tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103707002868692486.post6008998953975785065..comments2023-10-16T00:18:32.138-06:00Comments on Footnotes: Novel Inspirations from History: Dead and Buried Stephanie Grace Whitsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02442621477644235666noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103707002868692486.post-57565436159812469502011-08-15T16:25:29.438-05:002011-08-15T16:25:29.438-05:00I haven't been to the Montreal cathedral you t...I haven't been to the Montreal cathedral you talk about, Vince. It would be odd to see a smaller version of St. Peter's. One of the reasons St. Peter's seems like the church of all churches is its enormous scale. You walk in and are in awe. It feels as if God lives there.<br /><br />I also haven't read "Galileo's Daughter". You've given me two more things for my to-do list. <br /><br />I'm always amazed at how scientists from hundreds of years ago figured out anything considering their limited scientific resources. They must have had unique minds that thought beyond the usual realm.<br /><br />Of course, watching the DVD series "From the Earth to the Moon" (about our space program) also makes me marvel at man's ambition and imagination.Nancy Moserhttp://www.nancymoser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103707002868692486.post-52506530787674406362011-08-13T11:26:51.970-05:002011-08-13T11:26:51.970-05:00Hi Nancy:
Have you been to the church in Montreal...Hi Nancy:<br /><br />Have you been to the church in Montreal that is a scale model, (one 1/3 or ¼ of the original size) of St. Peter’s in Rome? If you’ve been to St. Peter’s, it’s kind of spooky going into Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral. Since memory is not perfect, it looks exactly like you’re in St. Peter’s. It’s a unique experience.<br /><br />Since you like women in history, did you read <i>Galileo's Daughter</i> by David Sobel? Galileo was a pretty nasty piece of work. His math did not work right because he said the planetary orbits were perfect circles. All the pope wanted him to do was just say his system was a theory that simplified the math. But no, he insisted he was right and then he wrote a dialogue making a fool of the pope. <br /><br />VinceVincehttp://www.vmres.comnoreply@blogger.com