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Review: Early men of science

• bootload 16y ago
  "... Babbage is curmudgeonly and perpetually disappointed; Jones is increasingly rotund, depressive and sweet-hearted; Whewell, a man of formidable physicality, is haunted by feelings of social inferiority; uxorious Herschel is prematurely aged by the rigours of star-gazing. ..." Interesting character observations. The story the book is referring to is important as it's these four who nut out th e fundamentals of science as we now know it. You can read the (legal) excerpt (21) here ~ http://www.scribd.com/doc/46764160/The-Philosophical-Breakfast-Club-by-Laura-J-Snyder-Excerpt http://www.scribd.com/doc/46764160/The-Philosophical-Breakfa...