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Peter’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Peter’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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I Had No Need of That Hypothesis
In 1802, or thereabouts, Napoleon asked the mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace why his treatise on celestial mechanics contained no mention of God. Laplace’s reply has been quoted ever since: I had no need of that hypothesis.²
The answer was correct. Newtonian mechanics, as Laplace had extended and formalized it, could account for the behavior of the solar system without invoking divine interve
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“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
― Those Who Remain
― Those Who Remain
“The secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude.”
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
― One Hundred Years of Solitude
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