Rather readable interesting book. Talks about how ordinary people furthered science in general and not, unlike the popular opinion, the institutions and various other 'Great Men'(Think Newton). While they did advance the theoretical part of science, the physical experimentation always had to be carried out first - Galileo proved that the maximum range for a fired projectile would be when it was 45 degrees from the normal, but this wasn't anything new to the officers at the Vatican Arsenal.
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