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perfectsinner
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I love astronomy 🤩

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quietlycuriouskate
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Pickpick

Interesting book (500+ pages) I would have liked to read more slowly, but the library wanted it back.
Science and religion are not the mutually-unintelligible strangers/enemies they're often assumed to be, but more like siblings who at various times support and want to throttle one another, with frequent squabbles over house room. NS has it all boil down to two questions: "What is the nature of man?"* and "Who has the authority to decide?"

quietlycuriouskate Depressingly, and predictably enough, it IS "man" rather than "humankind". Margaret Cavendish and Mrs Emma Darwin make fleeting appearances, and Marie Curie's notebooks get a mention, but that, ladies, is your lot. 3mo
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RamsFan1963
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Mehso-so

77/150 I think the title was misleading. The author does do a good job of keeping the science simple, while discussing heady topics like cosmology, astrophysics, plate tectonics, geological history and the origins of mankind. I did find the author's attempts at humor kind of heavy handed, but I understand not wanting to make the science too heavy and dull. 3 ⭐⭐⭐

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IriDas

still testing how this site works

TheBookgeekFrau Welcome! This site can be a little confusing at first. I'm happy to answer any questions--just tag me in a reply to this comment or you can comment on one of my posts. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks is there still a link for new users to learn about Litsy to help out here? 6mo
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IriDas
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Current read.

#evolution #science

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IriDas
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New here. Just testing how this app works. #new #newuser #tags

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Hooked_on_books
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Pickpick

British mariners had latitude figured pretty early on, but longitude flummoxed them to the point of shipwrecks and lost lives occurring because they just didn‘t know where they were. This book talks about the efforts to fix longitude and the machinations of the organization created when someone finally did so. If you‘re looking for an excellent, short narrative nonfiction book, look no further. #ReadYourEbooks

CBee Sounds super interesting 🧐 7mo
LeeRHarry I enjoyed this one too. 😊 7mo
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kwmg40
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I enjoyed this account of the early female astronomers at the Harvard Observatory. Not surprising that they didn't get the salary or the respect they deserved at the time!

#gottacatchemall @PuddleJumper (prompt 26, Wheezing: Features a positive change)
#52bookclub24 (prompt 6, Women in STEM)

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RebeccaRoo7
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Pickpick

Listening to this book made me think of my granddad, who was a watchmaker. He worked as a Timekeeper for a railroad station located in my small hometown in Kentucky. At the time of his death, when he was 87, we found 5 clocks he was working on in his workshop. There was even a beautiful German cuckoo clock waiting to be delivered back to its owners. This book covered so much material but was so enjoyable. I will end up buying the hard copy.

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DebinHawaii
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Mehso-so

#JumpStart2024 #ReadAway2024

Not gonna lie, I pushed & skimmed to the end to finish for #SheSaid which makes me sad since the women of the Harvard Observatory were amazing, worked their tails off & have not received all the praise due them. But, by golly this was a slog! There are flashes of greatness & points that made me gasp, tear up or marvel but they were too far in between the data dump of names & dates & things I didn‘t need details on.😖

DieAReader 👋🏻👋🏻Bye! Bye! 10mo
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