Reviews for A book of burlesque

The average rating for A book of burlesque based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-12-31 00:00:00 Panagiotis Leonidou In fact, I had randomly read only 9 books out of its 12 since 2009 according to my preferences; my first three being The King James Bible (1611), Experimental Researches in Electricity (3 volumes, 1839, 1844, 1855), and Principia Mathematica (1687). My preferences for the first rely mainly on its literary credit, for the second on Michael Faraday whose fame has impressed me since my lower secondary school years, and for the third on my admiration of Sir Isaac Newton. Till a few days ago I found these 3 remained unread, probably due to my waning motive or the degree of consequential ground-breaking impact of each book on each field achieved to the world at large; the unread 3 books are as follows: The Rule Book of Association Football (1863), On the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1789), and Patent Specification for Arkwright's Spinning Machine (1769). Since some of my friends and book lovers have clicked 'Like' on my review, I think I would say something more on why this book is worth reading and spending our time: first, each book content has wisely been well-planned and long enough for one's sitting because it does not cover too many pages. As we can see from the first three books I read as examples (illustration pages excluded): The King James Bible (15 pages), Experimental Researches in Electricity (17 pages), and Principia Mathematica (18 pages). Second, each one is interestingly readable due to its related illustrations as follows: The King James Bible: 1611 book cover, The title page of the 1568 'Bishops' Bible', The title page of the 1535 Coverdale Bible, 'The martyrdome of Master William Tindall in Flanders', 'Explorer David Livingstone reads the Bible to his men' - an engraving from 1874. Experimental Researches in Electricity: 1839 book cover, The frontispiece for Davy's lectures at the Royal Institution, A page depicting experiments with magnets from Faraday's Experimental Researches in Electricity, A page from Faraday's diary recording his discovery of electromagnetic induction, 1831, Faraday lecturing on magnetism at the Royal Institution. Principia Mathematica: 1687 book cover, Newton's own corrections for the second edition of Principia, The frontispiece of Volume II of Principia, translated into English in 1729, A contemporary cartoon satirising Newton's theory of gravity, Newton's experiments into the nature of colour, from Opticks published in 1704. And third, for each book, there is a timeline depicting important events, discoveries, missions, etc. through the years since its first publication; only one to be cited from each book: The King James Bible: 1940 Winston Churchill draws on the King James Bible in his 'Finest Hour' speech inaugurating the Battle of Britain (p. 286) Experimental Researches in Electricity: 1864 James Clerk Maxwell describes electromagnetic field in four classic equations, which also allow calculation of the speed of light (p. 232) Principia Mathematica: 1992 The Vatican admits that the Catholic Church erred in condemning Galileo's work proving that the planets circle the Sun and not the Earth (p. 34) To continue . . .

Review # 2 was written on 2011-11-17 00:00:00 PAUL ROZZI i can't quite finish this book and after three consecutive loans the library is making me take this one back ... but I have loved what I have read. It is an easy read - in a hard kind've way. I can't read it at night as I end up spending teh whole night lying awake thinking about what I had read ... and so I haven't even gotten half way through in about seven weeks. But I plan to re-borrow the book on another day and maybe over those next few months I'll get closer to the end. I have enjoyed reading Bragg's commentary and have learned a lot about Isac Newton and feminist Marie Stopes. Other texts in this eclectic book include the Magna Carta, the rule book of association football, On the abolition of the slave trade, A vindication of the rights of women, experimental resaear4ch on electricity, the King James Bible and Shakespeare's The first folio.