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Re: A&E list of top 100 most influential people of the Millennium




Here's an entry that could wind up in one of those "history of the world
according to errors" thingies:


> From: "Brian OConaill" <[email protected]>
> Newsgroups: alt.showbiz.gossip,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.software.year-2000
> Subject: Re: A&E list of top 100 most influential people of the Millennium
> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:33:45 +0100
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> 
> Don Scott wrote in message <[email protected]>...
> >
> >William Harvey revolutionized anatomy in the 17th century with his
> >work on the circulation of blood.
> 
> Well, he might have revolutionised the *study of* anatomy but unless drastic
> changes to the design of the human body resulted from his work then I think
> it would be
> untrue to say he revolutionised anatomy itself.
> 
> Brian

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