Roll, Isaac, Roll, Part I: Engineering Young and Old 13
| Scientific Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Roll, Isaac, Roll, Part I: Engineering Young and Old 13 |
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| Author(s) | Eric R Laithwaite |
| Published | 1979 |
| Journal | Electrical Review |
| Volume | 204 |
| Number | 7 |
| Pages | 38-41 |
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Abstract
The title for this article was suggested to me by memories of the early days of Pop Music, deplored by my parents' generation, some of whom suggested that it would make the Great Masters turn in their graves . One composer took up this theme and wrote a piece of music that he thought would be particularly offensive to conventionalists and called it "Roll over, Beethoven" . What I have to say now will, I trust, be equally offensive to those among you who have a sound bedrock of fundamental mechanics. But like the popular music, it will not be something on which they can casually turn their backs. It will be as Omar Khayyam described: "The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on ---"