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Scott L. Montgomery is an American author, geoscientist, public lecturer, and affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is widely known for his writings on energy matters, intellectual history, language and translation, and history of science.

His book, The Shape of the New: Four Big Ideas and How They Built the Modern World , with co-author Daniel Chirot, was selected by The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek as one of the most notable books of 2015. His articles have appeared in many journals, including Forbes, Newsweek, History Today, Science, and Nature. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. May 1951
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“Scientists are not known for the graces of courtesy and tact when commenting on the work of others.”

Scott L. Montgomery

The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science, second edition, University of Chicago press, 2017, page 83 ISBN 978-0-226-14450-4.

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