History
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Knowledge
‘The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and solidity of our possessions.‘― Thomas Henry Huxley
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Poetic Linnaeus
‘Poets are born, not made. I was not born a poet, but a botanist instead, so I offer the fruit of the little harvest which God has vouchsafed me.‘― Carolus Linnaeus
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A bit of common sense
‘Let all reasoning be silent when experience gainsays its conclusion.‘― William Harvey
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Preserve your health
‘Strive to preserve your health, and in this you will the better succeed in proportion as you keep clear of the physicians, for their drugs are a kind of alchemy concerning which there are no fewer books than there are medicines.‘― Leonardo da Vinci
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Krankzinnigheid
‘Krankzinnigheid in individuen is uitzonderlijk – maar in groepen, partijen, volkeren en tijdperken is het de regel.’― Nietzsche
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Working with dates and times in python
Having finished all the most urgent tasks at work and having started the year end vacation I decided to pick up my python learning on Datacamp again. I followed the course on working with dates and types in python which is part of their python programmer track. It was a nice introduction to the datetime…
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Command And Control, Eric Schlosser (ISBN 9780141037912, Penguin)
Command and Control is written by Eric Schlosser. I read his bestseller fastfood nation long ago and liked it a lot so when this book came out in 2014 I bought it and read it. It was a scary read at the time and this year while we were on holiday this summer I decided…
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Dit kan niet waar zijn, Joris Luyendijk (ISBN 9789045034041, Atlas Contact)
Dit boek uit 2015 lag lang op de stapel te lezen boeken. Ik leerde Luyendijk ‘kennen’ door zijn column in De Standaard. En zo besloot ik zijn boek te kopen. Dat kwam dan op de stapel te liggen want ik ben een verzamelaar met meer geld dan tijd voor boeken. Een tijdje geleden had ik…
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Zero. The biography of a dangerous idea, Charles Seife (ISBN 978-0285635944, Souvenir Press Ltd)
A little book from 2000 about the history of the number zero and the linked concepts of void and infinity. It explains how Greek philosophy struggled with the void and the concept of zero and how then later on prevailing Aristotelian philosophy in the Middle Ages in Europe retarded in the introduction and use of…
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