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An English chemist who was inducted into the elite Royal Society at the age of only 31. Shortly after, Crooke’s brother died at sea; consumed by grief, Crookes embraced the fad of spiritualism and even attempted to make a scientific argument for the plausibility of communicating with the dead. He later renounced spiritualism.
William Crookes Quotes in The Disappearing Spoon
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Chapter 15: An Element of Madness Quotes
Unlike Crookes, or the megalodon hunters, or Pons and Fleischmann, Röntgen labored heroically to fit his findings in with known physics. He didn’t want to be revolutionary.
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William Crookes Character Timeline in The Disappearing Spoon
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Chapter 15: An Element of Madness
...archetype of the “mad scientist” shows how closely scientific brilliance can border on insanity. William Crookes was an English chemist who earned a place in the elite Royal Society at only...
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...animals, and thus some might be tempted to believe that this is what happened to Crookes. However, this is unlikely. Crookes eventually turned away from spiritualism, yet pushed forward with his...
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