One professor of mine a few semesters back helped increase my already-huge love of the Baroque period by piquing the class’ interests with those two questions, posed for extra credit. ([1] Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch astronomer during the seventeenth century; and Huygens was also [2] a probe that landed on Titan in January of 2005.)

Christiaan is also referenced in Quicksilver, Book I of The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson, a most enjoyable novel.

This is blog-worthy not only because a professor who encourages a love of the Baroque ought to be rewarded with much mention, but also because this is the first fictional book to which I’ve set my eyes in about four or five years. I have stacks and stacks of books, on shelves, on tables, and in boxes; and none of the fiction has been touched since about ‘01 or ‘02, I’ve been so swallowed up with more serious readings. Expect more commentary on this book, though; Stephenson doesn’t disappoint.

One professor of mine a few semesters back helped increase my already-huge love of the Baroque period by piquing the class’ interests with those two questions, posed for extra credit. ([3] Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch astronomer during the seventeenth century; and Huygens was also [4] a probe that landed on Titan in January of 2005.)

Christiaan is also referenced in Quicksilver, Book I of The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson, a most enjoyable novel.

This is blog-worthy not only because a professor who encourages a love of the Baroque ought to be rewarded with much mention, but also because this is the first fictional book to which I’ve set my eyes in about four or five years. I have stacks and stacks of books, on shelves, on tables, and in boxes; and none of the fiction has been touched since about ‘01 or ‘02, I’ve been so swallowed up with more serious readings. Expect more commentary on this book, though; Stephenson doesn’t disappoint.