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@fesshole wild. In school in #ireland we were given a token each year for a free book. I don't know why I figured it would be the same elsewhere. Not sure if that's still done here for #worldbookday though.
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Canadian geologist and palaeontologist Alice Wilson also wrote a geology book for kids
Neuroscientist Ramón y Cajal wrote and illustrated several books 
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We know of lepidopterist Margaret Fountaine’s wild and fearless life from her posthumous memoirs
Along with her tremendous contributions to paleontology Zofia Keilan-Jaworowska wrote best selling popularizations of science books
Crystallographer Kathleen Lonsdale, along with her impressive contributions to chemistry, published books about peace and prison reform
Marine biologist Jeanne Villepreux-Power wrote multiple books in multiple languages
Healer, botanist, composer and true polymath Hildegard von Bingen was an author too
Engineer, physicist and mathematician Hertha Ayrton literally wrote the textbook on The Electric Arc
Isabella Aiona Abbott wrote several books about algae, both scientific texts and explanations of traditional Hawaiian uses of plants and algae
Charles Lyell’s Amphibious Being comes directly from his influential Principles of Geology
Mary Somerville’s storied career as best-selling author started when she embarked on a translation of Laplace’s Mécanique céleste
Pierre-Simon, Marquis de Laplace (not his demon) famously wrote his 5-volume Mécanique céleste
Florence Nightingale wrote ‘Notes on Nursing’
Bertrand Russell (not his alleged teapot) published extensively
Émilie du Châtelet should be remembered for ‘Principes Mathématiques de la Philosophie Naturelle', a two-volume translation and commentary of Newton’s 'Principia', published in 1759 in French in Paris plus the invaluable aid she gave Voltaire in physics. 
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We can’t talk about combining natural philosophy with science fiction without talking about The Blazing World
Kepler is amongst the scientists who also wrote science fiction
Henri Poincaré’s ‘La Science et l'Hypothèse' (Science and Hypothesis) influenced not only math and physics but can be connected to Cubism and visual art. 
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Likewise, On the Origin of Species made a huge impact