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“The Greywacke is, if you like, a classic history of science book. And it’s really, really fun. Nick Davidson paints a picture of these three Victorian geologists, at a time when many scientists were gentlemen; wealthy men who didn’t need to earn a living. Many, I’m sure, were very bright and enquiring, and wanted to do something other than just… go hunting, or whatever it was rich men did. It was a sort of fashion in the 19th century to try to understand mountains and fossils.” Read more...
The Best Popular Science Books of 2022: The Royal Society Book Prize
