Measuring The Earth With A Wire

Originally Published: February 6, 2015 2:15 PM, Inside ScienceBy: Sara Rennekamp, Editor(Inside Science, Currents Blog) -- Henry Cavendish was an odd man. He never addressed strangers directly and was petrified of women. He had a staircase built into the back of his house to avoid any encounter with the ladies he employed. When it came time for his final oral exams to complete his natural philosophy degree at Cambridge University - that's what they called a science degree before the advent of mo...