Sleeping Beauties
- Author David Byrne
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date 8 October 2026
- Run Time 10 hours
- Format Audio
- Genre History of science.
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traction for their work. It faded out, and it was only later, often much later, that it somehow came roaring back to life and made a lasting impact.
Discoveries as diverse as dark matter to continental drift, technologies from solar panels to the steam engine; artists from Back to Brueghel, Vermeer to Melville all were 'sleeping beauties'. Why did they fall asleep? How did they wake up? Ranging across many centuries and the full scope of human endeavour, Byrne arrives at some important conclusions which in sum give us a lens for bringing to light new seeds for our own future breakthroughs.
Humbling yet hopeful, these stories add up to a compass that leads us to the courage to try new things and the wisdom to embrace them. In a time that can seem all too dark, it's a powerful source of freely available light, delightful in itself and fit for all our human endeavours.
| Author | David Byrne |
|---|---|
| Duration | 10 hours |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781837260126 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Genre | History of science |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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