But Newton was expressing the truth that all science proceeds from previous achievements — and even the most famous scientists relied on the diligent and sometimes thankless work of their little ...
If Henri Bergson were alive, or even remembered, they would get more. In his heyday—in the 15 years or so before the first world war—Bergson was the most famous man in the world, Emily Herring, a ...
Parkin’s chief accomplishment, however, has been to unshackle an important story from its many and complex ties to botany, genetics and developmental science, and lend it a real edge of human ...