Robert Boyle's character is often obscured by the shadow of Isaac Newton, but a masterful biography reveals him as larger than life, explains Peter Anstey.
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Anstey, P. Reassessing the father of chemistry. Nature 461, 1205–1206 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/4611205a
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