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<no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> the difference between science and history is that in your
ordinary
> science class there will be mentions of famous scientists within
> concepts (newton's laws of motion, kepler's laws, etc.) and there
> will frequently in the little blue margin bar be a biosketch of
> famous scientists.
>
> by contrast, douglas s. freeman is rarely mentioned in most u.s.
> history textbooks and is by and large unknown outside the wonky
> history world. and the little biosketches are about famous
marginal
> characters in history, as opposed to famous historians. (i mention
> him because i thought it'd be a neat idea to include a question
about
> him in last year's scholastic bowl sets.)
>
> shawn pickrell