I’m researching colonial America, and just spent the morning reading a book written in 1660, by one Thomas White. The full title doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue, but here it is: A Manual for Parents: Wherein is Set Down… Read More
Marie Curie, who with her husband won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work with radioactivity, left behind papers which are so radioactive they are kept in a lead-lined box. Researchers must wear protective clothing to see them.
Bill Bryson, A Really Short History of Nearly Everything