Innovators

In an effort to interrupt Planck’s principle — the view that scientific truths triumph because of the death of a generation of scientists, sometimes simply stated “Science progresses one funeral at a time” — Kirsch tells the stories of 16 visionary scientists who suffered this fate. Among the scientists Innovators (Arcade) highlights are Planck, Galileo, Gregor Mendel, Barbara McClintock, and Rachel Carson. Covering various breakthroughs from understanding how molecules form matter to the development of life-changing drug treatments, Kirsch unveils the stories of the scientists and their research that ultimately changed the world.