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No Need for Geniuses
No Need for Geniuses: Revolutionary Science in the Age of the Guillotine | Steve Jones
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Paris at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science. Its scholars laid the foundations of today's physics, chemistry and biology. They were true revolutionaries: agents of an upheaval both of understanding and (…more)
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funkyfergie
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While I wait for my sister 😁

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Eyejaybee
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This book started well and just got better. A great example of cross-discipline scholarship. Read my goodreads review at : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29845741-no-need-for-geniuses. #science #history #politics #historyofscience #frenchrevolution #france #paris #culture

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Eyejaybee
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Immediately hooked by this intriguing account of the amazing advances in science emerging from Paris during the Revolution, and the prominent role that many of the scientists took in political events. #history #science #historyofscience #paris #france #frenchrevolution #nonfiction #booksandcoffee #caffeineaddict #wakeupandsmellthecoffin #stevejones #noneedforgeniuses #reasonnottheneed

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funkyfergie
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Woo hoo I love book number 2 from my Heywood Hill subscription. Gonna be racing through Hidden figures to get to this next. 😇 #sciencegeek