Across
- 4. overall, this benefits from discoveries
- 7. another basic language technique that makes a comparison
- 8. unfortunately we sometimes do this to discoveries
- 11. a positive result of discoveries
- 13. Newton didn't let this bring him down
- 15. wrote a famous text 'On the Origin of the Species'
- 17. a long compound word that suggests something is against our instinct
- 20. man it ha gift for spotting supernovae
- 21. number of moons thought to exist in the solar system when Bryson was a boy
- 22. the .......... effect that suggests that 'everything is just right'
- 23. a basic language technique used by Bryson to create imagery
- 24. one of the men who stumbled upon leftover Big Bang radiation
- 25. English 'rock star' scientist with his own documentary series
- 27. Bryson has a keen sense for this
Down
- 1. flew a kite in an electrical storm
- 2. unfortunately we sometimes do this to discoveries (clue..."No we don't")
- 3. an easily understood version of something...Bryson uses this
- 5. Einstein's nationality
- 6. another word for 'interesting...Bryson focuses on .......... individuals
- 9. this is a factor in the process of discovery
- 10. a specific type of discovery that is most important in this module
- 12. a famous comet is named after this man
- 14. an unpleasant man who actually helped shape what we expect of a museum
- 16. an interesting personal story...Bryson uses this technique
- 17. another word for time, place, circumstances
- 18. Einstein's big idea
- 19. the other guy who stumbled across the leftover radiation
- 26. a word that describes some discoveries, showing how surprising they can be