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About meAfter having graduated in Applied Physics, and worked as a researcher in neurophysiology, building computer models of neural networks, I spent the rest of my working life in the the IT industry. Being retired, I now have time for my hobbies: books, languages and grandchildren. First, I took up French where I had left it at school, and continued it at the Univ. of Stockholm with a Master thesis, doing a "computational linguistics" study of the old french used by Villehardouin and Robert de Clari (see authors in LT) in their chroniques of the conquest of Constantinople in 1204.
From old French, I continued onto Latin, Roman history and history of Christianity. From there I have moved on to the religion and atheism, origin of life and evolution.
More recently, I have moved on to my old loves, which had been forsaken for so long, and where much had happened since I visited them last: genetics and microbiology, cosmology, particle physics, quantum theory and its history, astronomy and its history. Where this journey will end, nobody knows...
About my libraryThe largest part of my book collection is probably still french litterature, grammar, history, old french and latin. But the science part is gradually increasing. And recently, it's a lot of books about atheism, religion and its history.
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Du har også en imponerende samling, i kvalitet såvel som kvantitet, med en del bøger om den periode der også interesserer mig (c1650-1900). Jeg glæder mig til at følge din side.
Peter
posted by nielspeterqm at 3:20 pm (EST) on Aug 22, 2009
posted by catarina1 at 3:23 pm (EST) on Jul 20, 2009
posted by ThomasCWilliams at 12:57 pm (EST) on May 28, 2009
I thought of updating Wikipedia several years ago. But at that time I was still building my Jefferson collection and didn't want to cause prices to rise by advertising Jefferson's role. I guess I need to get around to updating Wikipedia soon. As to my website and blog, no one ever posted a comment. Volney is so forgotten, and no one speaks about Natural Law any more, so there was no audience, no demand. After a while I decided it was better to focus on novel writing, not blog writing. I believe it's my job as a writer to establish a new awareness about Volney and his works. If the novel sells, then the awareness and the demand will happen naturally...AZB, TCW
posted by ThomasCWilliams at 10:10 pm (EST) on May 25, 2009
I recommend the first; it's a reprint of the Jefferson translation. The second is a translation from the UK...
If you buy the first, it may have a biosketch called Life of Volney by Count Daru. It's a few pages long. The absolute best biography of Volney was written by Jean Gaulmier. "Volney--Un Grand Témoin de la Révolution et de l'Empire" was published by Hachette in 1959. The same book was reprinted by Slatine as "L'Idéologue Volney, (1757-1820)" in 1980. This is a very indepth, academic treatment of his life. "Il se faisait appeler Volney" by Jean Sibenaler was published by Hérault in 1992. It is much shorter and draws on Gaulmier's work. Both these books can be found in my library.
Please let me know if I can be of further help. All Zee Best, TCW
posted by ThomasCWilliams at 10:23 pm (EST) on May 24, 2009
posted by ThomasCWilliams at 12:12 am (EST) on May 24, 2009
posted by ThomasCWilliams at 11:24 pm (EST) on May 23, 2009
Thank you for your note and thank you for finding my library interesting. I apologize for the mistake in my blog address. The proper address is http:/www.notnirvana.blogspot.com I have another at http://www.ebookliberty.blogspot.com I am not content with what I have done with my blogs so far. I am attempting to improve them so that they may be more worthy of consideration. I am also working on a better review of Discovering God. The current one was written rather quickly while my blood was boiling. I will let you know when it is finished. Once again, thank you for your interest and I look forward to corresponding with you. Best regards, George
posted by millsge at 11:35 am (EST) on May 9, 2009