philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Oct 18, 2023 23:33:04 GMT
The October 14 issue of the Economist that just came out has an article on page 68 describing the similarities between philately and some scientific fields. I thought some of you might enjoy reading it. Someone here uses the Rutherford quote about physics and stamp collecting - um hrdoktorx maybe? - they used that quote in the article, too. |
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angore
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Post by angore on Oct 19, 2023 11:55:31 GMT
What was the quote?
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philatelia
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Post by philatelia on Oct 19, 2023 12:04:06 GMT
The Rutherford quote according to Oxford reference is Ernest Rutherford 1871–1937 New Zealand physicist All science is either physics or stamp collecting. J. B. Birks Rutherford at Manchester (1962) |
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FDI
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Post by FDI on Oct 20, 2023 1:10:33 GMT
I like the last sentence: "But you need more than that to work out how a postal service operates."
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Oct 20, 2023 11:06:36 GMT
Indeed, I use that quote in my signature. But for me it means there are only two sciences: physics and philately. Both of which I practice. All others are derivatives of these two.  |
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marki
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Post by marki on Oct 21, 2023 11:52:42 GMT
The October 14 issue of the Economist that just came out has an article on page 68 describing the similarities between philately and some scientific fields. Thanks for the reference! Will gladly do. And speaking about famous references to philately, here’s another one, coming from none else than the Eric Hobsbawm, the famous historian. He roughly says that ‘there are stamp collectors and then there are historians, let us not confuse them’. I strongly tend to disagree with it but it still haunts me to day🙂. |
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Post by greaden on Oct 21, 2023 14:42:45 GMT
The October 14 issue of the Economist that just came out has an article on page 68 describing the similarities between philately and some scientific fields. Thanks for the reference! Will gladly do. And speaking about famous references to philately, here’s another one, coming from none else than the Eric Hobsbawm, the famous historian. He roughly says that ‘there are stamp collectors and then there are historians, let us not confuse them’. I strongly tend to disagree with it but it still haunts me to day🙂. Borrowing from Clausewitz ("war is politics by other means"), stamp collecting is history by other means. Surely a social historian in the mold of Hobsbawm would get the value of the data philatelists have collectively compiled. |
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