Posted by Peter Ceresole on March 04, 2006 at 11:22:02 from 80.177.22.49 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: History of Science (was Map dowsing) posted by Mr Idisagreewithandybtoo but hedoesn'tcarecoshe's goingto Norwayinthemorning on March 04, 2006 at 00:43:19:
As for Lewis Wolpert, well I prefer Lewis Carroll
Oh, surely not. Wolpert is a splendid man who is a serious scientist and has also written interesting books. Carroll was a mathmo who also wrote interesting books. I agree it's close, but I go for the cheerful and interesting Wolpert.