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The march of science has been marked through the years by episodes of drama and comedy, of failure as well as triumph, by outrageous strokes of luck, deserved and undeserved, and sometimes by human tragedy. From the death of Archimedes at the hands of an irritated Roman soldier to the... read more
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There was once a cleric in rural England, who used to enliven his sermons with dramatic asides, prefaced by the following appeal to the Almighty: 'And if, oh Lord, this lesson be not clear, permit thy servant to illustrate it with an anecdote ...'
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- W. B. Gratzer (Author)
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