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“There is perhaps a tradition for science fiction books to illustrate unfamiliar conceptualised worlds on their covers. But when judging a book by its cover, even with all the best intentions, I ...

In 1878, long before he died and already an international hero, Louis Pasteur told his family never to show anyone his laboratory notebooks. More than a century later, Gerald Geison, a professor ...