What have angels, bananas and an Egyptian guy called Philoponus got to do with science?
I’ve been finding out about the history of science over the last couple of years for a non-fiction book series, The Curious Science Quest. This also resulted in a novel that grew out of the odd and intriguing things I discovered: The Curious Crime. Now I’m in the publicity phase for these books, I’ve been asked to put together a list of my favourite strange facts. There were so many to choose from but I had a go and you can read the result here on Toppsta. It covers snoring dolphins and the first medieval smart watch, as well as angels, bananas and that guy called Phil…
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