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11/28/2009: "Great Men of Science"

Here are some more entries for the Great Men of Science book. These were from the first half of June, 1993. They include the first woman in the collection and the first use of more than two rhyming couplets. And if it wasn't clear that I'm not being pedantic about all this back when I claimed Newton's favorite color was red -- if it was, I'm just a lucky guesser -- then it must be really obvious at this point based on the inclusion of Marie Curie's devotion to the Gap and Galileo's extra-scientific usage of his telescopes. Which isn't to say that it still wouldn't make a great kids' book!

Great Men Of Science, Part 5
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Marie Curie didn't take no crap.
She bought fly threads at her local Gap.
She discovered radiation. And her Nobels? They thrilled her.
Isn't it ironic: 'Twas radiation that killed her.


Great Men Of Science, Part 6
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Louis Pasteur couldn't hold his liquor.
He tried drinking milk but it made him sicker
Than a dog with the mange till he thought: "Try it heated!"
Now the kids are all sober and their party plans defeated.


Great Men Of Science, Part 7
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Galileo was sure that Copernicus was right
About the sun and the earth and its orbital flight.
The Inquisition didn't let him teach for very long
But later on the church agreed they were, in fact, quite wrong.

It was at that Pisa Tower that he got people's attention
By dropping objects off the top, and Oh! Did I mention?
He was really into telescopes. He had a lot of fun
Watching his neighbor's daughter's friends, tanning in the sun.



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