{"id":3093,"date":"2012-03-30T07:54:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T12:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=3093"},"modified":"2012-03-30T07:54:14","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T12:54:14","slug":"traces-thomas-hariot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=3093","title":{"rendered":"TRACES OF THOMAS HARIOT"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Traces of Thomas Hariot<\/a>” by Muriel Rukeyser is one of those books I have found fascinating . It connects the dots in \u00a0a period of time, showing just how interconnected men of science were despite the complications of communication and travel. I had studied Elizabethan Drama in school.<\/p>\n

A renaissance man in the true sense of the word. As always, the context of time is important, Many of the theories to which Hariot subscribed were considered heresy; the reason he never published and was so secretive. He belonged to a group known as “the school of night<\/a>“. Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Francis Drake and Christopher Marlowe were also members. Thomas Kyd was tortured to death because a of a letter containing heresy was found in his apartment; one that he had shared with Christopher Marlowe.<\/p>\n

The author had to find references concerning \u00a0Thomas Hariot since he could never publish. I was reminded of the search again when I was asked for a press review of my sailing achievements. As far as a I know there are none. \u00a0So how do I prove my achievements, such as they are? I don’t exist without a piece of paper? Something we have all joked about; but I was suddenly faced with exactly that problem. More recently one is given a certificate of participation in many regattas and races, but nothing like that existed in my time.<\/p>\n