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Ice Age

by John Gribbin

Recommended by Charlie Munger

Recommended by Charlie Munger

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Science, and History.

On 24 June, 1837 Louis Agassiz stunned the learned members of the Swiss Society of Natural Sciences by addressing them, in his role as President, not with an anticipated lecture on fossil fishes, but with a passionate presentation on the existence of Ice Ages. No one was convinced. He even dragged the reluctant members of the Society up into the mo...

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Charlie Munger

Best work of science exposition and history that I've read in many years!

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