Record Number: 20841
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Eddington (5.1.29). After reading his Nature of the Physical World as carefully as I can, the new ideas become more possible to me and therefore less wonderful. They degenerate into mathematical symbols which we are content to use without understanding.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:5 Jan 1929
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1 Jan 1879
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Nature of the Physical World
Genre:Science
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1928
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:20841
Source:E. M. Forster
Editor:Philip Gardner
Title:Commonplace Book
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1985
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Page:45
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book, (London, 1985), p. 45, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20841, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Copy of text Forster's present to himself for his fiftieth birthday; see p.273 in source.