review #7 of 2009
I admit, this was an easy read.
Where the scientists better back in the old days? You could say that it was easier to discover things, because we knew so little. But, we have technologies that make things much easier today, we can communicate with others easier, faster, more reliably. We can type up & easily edit manuscripts. We can get lots more information.
Where are people like Newton, Franklin, Hooke…make brilliant advances in multiple fields.
Where are the people today that overcame obstacles? … like George Washington Carver (born a slave), Lise Meitner (refuse lab space because female)
Best quote: students, trying to scare Georges Cuvier, dressed as a devil, woke Cuvier from his sleep. “Wake up! I have come to eat you.” Cuvier responded, “Creatures with horns and hooves eat grass.”
A quick fun read.
