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Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell died #OTD in 1879.

He was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism & light as different manifestations of the same phenomenon. Maxwell's equations for electromagnetism have been called the "second great unification in physics" where the first one had been realised by Isaac Newton. via @wikipedia

Books by Maxwell at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1586

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"Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists - with it all things are possible."

~ Ida Tarbell
The History of the Standard Oil Company

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Where to Start With the Work of Tanith Lee

Happy birthday to Tanith Lee!

https://www.tor.com/2023/09/19/where-to-start-with-the-work-of-tanith-lee/

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Bundle of Holding: Ellen Datlow's Tales of Terror

Ellen Datlow Presents Tales of Terror features horror anthologies curated by masterful editor Ellen Datlow, as well as other fiction from Tachyon Publications.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/TerrorTales

Water Worlds: Classic SF Set on Ocean Planets

Five authors who used as settings worlds even damper than the inappropriately-named Earth.

https://www.tor.com/2023/10/12/water-worlds-classic-sf-set-on-ocean-planets/
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New Review - a very smart and powerful horror tale to look out for next week is The Haunting of Alejandra by V Castro https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2023/10/7/the-haunting-of-alejandra-by-v-castro

"Ableism is more than just bias: it's the entire idea that anything can or should be perfect in this universe of entropy and chaos, applied at the level of human bodies and ways of being." - Ashley Shew, Against Technoableism: Rethinking who needs Improvement. #Bookstodon #bookstadon #Reading #Disability #Accessibility #DisabilityStudies

I reviewed this book for the Hugo-winning blog Nerds of a Feather:

www.nerds-feather.com/2023/10/nanoreview-little-red-wolf-by-amelie.html