A delightful and fascinating memoir by the palaeontologist and natural historian.
A Curious Boy: The Making of a Scientist
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£20.00
Hardback978000832396722/06/2021
Categories: 01. Books for the New Year 2021: Biography & Memoir, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Books for the New Year 2021, Science
Tags: Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Biography and non-fiction prose, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, London, Greater London, Memoir, Memoirs
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