"Almost at once...a man named Pierre Godin, ran off with a thirteen-year-old and could not be induced to return." Okay, the last sentence of this paragraph was indeed very weird and...Messed up, but the whole paragraph itself was very radical and intense. I mean, how did everything go wrong out of the simple attempt of studying measurements? How can that study be so unfortunate and difficult every time?
The unfortunes of the men that tried to research these subjects wasn't the only thing about the chapter that interested me, of course. I also liked to hear about Newton's laws, and the explanations of the measures, etc. I liked to see how some researchers took the credit for others' findings, and how others tried and tried to discover something in vain.
I like the way you see so interested about the Newton law and the description you give on it. I think we should all care about this chapter four because tell us about the measurement mostly about ours world.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with the wonder of how so many things could go wrong - but at the same time I do keep in mind that this took place so long ago, and that this sort of thing wasn't exactly uncommon to think of, even if we think it is. Plus, they didn't steal credit, so much as rediscovered it when the first guy hadn't published it. =\ But oh well, that's how things work, I guess.
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