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Lädt ... Angels and Ages: A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life (2009)von Adam Gopnik
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Very nice book. I care a lot more about Darwin than Lincoln, but I learned about both and it was interesting to see them compared. The last summary chapter was a little too abstract and hand-wavy for me, but overall a fine book. ( ) Starts out poorly, gets more and more interesting, and then concludes fatuously. I listened to an audiobook, the author reads his own work. He makes Darwin sound very pert, and as far as I can remember, gives Lincoln no special voice at all. I think he is trying to sneak up on his thesis just like Darwin did in the "Origin of Species", but, because his thesis is pretty much empty, that does not work so well. The parallels that are drawn between the two famous contemporaries are not nearly as forced as one would expect them to be. The thesis of this book seems to be that both Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin contributed to modern life in ways beyond the obvious. This book reads like an essay...no footnotes...and pursues various related ideas about religion, war, masterful use of language and society. This is the kind of book that frustrates me because it appears to be written to show what the writer knows rather than to engage the reader. I'm an expert neither in Lincoln/American History nor Darwin/science. I had trouble following the author's points because he dropped in names or other references without explaining them or giving any context. This is a great read, especially on Lincoln. Gopnik understands what Lincoln's view of life was, and how important the law and Shakespeare was to his rhetoric. This is a splendid read for me who has visited the Soldiers Home in Washington,where Lincoln spent the summer months, and Springfield Illinois, where the parks service has a great tour of the man's house and outbuildings. As far as Darwin is concerned, I knew nothing of him or his works, and now will read some, influenced by Gopnik. The author seems to argue that the individual religious experience can control life, while science goes its merry way. He does not like fundamentalists, nor do I, and he argues persuasively that they are crazy. This is two for two on Adam Gopnik's books for me. Having started this one so close on the heels of Paris to the Moon, I see now that it's not just the subject that's presenting a problem. In general, I find Lincoln and Darwin far more interesting subjects than I do Paris, but author's style at times stands between his ideas and his reader (this reader, anyway). Without being especially ornate or flowery, Gopnik still managed to construct sentences that elude ready understanding, and I can't understand why. His points are not so difficult or subtle as to require that ponderous style. I admit that they are interesting, but they don't quite rise to the level of compelling. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
On February 12, 1809, two men were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English country estate. Each would see his life's work inspire a stark change in mankind's understanding of itself. In this bicentennial twin portrait, Adam Gopnik shows how these two giants, who never met, altered the way we think about death and time--about the very nature of earthly existence. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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