50bookchallenge, 15000pages

[gwynhefar]

Book #65 -- Isaac Newton, Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and System of the World, 680 pages.

Finally I've finished this. I freely admit I didn't understand half of it. But the half I did understand -- incredible! It was fascinating to read things that we learn in grade school now as facts being presented merely as theories, and unpopular ones at that. To know that here was the first time many of these things had been proposed. This was very difficult going, but what a learning experience!

Progress toward goals: 207/365 = 56.7%

Books: 65/100 = 65%

Pages: 21652/30000 = 72.2%

2007 Book List

cross-posted to 15000pages, 50bookchallenge, and gwynraven

Comments

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. Bearing in mind that he deliberately made it difficult to read, on top of the actual content, because he was the opposite of populist - well, double congrats.

Now we think you should reread it. In Latin. For the full effect.

[gwynraven.livejournal.com]

that would require that I learn Latin first. Something I've always meant to do but not yet achieved.