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Comment by wetha

I knew of Prince Rupert’s drop before[1]. Reading about Prince Rupert’s cube sent me down the rabbit-hole of reading up on Prince Rupert himself.

Why do we no longer have Renaissance men/women today, contributing to the sciences, philosophy and the arts? What did we lose?

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert%27s_Drop

parent wetha 8 years ago

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