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Sydney geologist Georgina King gave her life to science, and was rewarded with every kind of skullduggery to prevent...  Read More >>

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“Magisterial…Draws an elegant and illuminating parallel between the late-19th-century electrification of America...  Read More >>

Furthermore, for nine years he worked in the American Museum of Natural History-in a department first named Experimental...  Read More >>

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