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Ok, this is my first post here. I looked around the forum and sub-forums real quick. I don't know where else to post this but if this is in the wrong sub-forum then the mods or admins should feel free to move it to another subforum :
Someone you know is going to be stuck on a desert island for a significant amount of time and while he is there he wants to learn physics to pass the time away (he will be provided with supplies to allow him to focus on reading and leisure for the most part). However, there is a stipulation on how many books he can bring. He can only bring about 5 or 6 books and he has to learn physics from these alone doing syntopical reading. So what books would you recommend this person bring with him to the island if he asked for your expert advice on the matter ?
Someone you know is going to be stuck on a desert island for a significant amount of time and while he is there he wants to learn physics to pass the time away (he will be provided with supplies to allow him to focus on reading and leisure for the most part). However, there is a stipulation on how many books he can bring. He can only bring about 5 or 6 books and he has to learn physics from these alone doing syntopical reading. So what books would you recommend this person bring with him to the island if he asked for your expert advice on the matter ?
syntopical Definition from Wiktionary
Etymology Coined by Mortimer Adler in "How to Read a Book". Derived from the term Syntopicon®, a two-volume topical guide published as part of the Great Books of the Western World series.
[edit] Adjective syntopical (not comparable)
Referring to a type of analysis in which different works are compared and contrasted.
After finishing his syntopical reading of the leaders' speeches, he wrote an essay comparing the language used by Reagan, Carter, Gorbachev, and Qaddafi.
[edit] Quotations1997: Dhun H. Sethna, Investing Smart
(...) and it is their words and wisdom, accumulated over long periods of syntopical reading, that make up this text.
[edit] See also synoptic
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