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What's the most fascinating tidbit of information you learned from this book?
Margaret Lukens One thing I found especially interesting was the personalities of the people who forged new paths in science. Some were brilliant and modest. Some wer…moreOne thing I found especially interesting was the personalities of the people who forged new paths in science. Some were brilliant and modest. Some were scoundrels, greedy for credit. Some were wrong but praised in their lifetimes (Lord Kelvin) based on the force of their personalities. Others made brilliant discoveries but were shouted down by various established interests. It gave me (and I hope will give other readers) a better sense of how hard it can be to do good science, and how those we often study in school are not as important as those who in their lifetimes retired to the sidelines.(less)
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by Bill Bryson
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