John Monahan has collected a history of science in a highly readable form. Ranging from Archimedes to von Braun, Monahan includes a concise but interesting biography that includes life details and great achievements of scientists and thinkers. Ah, but there is a twist.
All of these thinkers probably contributed as forerunners to the "mad scientist" genre- did you know that Hypatia was chased by an angry mob and torn apart? Such a nice lady, though. Did you know that Joseph Priestley was also chased from his home by angry mobs- which burned down his home, his neighbors homes, and his patron's home? Yeah.
These lives inspired Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, the crazy man with wild hair... Monahan brings up interesting bits of life and science, and encouraged further interest.
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All of these thinkers probably contributed as forerunners to the "mad scientist" genre- did you know that Hypatia was chased by an angry mob and torn apart? Such a nice lady, though. Did you know that Joseph Priestley was also chased from his home by angry mobs- which burned down his home, his neighbors homes, and his patron's home? Yeah.
These lives inspired Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, the crazy man with wild hair... Monahan brings up interesting bits of life and science, and encouraged further interest.
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