by David West | Feb 23, 2025 | News
On This Day tells me that on the 23rd of February 1455 Johannes Gutenberg printed his first bible. It does add that this is an estimated date. Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400 – 1468) was a German inventor and printer who developed the first practical method of...
by David West | Feb 22, 2025 | News
On the 22nd of February, 1632, Galileo’s “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems” was published. I have posted about Galileo before, because he is a character in Fire and Earth, the second book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. Galileo dedicated his book...
by David West | Feb 21, 2025 | News
On the 21st of February 1431, the interrogation began in the trial of Joan of Arc for heresy. The trial of Joan of Arc (1412 – 1431) was a politically motivated inquisition orchestrated by the English and their allies during the Hundred Years’ War. Joan, a young...
by David West | Feb 20, 2025 | News
On the 20th of February 1938 Anthony Eden resigned as Foreign Secretary because of the appeasement policy of Neville Chamberlain’s government. As a writer I’m interested in what makes writing memorable. There is one page of writing that I have read once, and that must...
by David West | Feb 19, 2025 | News
The Happy Parliament of 1624 was the last Parliament of King James I of England and earned its name because it convened in a period of rare agreement between the king, his son Prince Charles, and Parliament. It was opened on the 19th of February and marked a...
by David West | Feb 18, 2025 | News
I have posted about quantum mechanics previously in my post on Schroedinger’s Cat. My introduction to quantum mechanics was at Oxford whilst studying Engineering Science. The mysteries of the quantum world involve the dual nature of light in which it can behave as...
