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Scientists Whose Notebooks Reveal How Discovery Happens

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People Whose Correspondence Reveals an Extraordinary Mind
People Whose Correspondence Reveals an Extraordinary Mind
by curious_compiler  • 
5 in common: Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and 3 more
For a biography reader, letters can reveal how an idea is tested, explained or turned into a piece of work. These are my choices across science, literature, art, philosophy and public life, using...
People
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Scientists Who Were Exceptional Public Communicators
Scientists Who Were Exceptional Public Communicators
by curious_compiler  • 
4 in common: Humphry Davy, Michael Faraday and 2 more
Explaining science well is a skill of its own, and it is rarer among working researchers than it should be. This list picks scientists with real research careers who also explained their fields...
People
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People Whose Lives Make a Good Starting Point for Biography Readers
People Whose Lives Make a Good Starting Point for Biography Readers
by curious_compiler  • 
3 in common: Charles Darwin, Srinivasa Ramanujan and 1 more
A good first biography gives you a person to follow and a wider world to explore. These lives offer routes into science, art, public life and business through specific, researched books. The...
People
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People Who Combined Scientific and Artistic Careers
People Who Combined Scientific and Artistic Careers
by curious_compiler  • 
2 in common: Leonardo da Vinci and Richard Feynman
A few people have done serious work in both a laboratory and a studio, judged by two sets of peers who rarely talk to each other. This list, roughly in date order, includes painters who invented...
People
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Scientists Who Helped Build New Research Institutions
Scientists Who Helped Build New Research Institutions
by curious_compiler  • 
2 in common: Louis Pasteur and Marie Curie
Laboratories, observatories and institutes do not appear by themselves. Someone has to raise the money, persuade governments, hire people and design a place where others can do their best work...
People
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People Who Changed How We Measure the World
People Who Changed How We Measure the World
by curious_compiler  • 
2 in common: Antoine Lavoisier and Marie Curie
A measurement becomes useful when other people can compare it, repeat it or understand its uncertainty. These are my choices across observation, practical standards and statistics: people who...
People
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People Who Built a New Career in a Different Country
People Who Built a New Career in a Different Country
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Alexander Graham Bell
Moving countries usually means starting again: a new language, unrecognised qualifications, new networks and sometimes hostility. This list follows writers, inventors, dancers, filmmakers, cooks...
People
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Researchers Who Made Long-Term Observation Their Life's Work
Researchers Who Made Long-Term Observation Their Life's Work
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Jane Goodall
Some discoveries only appear after decades of patient watching: a cycle in sunspots, a rising line of carbon dioxide, a chimpanzee family's changing fortunes. This list follows researchers who...
People
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People Whose Apprenticeships Shaped an Unusual Career
People Whose Apprenticeships Shaped an Unusual Career
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Michael Faraday
Apprenticeship rarely gets the credit that a university degree does, yet many remarkable careers started with years of hands-on training in a workshop, kitchen, print shop or tailor's. This list...
People
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Scientists Whose Careers Crossed Disciplinary Boundaries
Scientists Whose Careers Crossed Disciplinary Boundaries
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Rosalind Franklin
Some of the biggest advances in science came from people who walked into a field they were not trained in, carrying tools and questions from another: physicists who turned to genes, a...
People
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Women Scientists Whose Contributions Were Recognised Late
Women Scientists Whose Contributions Were Recognised Late
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Rosalind Franklin
The history of science is full of women whose discoveries were credited to others, ignored or only properly acknowledged decades later. This list, in rough order of when the work was done, gives...
People
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People Who Did Landmark Work After Fifty
People Who Did Landmark Work After Fifty
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Galileo Galilei
A career does not have to follow one early rise. These people published influential books, made distinctive artworks, developed important tools or built new programmes after their fiftieth...
People
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Scientists Who Changed Their Minds in Public
Scientists Who Changed Their Minds in Public
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Albert Einstein
Science is meant to change its mind when the evidence does, but it is rarer to see one person say so openly. This list collects scientists on record revising a view they had argued for, in print...
People
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People Whose Day Jobs Supported Remarkable Creative Work
People Whose Day Jobs Supported Remarkable Creative Work
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Albert Einstein
Not every great writer, composer or artist lived on their art. These people kept substantial paid jobs, in insurance, medicine, banks, libraries, customs houses, laboratories and nurseries, while...
People
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People Who Made Collaboration Their Greatest Strength
People Who Made Collaboration Their Greatest Strength
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Marie Curie
Biographies love a lone genius, but many of the most influential careers were built in pairs and small teams. This list follows scientists, inventors, designers, writers, composers, filmmakers...
People
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People Who Made Difficult Subjects Easier to Understand
People Who Made Difficult Subjects Easier to Understand
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Richard Feynman
A clear explanation gives you something you can use: a question to ask, a picture to think with or a connection to follow. These are my choices for sustained public communication across science...
People
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LGBTQ Rights Campaigners with Lasting Legislative Impact
LGBTQ Rights Campaigners with Lasting Legislative Impact
by curious_compiler  • 
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Most LGBTQ legal change came through a long relay between campaigners, plaintiffs, lawyers and legislators: a petition or a test case, a court ruling, then a law that a later parliament could...
Politics
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Campaigners Who Made Public Information More Accessible
Campaigners Who Made Public Information More Accessible
by curious_compiler  • 
More from curious_compiler
A right to see government information means little if the records are locked in a filing cabinet, priced out of reach or published in a form nobody can use. This list is about the people who...
Politics
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Critics Who Help Readers Notice More
Critics Who Help Readers Notice More
by curious_compiler  • 
More from curious_compiler
The best critics do not just tell you what to think of a painting, film, building, dance or album; they teach you where to look and listen, so you notice more the next time without them. This list...
Arts & Design
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