Tom Standage Inspirational Quotes (3)

The mouth of a perfectly contented man is filled with beer. -Egyptian proverb, c. 2200 BCE

By tracing the careers of the four members of the Philosophical Breakfast Club, Laura Snyder has found a wonderful way not just to tell the great stories of 19th-century science, but to bring them vividly to life.

It is a sign of a medium's immaturity when one of the main topics of discussion is the medium itself.