A Curious Boy

A CURIOUS BOY

The Making of a Scientist

Richard Fortey

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Dedication

To Heather and David,

with love and gratitude

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

List of Illustrations

1 The Trout

2 Eggs and After

3 The Chemi-shed

4 The Ammonite

5 Fungus

6 Entr’acte

7 Flowers

8 Three Lobes

9 Getting Serious

10 The Life Scientific

Footnotes

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Also by Richard Fortey

About the Publisher