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Book Summary
Following the successful Lost to Time comes this fascinating companion volume on
science from bestselling author Kitty Ferguson.
Acclaimed popular science writer Kitty Ferguson investigates little-explored
byroads in the history of science, from Johannes Kepler's nearly disastrous
venture into the realm of science fiction to a mid-twentieth-century experiment
involving cats and rocket fuel. She introduces such underappreciated geniuses as
Mary the Jewess, first-century ancestress of modern chemistry, and Lise Meitner,
whose role in the discovery of nuclear fission the Nobel committee ignored, and
takes us on astounding adventures with the likes of Jesuit astronomer Ferdinand
Verbiest, who invented the first automobile and saved his own life by winning
Following the successful Lost to Time comes this fascinating companion volume on
science from bestselling author Kitty Ferguson.
Acclaimed popular science writer Kitty Ferguson investigates little-explored
byroads in the history of science, from Johannes Kepler's nearly disastrous
venture into the realm of science fiction to a mid-twentieth-century experiment
involving cats and rocket fuel. She introduces such underappreciated geniuses as
Mary the Jewess, first-century ancestress of modern chemistry, and Lise Meitner,
whose role in the discovery of nuclear fission the Nobel committee ignored, and
takes us on astounding adventures with the likes of Jesuit astronomer Ferdinand
Verbiest, who invented the first automobile and saved his own life by winning