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A broader picture of Rutherford’s geophysicists

NOV 01, 2010

DOI: 10.1063/1.4797270

Nick Rogers

Having read Greg Good’s excellent article, I must take issue with the statement, “Like many English children, [Bullard] attended boarding school.” Although the image of boarding schools, from Tom Brown’s school days to Harry Potter’s, is common in English literature, the reality is that only a privileged few have attended such institutions. One wonders whether Bullard’s genius would have been nurtured and recognized had he not had the advantage of a private education at a time when most children left school at an early age with only the basics.

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Nick Rogers. ((n.w.rogers@open.ac.uk)) The Open University Milton Keynes, UK .

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Volume 63, Number 11

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