Emily
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“In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one's face.”
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
― A Short History of Nearly Everything
“The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.”
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“I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.”
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UIC Library General Book Club
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Emily’s 2025 Year in Books
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