So, too, is Watt's library of scientific books, written in six languages (all of which Watt could read) and representing the apex of scientific thought at the time.
Now a collection of the inventor's personal belongings, including his library of scientific books, a cluster of scientific instruments and a letter documenting the teakettle incident are all coming up for sale at Sotheby's London on March 20.
He wrote numerous books and scientific papers, and collected just about every honour in his field of study.
But a spokeswoman for the CSIRO said it had always published books on its scientific work and put its name to publications, and this was "no exception".
It is fascinating, and full of that morbid pleasure we derive from knowing in scientific detail the causes of doom (books on Ebola sell too).
But his mind was intact and he had partial use of his hands enough to write two books and more than a dozen scientific articles.
Frederik Pohl, a veteran science-fiction author, certainly thinks so, for he has spent much of his life visiting sites of scientific interest both to research his books, and also out of simple curiosity.
But the best science books are those that most clearly adhere to scientific principles themselves: they present a hypothesis, examine the data, and leave readers to conclude what they will.
Lillian disliked and was embarrassed by both the book and the film, not least because they ignore the fact that, during those years, she ran a business, became the first pioneer of scientific management to earn a doctorate, and wrote many books.
One of the rules of mathematics and physics, as I - a complete non-mathematician - read often in science books, is that when infinity is introduced into a scientific equation it no longer makes sense.
It is the oldest scientific institution in the country, and its library holds around 200, 000 books, some extremely rare, about history, geography, technology and science.
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