Years ago, I was employed by a manufacturing firm that was overflowing with engineers. Manufacturing engineers, design engineers, optical engineers, even a civil engineer; not a day went by that I didn’t have easily a dozen conversations with some of the most highly skilled people with whom it has ever been my pleasure to work. […]
When the advance reading copy of Robyn Arianrhod’s forthcoming “Thomas Harriot; A Life in Science” arrived from Oxford University Press last month, I’ll admit the first thought that entered my mind was “Who?” But after delving into it, I’m increasingly of the opinion that that is really the reason behind why Dr. Arianrhod likely wrote the book in the first place.