BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWhat other great opening lines do you know?.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down13
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minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 months ago Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died in 1906, by his own hand. Paul Ehrenfest, carrying on his work, died similarly in 1933. Now it is our turn to study statistical mechanics.
minus-squareHorikBrun@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoBest non-fiction opening that sounds like a threat.
minus-squarePringles@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWait, I read this! Can’t remember the name of the book right now though. Edit: Ok, I remember it from a screenshot in a thread about cheeky textbooks
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThis one tops my list, probably followed by the opening to hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy.
Best non-fiction opening that sounds like a threat.
Wait, I read this! Can’t remember the name of the book right now though.
Edit: Ok, I remember it from a screenshot in a thread about cheeky textbooks
This one tops my list, probably followed by the opening to hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy.