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Preface, by A. E. Morgan. The shoemaker and his last. Preacher chemist: Joseph Priestley. The count and his beggars: Benjamin Thompson. A musician looks at the stars: William Herschel. Science in a monastery garden: Gregor Mendel. The stonemason of Cromarty: Hugh Miller. A janitor rises to remark: Anton Leeuwenhoek. A scientist battles poverty: Jean Henri Fabre. From indigo to excavation: Heinrich Schliemann. Banker historian: George Grote. Enlightening the doctor: Stephen Hales. The lens-grinding philosopher: Benedict de Spinoza. Today's amateurs.
- Author
- Kevin Guinagh
- Publisher
- Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press
- Published
- 1967
- Language
- EN
- Subjects
- Science, History, Biography
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