  9. Barbarous, Minerva Spencer
  10. Notorious, Minerva Spencer
  11. Infamous, Minerva Spencer

The rest of this year’s list is here: https://janusworx.com/reading/#2023


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I came to understand that long before I read it.
— James Stockdale


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Here’s what I read last two weeks


  1. The Negotiator, Frederick Forsyth
  2. Command Line Interface Guidelines, Eva Parish, Aanand Prasad, Ben Firshman & Carl Tashian
  3. Demonbound, Sarah Hawke
  4. The Dragon of Highwind, Sarah Hawke
  5. Dawnbringer, Sarah Hawke
  6. The Rest is History World Cup Spectacular, Episodes 252–286, Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook
  7. Jesus Christ: The History & The Mystery, Episodes 287–289, Tom Holland & Dominic Sandbrook
  8. Joan Rivers Confidential, Melissa Rivers & Scott Currie
  9. Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor, Sylvia Ann Hewlett
  10. Deep Storm, Lincoln Child

The rest of this year’s list is here: https://janusworx.com/reading/#2023


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Fin.


  1. The Cobra, Frederick Forsyth
  2. The Little Black Book of Workout Motivation, Michael Matthews
  3. Mastering reveal.js: Video Course, Hakim El Hattab
  4. Bigger Leaner Stronger, Michael Matthews
  5. The Outsider, Frederick Forsyth
  6. The Contrarian, Max Chafkin
  7. The Odessa File, Frederick Forsyth

The rest of this year’s list is here:
janusworx.com/reading/#2023


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