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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

135: The Illegitimate Son-of-a-Smith

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

History, Society & Culture

4.940.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Denied his father's true last name for most of his life, James reclaimed it--in a monumental way.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So, will it be skiing?

0:03.0

Or Christmas markets on a city break?

0:06.0

Skiing? Or a city break?

0:09.0

Some problems are good problems to have.

0:12.0

Especially with flights this winter from 29.99 one-way

0:17.0

and package holidays from £159 per person.

0:21.0

Get the king at EasyJet.com.

0:24.0

Selected dates, holidays at all protected based on two adults for three nights,

0:28.0

restrictions and season C's apply.

0:30.0

This is the way I heard it.

0:32.0

The One That Scientists Would Never Forget

0:37.0

Long before James wrote his final paper,

0:40.0

the one that scientists would never forget,

0:43.0

he was busy writing papers that no one would ever remember.

0:47.0

Papers like, on a substance from an elm tree called Ullman,

0:51.0

a few facts relative to the coloring matters of some vegetables,

0:56.0

on the discovery of acids in mineral substances,

0:59.0

and the timeless on a saline substance from Mount Vesuvius.

1:05.0

Though the topics varied wildly,

1:07.0

his many unvarnished titles had one thing in common.

1:11.0

They all reflected the author's long-held belief

1:14.0

that all things should be described as simply and accurately as possible.

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