Convincing da Vinci?

[Gilmar]

That's the first (and only(!)) story I've read, with a feline major character! It's really cool.

I would also suggest the short story "The Hurkle Is A Happy Beast" by one of my favorite authors, Theodore Sturgeon. Though hurkles are alien critters, not cats, their young are described as "hurkle kittens", and they do seem to have some cat-like attitudes. The story is in 2 collections, "A Way Home" and "The Perfect Host".

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[anduin]

I would bring my iPod.

 

[Schneibster]

I'd explain the Bernoulli and Venturi principles to him, and then Galileo's and Newton's experiments and math. That would be more than sufficient; no one could know that then. He'd think New Math was pretty cool, too.

 

[chran]

Not if your method of convincing him involved a bullet to the back of the head.

Hehe! Evil!

Then you need to rectify that. I'd suggest reading the short story [SIZE=-1]Space-Time for Springers[/SIZE] by Fritz Leiber. You can find it in http://www.amazon.com/Space-Other-Places-Brian-Fawcett/dp/0671721186.

Thank you! I'll check that out. Love those book thingies.

http://www.amazon.com/Leonardos-Notebooks-Leonardo-da-Vinci/dp/1579124577

I'm serious. It is his work. He can recognize that he'd already written a lot of it and hadn't shown anyone. In fact it was written in mirror writing to keep it private. Moreover a lot of it contains stuff he won't have written or have thought about yet. But it is consistent with everything else that he has done, and he'd recognize that.

That may be the most brilliant suggestion yet! Of course he'd recognize his own work. Good thinking, plus I think he'd get a kick out of it

I would also suggest the short story "The Hurkle Is A Happy Beast" by one of my favorite authors, Theodore Sturgeon. Though hurkles are alien critters, not cats, their young are described as "hurkle kittens", and they do seem to have some cat-like attitudes. The story is in 2 collections, "A Way Home" and "The Perfect Host".

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Thread derailing is perfectly acceptable in my threads Thanks for the suggestions! I'll raid my library.

I would bring my iPod.

And what would you play for him?

I'd explain the Bernoulli and Venturi principles to him, and then Galileo's and Newton's experiments and math. That would be more than sufficient; no one could know that then. He'd think New Math was pretty cool, too.

I think so too! I knew about the Bernoulli principle (on the level of: "it makes planes fly"), but hadn't heard about Venturi.

Great suggestions all! Keep 'em coming!