Frank’s Comments (group member since Feb 12, 2012)

Frank’s comments from the The Aspiring Polymath's Society group.

Hello Iona! Welcome to the Society. It is always great to have new people who are looking to learn more about the world around them in every facet as possible. I am also moderately fluent in French so there might be something we can do as a group to pass along our linguistic abilities. It sounds however as if you have a marvelous path laid out ahead of you. I hope all the best in your endeavors and look forward to learning with you.

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Frank

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?

Vanessa wrote: "Hello, I'm Vanessa from California.

My interests include yoga, drawing (anything really), adventuring (from walking randomly to tide pooling), food (eating and cooking it), writing (creatively,..."

Hi Vanessa! It's great to meet you. Welcome to the Society. We are in the process of revamping the works and getting the group more active. Best of fortune in your educational endeavors. If there is any topic you wish to discuss or read about, let us know and we'll put it on the list.

We will have a more comprehensive introduction and guidebook in the weeks to come. So be looking forward to that.

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Frank

I think we should take a turn for more a more historical topic. I have been looking at this book and am absolutely fascinated by the topic. Anyone who has seen the movie "Elizabeth" would agree. While I know the movie was not quite completely accurate, they still add in this story throughout and hold true to most of the actual events in Sir Walsingham's life and service to Queen Elizabeth I. Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage

Hello fellow bibliophiles!

I am currently a Military and Medieval Historian with a fair amount of knowledge in weaponry and technologies used in warfare over the last millennium. Anything you would imagine seeing at a Renaissance Fair, I know the real story, or at least most of it.

I read all kinds of books, mostly those that will teach me something I don't know and truly wish to. If anything I want to learn more about the history of science and how our technology developed. I would also love to learn about astronomy and physics. If I was better at math, I probably would have been an engineer, but sadly, calculus bested me.

I think this is going to be a fun group with like-minded people who have a passion for learning...anything!