Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the

Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought) (Lives of . . .)

Scientists have a reputation for being focused on their workâ€”and maybe even dull. But take another look. Did you know that itâ€™s believed Galileo was scolded by the Roman Inquisition for sassing his mom? That Isaac Newton loved to examine soap bubbles? That Albert Einstein loved to collect joke books, andÂ that geneticist Barbara McClintock wore a Groucho Marx disguise in public? With juicy tidbits about everything from favorite foods to first loves, the subjects of Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Hewittâ€™s Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought) are revealed as creative, bold, sometimes eccentricâ€”and anything but dull.
Country USA
Manufacturer Clarion Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-09-06
Format Kindle eBook

Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought) (Lives of . . .)