http://significantobjects.com/2009/12/28/pincushion-owl/ $4,221.93 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:02:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://significantobjects.com/2009/12/28/pincushion-owl/comment-page-1/#comment-2774 Hilobrow | Middlebrow is not the solution Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:17:48 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=3289#comment-2774 [...] Objects today, Margaret Wertheim of the admirable Institute for Figuring tells a story about an owl-shaped pincushion and its role in the discovery that Leibniz was right to reject Newton’s notion of absolute space [...] [...] Objects today, Margaret Wertheim of the admirable Institute for Figuring tells a story about an owl-shaped pincushion and its role in the discovery that Leibniz was right to reject Newton’s notion of absolute space [...]

]]> http://significantobjects.com/2009/12/28/pincushion-owl/comment-page-1/#comment-2396 Joshua Glenn Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:18:40 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=3289#comment-2396 Mine, too. Mine, too.

]]> http://significantobjects.com/2009/12/28/pincushion-owl/comment-page-1/#comment-2380 Declan Hobbes Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:25:41 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=3289#comment-2380 Absolutely incredible. Margaret Wertheim is now my hero. Absolutely incredible. Margaret Wertheim is now my hero.

]]> http://significantobjects.com/2009/12/28/pincushion-owl/comment-page-1/#comment-2334 Quick update | Significant Objects Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:25:17 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=3289#comment-2334 [...] digs Margaret Wertheim’s Owl Pincushion Story in a post [...] [...] digs Margaret Wertheim’s Owl Pincushion Story in a post [...]

]]> http://significantobjects.com/2009/12/28/pincushion-owl/comment-page-1/#comment-2330 C. Aric Hanley Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:52:33 +0000 http://significantobjects.com/?p=3289#comment-2330 Wonderful, truly wonderful. The idea of a pincushion holding spacetime together is, in itself, unique but to tether it to such real world articles of science and philosophy was exciting indeed. Wonderful, truly wonderful. The idea of a pincushion holding spacetime together is, in itself, unique but to tether it to such real world articles of science and philosophy was exciting indeed.

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