Britannica, The Great Ideas Today 1963, a walk through

A walk through of the 1963 supplement to the Great Books of the Western World, published by Britannica, including additions to the Great Books Library
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1963 Contents
Has Man's Conquest of Space Increased Or Diminished His Stature?
A Symposium (Herbert J. Muller, Aldous Huxley, Hannah Arendt, Paul Tillich, Harrison Brown).1-82.
Space In Great Books of the Western World. Editors.74-82.
An Essay On Time: The Tempo of History (An Analysis). Milton Mayer.83-131.
Literature, The Year's Developments In. Saul Bellow 134-179.
Biological Sciences and Medicine, The Year's Developments In. Leonard Engel & Kenneth Brodney 180-225.
Philosophy, Religion, and Theology, The Year's Developments In. John Herman Randall, Jr. 226-277.
Physical Sciences, Technology, and Astronomy, The Year's Developments In.Edward U. Condon 278-357.
Social Sciences, Law, and History, The Year's Developments In. Reuel Denney 358-392.
Death In Venice. Thomas Mann.395-441.
Existentialism. Jean-Paul Sartre.443-462.
Essay On Population. Robert Malthus.463-554.

[@book-ramble]

The great idea of 1963 was my mum and dad deciding to have a baby - thus me, in 1964.

[@nualafaolin7129]

Thanks for another walk-through Jim! I like how you’re typing up the additions to the series! 😄

[@greatbooksbigideas]

It’s fun to haul out the old typewriter every now and then.

[@asdisskagen6487]

I really wish EB had created an index (similar to the one you are creating) for their volumes since they ceased publishing this series in 1998.

[@hollymariereads]

Very much enjoying this series!

[@greatbooksbigideas]

Yay, thank you!

[@renzo6490]

There is a flaw in the Icarus story. The higher you fly in the earth’s atmosphere, the cooler the air becomes.

[@asdisskagen6487]

Ah, yes, but also the *thinner* the air gets, which means less density as well.

[@renzo6490]

@@asdisskagen6487 The myth is based on the idea that the wax which held the feathers on Icarus’ arms MELTED because as he rose higher and higher,he got nearer to the source of the heat. Rising higher into the atmosphere does not bring one into hotter air! The myth is….a myth!

[@asdisskagen6487]

@@renzo6490 At the time the tale was created, humans had no way of knowing that (unless, of course, they were sherpas on Mt Kilimanjaro) 😂