An account that couldn't decide if it was a scandalous history or a popular science, The Clockwork Universe meandered through religion, astronomy, personal scientific feuds, disease, and math, so there's a little bit in there for you, as long as you're willing to sludge through the rest. I found ...
Overall this was very a good book. It described how Newton and Leibniz came to discover calculus independent of one another. additonally it portraits of other leading men of science during the 1600's, as well as the ancient Greeks and famous scientists throughout history.Dolnick's treatment of ...
I picked up this book as forgers fascinate me and this book is about one of the greatest forgers. Its a quick read that dashes through the decades mixing in art history, World War II history as well as an understanding of art criticism. The story is complicated and difficult to read at points as ...
For anyone interested in how forgers get away with their trade, this book is based on art forger Han Van Meegeren's forgeries and how he fooled the entire art world into believing his works were actually by artists like Vermeer and DeHooch. I'm using the word "based" instead of saying the book is...
Han van Meegeren was a Dutchman who wanted to be a painter, but whatever he tried was unacceptable to the critics. Then one day he decided to paint under another countryman's name -- Vermeer. His efforts with the new name were met with wild enthusiasm. van Meegeren found 17th century canvas and w...
Dolnick, Edward. THE RESCUE ARTIST: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece. (2005). ****. “On a frozen February morning in 1994, two men in a stolen car skidded to a halt in front of Norway’s national art museum. They raced across the snow and grabbed a ladder ...
Spoiler Alert: There are whitewater rapids in the next chapter!The story of John Wesley Powell's journey through the Grand Canyon is undoubtedly epic and an amazing testimony to the indomitable determination (and luck) of the rag-tag group of men who were first to brave the cliffs and rapids of t...