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<p>📚 It by: Stephen King</p><p>Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real.</p><p>They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/it" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookblabla.com/book/it</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fic015000fiction/" rel="tag">#fic015000fiction</a> <a href="/tags/horror/" rel="tag">#horror</a> <a href="/tags/thrillers/" rel="tag">#thrillers</a></p>

<p>Mass-market paperbacks are going away?! <img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/tech.lgbt/blobcatcry.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobcatcry:" title=":blobcatcry:"> (first segment in the video)</p><p>They are being replaced with e-books or their more expensive trade paperback jcousins.</p><p><a href="/tags/ebooks/" rel="tag">#ebooks</a> <a href="/tags/massmarket/" rel="tag">#MassMarket</a> <a href="/tags/trade/" rel="tag">#Trade</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/massmarketpaperbacks/" rel="tag">#MassMarketPaperbacks</a> <a href="/tags/readerlink/" rel="tag">#ReaderLink</a> <a href="/tags/danielgreene/" rel="tag">#DanielGreene</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/z6EqhaBCAK4?si=Jl8Whk5dIUvfM355" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="youtu.be/z6EqhaBCAK4?si=Jl8Whk5dIUvfM355"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/z6EqhaBCAK4?si=Jl8Whk</span><span class="invisible">5dIUvfM355</span></a></p>

<p>&quot;Call me Ishmael.&quot;</p><p>Readers dive into New Bedford Whaling Museum&#x27;s 30th &#x27;Moby-Dick&#x27; marathon</p><p>by Andrea Shea</p><p><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/01/new-bedford-whaling-museum-moby-dick-marathon" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/01/new-bedford-whaling-museum-moby-dick-marathon"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/01/n</span><span class="invisible">ew-bedford-whaling-museum-moby-dick-marathon</span></a></p><p>Moby-Dick at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2701</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do:...&quot;</p><p>Lewis Carroll’s Personal Copy of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ Returns to its ‘Spiritual Home’ in Oxford</p><p>The book has been donated jointly to Christ Church and the Bodleian Library, which are both part of the University of Oxford</p><p>by Sarah Kuta </p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lewis-carrolls-personal-copy-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-in-oxford-180987910/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lewis-carrolls-personal-copy-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-in-oxford-180987910/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-n</span><span class="invisible">ews/lewis-carrolls-personal-copy-of-alices-adventures-in-wonderland-returns-to-its-spiritual-home-in-oxford-180987910/</span></a></p><p>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1859</p><p>Wilkie Collins&#x27;s The Woman in White, an early example of mystery fiction, begins serialisation in All the Year Round.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)#" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_in_White_(novel)#"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woma</span><span class="invisible">n_in_White_(novel)#</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Year_Round" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Year_Round"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_</span><span class="invisible">Year_Round</span></a></p><p><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/583" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/583</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>4 Forgotten Female Authors Who Inspired Jane Austen</p><p><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/forgotten-female-authors-who-inspired-jane-austen?utm_source=RSS" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.mentalfloss.com/literature/authors/forgotten-female-authors-who-inspired-jane-austen?utm_source=RSS"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.mentalfloss.com/literature</span><span class="invisible">/authors/forgotten-female-authors-who-inspired-jane-austen?utm_source=RSS</span></a></p><p>Books at PG by:</p><p>Frances Burney</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2010" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2010"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/2010</span></a></p><p>Maria Edgeworth </p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/630" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/630"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/630</span></a></p><p>Charlotte Smith</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41281" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41281"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/41281</span></a></p><p>Elizabeth Inchbald</p><p><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1305" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1305"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/1305</span></a></p><p>Maria Edgeworth </p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1919.</p><p>The Großes Schauspielhaus opens as a theater in Berlin, with an interior designed by Hans Poelzig. It begins with the director Max Reinhardt&#x27;s production of the Oresteia.</p><p>The House of Atreus at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8604" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8604</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/theatre/" rel="tag">#theatre</a></p>

<p>Is beauty natural?</p><p>Charles Darwin was as fascinated by extravagant ornament in nature as Jane Austen was in culture. Did their explanations agree?</p><p>By Abigail Tulenko via @aeonmag </p><p><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/how-austen-and-darwin-converged-on-the-question-of-beauty" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="aeon.co/essays/how-austen-and-darwin-converged-on-the-question-of-beauty"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aeon.co/essays/how-austen-and-</span><span class="invisible">darwin-converged-on-the-question-of-beauty</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/6aLdwI044RquLmAqSQ9PS1" rel="nofollow">Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗 <br>by Eric Posner &amp; Glen Weyl.</p><p>Proposes a number of dramatic reforms to foundational institutions: including property, voting &amp; migration. A perennial auction of property would result in shared public ownership funding a basic income and ensuring more efficient use of capital - this one challenged my deep set conception of ownership &amp; control. Quadratic voting would enable citizens to give more democratic weight to issues of more concern to them - fantastic, we should do this! Would love to see these ideas get consideration and trial runs. We desperately need more creative thinking along these lines. No consideration given to environmental limits.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/nonfiction/" rel="tag">#NonFiction</a> <a href="/tags/radicalxchange/" rel="tag">#RadicalxChange</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&amp;q=https://reviewdb.app/book/2G3htL7jOiEzcAHQtNoYuw" rel="nofollow">The Shadow of the Wind</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.</p><p>A rare book sets a teenage boy on a path of mystery, love &amp; revenge. This was nearly great, with an intriguing setup, smooth prose, vibrant characters and an evocative sense of time &amp; place (mid-century Barcelona). But it ran out of steam with repetitive storytelling and too much exposition. And nearly all the men were incorrigible womanisers.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/historicfiction/" rel="tag">#HistoricFiction</a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

<p>This week&#x27;s <a href="/tags/newbooks/" rel="tag">#NewBooks</a> at the library: An early review copy of the 3-volume The Princeton Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs. What will you be doing with your January? Well...</p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/fossilfriday/" rel="tag">#FossilFriday</a> <a href="/tags/fossils/" rel="tag">#Fossils</a> <a href="/tags/paleontology/" rel="tag">#Paleontology</a> <a href="/tags/palaeontology/" rel="tag">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="/tags/dinosaurs/" rel="tag">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="/tags/scicomm/" rel="tag">#Scicomm</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonupress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princetonupress</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>

<p>&quot;The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the light of the future, not of the present.&quot;</p><p>Swedish writer Ellen Key was born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1849.</p><p>She on many subjects in the fields of family life, ethics and education and was an important figure in the Modern Breakthrough movement. She was an early advocate of a child-centered approach to education and parenting, and was also a suffragist.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Key" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Key"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ke</span><span class="invisible">y</span></a></p><p>Ellen Key at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/502" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/502"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/502</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a></p>

<p>Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The Woman Who Unraveled the Stars</p><p>By: Akshita Singh </p><p><a href="https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/famous-astronomers/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin-the-woman-who-unraveled-the-stars/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/famous-astronomers/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin-the-woman-who-unraveled-the-stars/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-</span><span class="invisible">resources/famous-astronomers/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin-the-woman-who-unraveled-the-stars/</span></a></p><p>Her PhD thesis is available at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73996" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73996</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/astrophysics/" rel="tag">#astrophysics</a></p>

<p>Fimbulvetr: When the Medieval World Saw the Sun Go Dark</p><p>In the medieval world, strange signs in the sky were rarely ignored. In AD 536, when the sun seemed to lose its light and the climate turned harsh, that catastrophe may have been remembered in the terrifying Norse legend of Fimbulvetr.</p><p>By Andrea Maraschi</p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2026/01/fimbulvetr-medieval/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.medievalists.net/2026/01/fimbulvetr-medieval/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.medievalists.net/2026/01/f</span><span class="invisible">imbulvetr-medieval/</span></a></p><p>Norse mythology at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4932" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/4932"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje</span><span class="invisible">ct/4932</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/mythology/" rel="tag">#mythology</a></p>

<p>finished reading <a href="https://eggplant.place/search?r=1&q=https://reviewdb.app/book/6MWX5CEccFd13hUITZoHJC" rel="nofollow">Foreign Soil</a> 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 <br>by Maxine Beneba Clarke.</p><p>Short stories about being coloured in a white world. Hard-hitting, often left hanging without resolution, just the discomfort of injustice.</p><p><a href="/tags/bookreview/" rel="tag">#BookReview</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@wildwoila" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>WildWoila</span></a></span> @wildwoila@wyrms.de<br></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1884.</p><p>The first London publication of Mark Twain&#x27;s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn occurs.</p><p>Twain initially conceived of the work as a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer that would follow Huckleberry Finn through adulthood. He worked on the manuscript off and on for the next several years, ultimately abandoning his original plan of following Huck&#x27;s development into adulthood. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventur</span><span class="invisible">es_of_Huckleberry_Finn</span></a></p><p>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/76" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/76</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>📚 Quicksilver by: Callie Hart</p><p>Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate.</p><p>Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen’s reservoirs for as long as she can...</p><p><a href="https://bookblabla.com/book/quicksilver" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bookblabla.com/book/quicksilver"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookblabla.com/book/quicksilve</span><span class="invisible">r</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="/tags/libraries/" rel="tag">#libraries</a> <a href="/tags/fiction/" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/fantasyfiction/" rel="tag">#fantasyfiction</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/romancefiction/" rel="tag">#romancefiction</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1908.</p><p>Cuala Press, set up at Churchtown, Dublin, as a private press independent of the former Dun Emer Press in connection with the Irish Literary Revival and Arts and Crafts movement by Elizabeth &quot;Lolly&quot; Yeats with editorial support from her brother W. B. Yeats, produces its first publication, Poetry and Ireland: Essays by W. B. Yeats and Lionel Johnson (died 1902).</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuala_Press" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuala_Press"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuala_Pr</span><span class="invisible">ess</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>&quot;I saw you - and from that day<br>I see only you in the world.&quot;</p><p>Johan Henric Kellgren, born <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1751, was a Swedish poet and critic.</p><p>Kellgren began as a tutor and later worked as a journalist and editor for Stockholms Posten, where he gained a reputation as a sharp and influential critic. Notable works include &quot;Mina Löjen&quot;, which blends satire with lyrical beauty, and &quot;Den nya skapelsen&quot;, which highlights themes of renewal &amp; enlightenment.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Henric_Kellgren" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Henric_Kellgren"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_He</span><span class="invisible">nric_Kellgren</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>&quot;A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.&quot;</p><p>Godfrey Harold Hardy, who died <a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1947, was an English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory &amp; mathematical analysis.</p><p>In biology, he is known for the Hardy–Weinberg principle, a basic principle of population genetics.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._H._Hardy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._H._Hardy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._H._Ha</span><span class="invisible">rdy</span></a></p><p>Books by G.H. Hardy at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/39236" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/39236"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho</span><span class="invisible">r/39236</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/mathematics/" rel="tag">#mathematics</a></p>

<p>&quot;Ask no questions, and you&#x27;ll be told no lies.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1860.</p><p>Charles Dickens&#x27;s Bildungsroman Great Expectations begins serialization in All the Year Round. Although intended for weekly publication, Great Expectations was divided into nine monthly sections, with new pagination for each.</p><p>Great Expectations at PG:<br><a href="https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1400" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gutenberg.org/ebooks/1400</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p>My mom, who lives in a trans-hostile state, told me she wants to read more books about trans people&#x27;s experiences so that she&#x27;ll be better equipped to respond when she encounters people with bigoted opinions. Go Mom.</p><p>What books/authors have particularly resonated with you, that you would recommend? 🏳️‍⚧️</p><p><a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#transgender</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtqia/" rel="tag">#LGBTQIA</a> <a href="/tags/lgbtq/" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/reading/" rel="tag">#reading</a></p>

<p>&quot;Was that, then, the way we do things? &quot;Not knowing&quot;— was that the way the most profound things happened? ... Was the secret of never escaping from the greater life the secret of living like a sleepwalker?&quot;<br>The Passion According to G.H.</p><p>~Clarice Lispector (December 10, 1920 – December 9, 1977)</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_Lispector" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_Lispector"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_</span><span class="invisible">Lispector</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> in 1822.</p><p>French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a memoir read to the Academy of Sciences, coins the terms linear polarization, circular polarization, and elliptical polarization, and reports a direct refraction experiment verifying his theory that optical rotation is a form of birefringence.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin</span><span class="invisible">-Jean_Fresnel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarization_(waves)" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarization_(waves)"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polariza</span><span class="invisible">tion_(waves)</span></a></p><p>The wave theory of light is available at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://archive.org/details/wavetheoryofligh00crewrich" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/wavetheoryofligh00crewrich"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/wavetheory</span><span class="invisible">ofligh00crewrich</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/physics/" rel="tag">#physics</a></p>