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To me, the funniest part of why Principica was bankrolled by Edmund Halley is that is was supposed to be funded by the Royal Academy. Only, their previous publi
by progre 1y ago
To me, the funniest part of why Principica was bankrolled by Edmund Halley is that is was supposed to be funded by the Royal Academy. Only, their previous publishing project "The history of fishes" had faceplanted and they had no money.
Also, when Principica was funded and Halley was himself short on cash, RA decided that they could not afford to actually pay him money (he was the RA secretary). Instead he would get copies of The History of fishes
- ykonstant 1y agoHe ended up swimming with the history of fishes.
- zabzonk 1y agosleeping, surely?
- perihelions 1y agoI enjoyed this anecdote. As gratitude, please accept this copy of History of Fishes https://archive.org/details/francisciwillugh00will/page/n321/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/francisciwillugh00will/page/n321...
- moffkalast 1y agoEight hundred pages? Well at least he got his money's worth.
- metalman 1y agowait! wait! so you are saying that there is an official exchange rate for fish books to pounds strerling, guinies? all I can say is that hopefully someone keeps a copy of the fish book next to a copy of the Principica as a demonstration/proof of the vast leap and gap that suddenly occured
- dotancohen 1y agoOr as an example of he who gets the funds, not necessarily being the worthy of the two. Many in academia might like to remember this example.