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What Spinoza and Huygens Would Have Seen that Summer Night

Telescoping with Spinoza and Christiaan Huygens The night sky, 11:31 p.m. July 13th 1665 near Voorburg  …with which they have been able to observe the eclipses of Jupiter caused by the inte… more →

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What Spinoza and Huygens Would Have Seen that Summer Night — 1 comment

kvond wrote 1 month ago: Telescoping with Spinoza and Christiaan Huygens The night sky, 11:31 p.m. July 13th 1665 near Voo … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Spinoza, Spinoza's Foci, Christiaan Huygens, Telescope, voorburg, astronomy

To Understand Spinoza's Letter 32 to Oldenburg — 1 comment

kvond wrote 1 month ago: It is November of 1665, and Spinoza has just that summer likely spent much time in communication an … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Spinoza, Spinoza's Foci, Descartes, Microscope, Christiaan Huygens, Craftsmanship, Royal Society, Oldenburg

Spinoza's Blunder and the Spherical Lens — 1 comment

kvond wrote 2 months ago: Did Spinoza Understand the Law of Refraction?   In seeking to uncover the nature of Spinoza’ … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Spinoza, Alan Gabbey, Letter 39, Spinoza's Foci, Specilla circularia, Lenses, translation, Descartes

Demise of the scientists ethos of sharing information?

Roger Costello wrote 11 months ago: Prior to 1665, in medieval Europe, scientific knowledge was confined to a secretive exclusive few. T … more →

Tags: James Suroweicki, The Wisdom of Crowds, Royal Society, Philosophical Transactions, Europe, Medieval Europe, History of Science, Scientific Research and Development, Scientific Community


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