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Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
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“She idolized Louis Pasteur and Marie Curie—"people who discovered things"—and devoured s like 's . "Those books were so exciting," remembered Elion. "It was like reading a novel. It was a mystery story that they could solve, and they became people. They weren't just names.”
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne (born 1942) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (451 pages; 1993 1st edition)
“On its face is a simple, one-line theorem by updating our initial belief about something with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To it adherents, this an elegant statement about learning from experience. Generations of converts remember experiencing an almost religious epiphany as they fell under the spell of its inner logic. Opponents, meanwhile, regarded Bayes' rule as subjectivity run .”
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“was turning the product into an everyday part of modern life. In the end, it revolutionized personal cleanliness and made washable clothing available to all. Cheap soap also prevented , an itching disease almost forgotten by modern bathers. To lay its eggs, a minute human , Acarus humanus, burrows into the skin between the fingers, under the breasts, and on the penis, wrists, armpits, and inner thighs. The creatures cause exquisite, almost uncontrollable itching. Open sores form, fester, and can be fatal. Scabies was a major public health problem and packed the enormous hospitals of Paris, Vienna, and other large European cities. When the British government removed its soap tax in 1853, the price of soap dropped, and for the first time in centuries, the incidence of scabies plummeted. Soap, water, clean clothes, and body-covering lotions treated scabies effectively and also reduced the incidence of ...”
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source