A little comment

[ignorantianescia]

Having (finally) finished reading God's Philosophers a few days ago, I have to say it was a very enjoyable and vivid read. (Of course, it is not a surprise that people like it, since there has been a cascade of positive reviews and of course this.)

I did have one comment, though, which is regarding page 333 (hardcover) where the paragraph starting with "Galileo's contribution..." reads (about halfway down the paragraph) "The distance travelled (...) is speed multiplied by distance divided by two." I checked whether this has been mentioned yet, but I couldn't find it.

[James Hannam]

Hi there,

Thank you for your message and I'm glad you enjoyed the book.

Thank you also for noting the mistake which has not been picked up before. It should of course be speed multiplied by time divided by two. I'll make sure this gets corrected for the US edition and any future UK reprints.

Alas, it seems impossible to caatch everything!

Thanks again.

Best wishes

James

[bjorn]

Aug 30, 2010 10:52:48 GMT James Hannam said:

Hi there,

Thank you for your message and I'm glad you enjoyed the book.

Thank you also for noting the mistake which has not been picked up before. It should of course be speed multiplied by time divided by two. I'll make sure this gets corrected for the US edition and any future UK reprints.

Alas, it seems impossible to caatch everything!

Not sure about the context, though dividing by 2 seems wrong?

Distance tends to be speed multiplied by time d=s*t

Best
Bjorn-Are

[James Hannam]

Bjorn,

Mean speed is half the final speed.

J

[bjorn]

Aug 30, 2010 13:12:00 GMT James Hannam said:

Bjorn,

Mean speed is half the final speed.

J

Indeed, I was mislead by the quote "The distance travelled (...) is speed multiplied by distance divided by two", thinking it was a constant speed and not a constant acceleration.