“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that,” said Mr. Green, “And how did he die?” “He went to London on business and had a high fever. The doctor couldn’t save him and he died in the capital.” “How many times had your father been to London?” ...
Although I knew that the project would be a chore, I didn’t expect it to be an act of martyrdom. Little did I realize that violating firmly held traditions can raise a tsunami of opposition. The idea of moving critically ill patients into a chair was regarded as off‑the‑wall. Ini...
German meteorologist and geophysicist Alfred Wegener was the first person to formulate a complete statement of the continental drift hypothesis. Previous scientists had explained the separation of the modern world’s continents as having resulted from the subsidence, or sinking, of large portions of an...