The classical interpretation for No. 7 is “The Army” as in stored military strength stored up in the people. The contemporary translation is “leading”. I chose this photo to represent both translations.
Ron and Paul Munich 2012
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Book Review: Origin, A Novel by Dan Brown
Book 5 of 5 featuring Professor Robert Langdon I have been a Dan Brown fan for years. I was delighted to find this at a used book store. Was there no fanfare on the release? If there was, I missed it. The dramatic adventure set in Spain includes outstanding narrative of art, architecture, literature, history, […]
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Book Review: A Mind at Play
The richness of Shannon’s biography creates an engaging review of the science. Like the content of Tuxedo Park by Jennet Conant, the science was so ground breaking… it was many years before declassification would make his work available to the public. “How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age” I wish this book was available when I was […]
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Book Review: The Library, A Catalogue of Wonders
At a time in history when many readers are choosing digital books…myself included for ease of travel, plus I love the highlighting ability…reading The Library, A Catalogue of Wonders is time well spent. The research is extraordinary. The text is thought provoking. The outstanding anecdotes just keep coming and coming. Stuart Kells comprehensively covers […]
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Book Review (plus) The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie
Love this! “One sewing machine, two families, three secrets, four generations and millions of stitches”. This book was funded by readers through a new website: Unbound.com…a modern version of Samuel Johnson’s idea funding publishing of his dictionary in 1755 in today’s jargon…crowd sourcing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language Elfcroft loves sewing and posts about charity projects about a dozen […]
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Book Review: 17 Equations that Changed the World
17 Equations that Changed the World by Ian Stewart 2012 http://www.businessinsider.com/17-equations-that-changed-the-world-2014-3 My previous book review of Cosmic Numbers, The Numbers that Define Our Universe by James D Stein 2011… declared it “fantastic.” I did not reread it immediately, because my young friend (recent Mechanical Engineering graduate) had also loaned me 17 Equations that Changed the […]
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