Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought)

Scientists have a reputation for being focused on their workand maybe even dull.

But take another look. Did you know that its believed Galileo was scolded by the Roman Inquisition for sassing his mom?

That Isaac Newton loved to examine soap bubbles? That Albert Einstein loved to collect joke books, andthat geneticist Barbara McClintock wore a Groucho Marx disguise in public?

With juicy tidbits about everything from favorite foods to first loves, the subjects of Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Hewitts Lives of the Scientists: Experiments, Explosions (and What the Neighbors Thought) are revealed as creative, bold, sometimes eccentricand anything but dull.