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Isaac Newton’s hand-written revisions to Principia fetch $2.35 million

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Mike Hanlon

Written in Latin and covering one and a half pages of 220 x 189-mm paper, the heavily-corrected draft is dated from May to July 1694 and features a total of 39 lines in Newton’s hand

One of the most valuable scientific documents in history changed hands this week, when an autographed Isaac Newton manuscript of revisions to three sections of the first edition of the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica sold at Christie’s in London for £1,702,500 (about US$2,350,000).

Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle

Tags: Christie’s, Newton, Auction, Books

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Ask Slashdot: Because of Social Media, Are We Reading Fewer Books?

Posted on July 12, 2021 by EditorDavid

Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes:

Twitter did something that I would not have thought possible: It stole reading from me,” argues a former New Yorker writer (who was once nominated for the Pulitzer Prize). In a new piece in the Atlantic t… Continue reading Ask Slashdot: Because of Social Media, Are We Reading Fewer Books?→

TikTok is Taking the Book Industry By Storm, and Retailers Are Taking Notice

Posted on July 6, 2021 by msmash

An anonymous reader shares a report: Author Adam Silvera four years ago released the young adult science fiction novel “They Both Die at the End,” which found success and landed a few weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. But years later in Augu… Continue reading TikTok is Taking the Book Industry By Storm, and Retailers Are Taking Notice→

Paul van Oorschot’s Computer Security and the Internet

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Bruce Schneier

Paul van Oorschot’s webpage contains a complete copy of his book: Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels. It’s worth reading.
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Would It Even Be Possible to Communicate with an Alien?

Posted on May 29, 2021 by EditorDavid

The senior technology editor at Ars Technica checked the plausibility of Andy Weir’s new science fiction novel Project Hail Mary with an actual professor of linguistics and cognitive science at Northern Illinois University.

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Book Sale: Beyond Fear

Posted on May 12, 2021 by Bruce Schneier

I have 80 copies of my 2000 book Beyond Fear available at the very cheap price of $5 plus shipping. Note that there is a 20% chance that your book will have a “BT Counterpane” sticker on the front cover.
Order your signed copy here.
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Second Click Here to Kill Everybody Sale

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Bruce Schneier

For a limited time, I am selling signed copies of Click Here to Kill Everybody in hardcover for just $6, plus shipping.
I have 600 copies of the book available. When they’re gone, the sale is over and the price will revert to normal.
Order here.
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Popular Science Is Now a Fully Digital Magazine

Posted on April 27, 2021 by BeauHD

kackle writes: I just received an email telling me that “Popular Science” magazine is no more. That is, it is to be delivered to readers from now on only via ones and zeros. I can’t say I had a subscription since its beginnings in 1872, but I did learn… Continue reading Popular Science Is Now a Fully Digital Magazine→

World Book Day: Cybersecurity’s Quietest Celebration

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Joe Pettit

The last time you were in a library, or a bookstore, you probably noticed how quiet it was. This doesn’t mean that people weren’t excited, or downright celebrating, they were engaged in a different method of celebration; the kind that takes place betw… Continue reading World Book Day: Cybersecurity’s Quietest Celebration→

New Book! The Best of TaoSecurity Blog, Volume 4

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Richard Bejtlich

I’ve completed the TaoSecurity Blog book series.The new book is The Best of TaoSecurity Blog, Volume 4: Beyond the Blog with Articles, Testimony, and Scholarship. It’s available now for Kindle, and I’m working on the print edition.&nbsp… Continue reading New Book! The Best of TaoSecurity Blog, Volume 4→