This work was called up by Napoleon
I never came across this term "call up" when it refers to work, any direction to understand this one is apperciated
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That's the theory we have one main force and in other little tugs. How do you treat that mathematically? He pioneers that, solves it for the solar system, demonstrates that the solar system is stable far beyond anything Newton had imagined. This work was called up by Napoleon, Napoleon was not only everything we know him to be he was a great reader of mechanics and physics books.
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Any book can be called "a work". , the set of five volumes) referred to here is Laplace's Celestial Mechanics . In the given sentence, 'called up' can mean something as simple as 'mentioned'.
- Any book can be called "a work".
- , the set of five volumes) referred to here is Laplace's Celestial Mechanics .
- In the given sentence, 'called up' can mean something as simple as 'mentioned'.
- Napoleon mentioned this book by Laplace .
- , 'ordered it to be brought to him' (so he could read it).
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Any book can be called "a work". The work (i.e., the set of five volumes) referred to here is Laplace's Celestial Mechanics.
In the given sentence, 'called up' can mean something as simple as 'mentioned'. Napoleon mentioned this book by Laplace.
Or it can mean 'summoned up', i.e., 'ordered it to be brought to him' (so he could read it). Napoleon had a librarian
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In a courtroom, witnesses are called up to testify, that is, to provide evidence. It can have the same connotation here.
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