Comments on What is Einstein's Moon?: Historical Meme:Things about Stephen Gray

Hi Stefan,I am pleased that you enjoyed the post. ...

2008-03-13T20:59:00.000-04:00

Hi Stefan,

I am pleased that you enjoyed the post. I also consider it high praise as it comes from the co-author of one of the highest rated academic blogs on the Web. You and Bee should indeed be proud both for your acumen for writing and your generosity and love of teaching. I believe that you both have the mind and spirit of the person I chose to give honor to.

Best,

Phil

Hi Plato,I’m glad you liked the post and very much...

2008-03-13T19:58:00.000-04:00

Hi Plato,

I’m glad you liked the post and very much appreciate your comments. I also had a peek at your post you pointed out and must agree that we see Newton and those like him pretty much the same. To think that to vilify Newton as the point would of course totally miss the mark. The venerable Gray although he may or may not have had a mind as powerful as Newton’s demonstrated himself to be so much more complete and enlightened as a person. You could say that without Newton we would have never been able to gauge just how great Gray was.

Best,

Phil

Hi Phil,wow, very interesting!! I did remember Ste...

2008-03-13T18:21:00.000-04:00

Hi Phil,

wow, very interesting!! I did remember Stephen Gray vaguely for some early experiments with electrical currents, but I was completely unaware of his story, and the difficult circumstances of his life.

Thank you very much for this great post!

Best regards, Stefan

Oh, and welcome to blogging.

2008-03-13T12:23:00.000-04:00

Oh, and welcome to blogging.

Well done Phil,Phil:It should not be thought that ...

2008-03-13T12:22:00.000-04:00

Well done Phil,

Phil:It should not be thought that I have written this to villanize and thus lessen your respect for Newton. It was done rather to perhaps have you now come to respect and admire one who truly deserves to be.

You reminded me of a blog entry I wrote on The Character of our Heros

The historical part is of great interest to me as well, as I can learn to understand how history actually unfolded. That we can get a truer picture of "the spaces" and sequences in that history. Only study or individual can bring that out for us had we not known of this or that person.