Poe, Leidy, Morton, and Some Skeletons
Now that's a picture: Edgar Allan Poe, Joseph Leidy, and Samuel George Morton at Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences Photo from A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science . Via . Also, did you know that " diddling " can be considered an exact science? (This and other interesting tid-bits on Poe and early American science appear in Maurice Lee's recent Uncertain Chances . )