Mommakat
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Not Faraday. Regarding a different scientific field....let's put it this way....I don't think this subject's activities would have included an apple falling on his head....LOL. This man had his discovery named after him Reply #22361. Apr 11 18, 4:57 AM |
horadada
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Humphrey Davy Reply #22362. Apr 11 18, 6:58 AM |
C30
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Edmond Halley? Reply #22363. Apr 11 18, 7:33 AM |
malama
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So it still could be a physicist? Reply #22364. Apr 11 18, 8:18 AM |
Mommakat
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None guessed so far....the man is described as an English Physicist and Mathematician etc. to tell more would be to give it away Reply #22365. Apr 11 18, 6:30 PM |
ClaudiaCat
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Stephen Hawking? Reply #22366. Apr 11 18, 6:32 PM |
Mommakat
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No, CC, as previously indicated this man was from the 19th century. This man lived and died in the 19th century and was only 71 when he died. Reply #22367. Apr 11 18, 7:28 PM |
malama
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James Prescott Joule? The unit of energy is named after him... Reply #22368. Apr 12 18, 3:24 AM |
Mommakat
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Bingo! You have it Malama....I couldn't mention thermodynamics as that would have given it away....LOL.....over to you. Reply #22369. Apr 12 18, 3:54 AM |
malama
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Thanks, Meg. Now, look for and English writer, mainly known for one of his crime fiction series. Reply #22370. Apr 12 18, 7:48 AM |
veronicavee
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Daniel Boyle? Reply #22371. Apr 12 18, 9:13 AM |
C30
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Colin Dexter...........or is the target still alive? Reply #22372. Apr 12 18, 9:44 AM |
malama
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He was not in movie business (like Daniel Boyle) , just a prolific writer of crime fiction and a few non-fiction books. Died this century, but not Colin Dexter. Reply #22373. Apr 12 18, 10:32 AM |
veronicavee
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Iain Banks? Reply #22374. Apr 12 18, 11:30 AM |
malama
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Not Iain Banks. Although your target wrote one book you might call science fiction, he really was a crime writer. And as I said he was English, but most of his most famous series is not set in England. Reply #22375. Apr 12 18, 5:01 PM |
veronicavee
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Michael Dibdin? Reply #22376. Apr 12 18, 5:09 PM |
Mommakat
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R.D. Wingfield Reply #22377. Apr 12 18, 7:11 PM |
malama
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Sorry, neither. The series I mentioned takes the plots further away (except one story which takes place in London) than Italy. Actually, when he started to write the series, the writer had never traveled that country before. Reply #22378. Apr 13 18, 2:50 AM |
malama
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The target once was president of the Detection Club. Reply #22379. Apr 14 18, 3:44 PM |
Upstart3
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H. R. F. Keating, I guess? Reply #22380. Jul 13 18, 10:16 AM |
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