"His theoretical work, in electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and the wave theory of light, was equally revolutionary. He had really only one flaw and that was an inability to calculate the correct age of the earth."
Questions: Even though all of those topics are complex, is it possible to date back the Earth? Do we know the correct age of the Earth? Other then fossils, how can we date back the Earth?
Comments: I guess I just put this here because this guy here... had so much important and complex theoretical work but didn't get a reading on the correct age of the Earth. He worked with thermodynamics. I saw a little bit of that work and it was definitely something that I couldn't understand. In my opinion, that's a pretty elaborate theory. Same with electromagnetism. If he didn't come up with an age for the Earth, he had already changed our educational system which I would see as an accomplishment already. Furthermore, he came up with theories that almost directly related to the world like theory of light; we have the Sun that's important to our Earth's deterioration and nourishment.

"He coined the term for dinosauria in 1841. It means "terrible lizard" and was a curiously inapt name. Dinosaurs, as we now know, weren't all terrible-some were no bigger than rabbits and probably extremely retiring."
Questions: Why did he use a name for a lizard instead of another animal? By that time, how many dinosaur fossils was found? How did dinosaurs develop? What did they develop from?
Comments: I just found this interesting I suppose. I'll be honest, this chapter wasn't very interesting when I looked through it. I found more interest in the whole Big Bang Theory rather then thinking about the age of the Earth. Either way, like what one of my questions say, how did they develop? I think it sort of jumped in there as a side note of the age of the Earth. I suppose we can only date back to animals that actually left something like bones.

"…claimed that he had solved the problem already but declined now to share it on the interesting and inventive grounds that it would rob others of the satisfaction of discovering the answer for themselves."
Questions: Does this help the world when people hold back information? To find the answer themselves, does that make people on the same level with each other?
Comments: This caught my eye quicker then most of the other quotes did. For me, I think I could relate to this on a daily basis. People always ask me for help on math, and I help them. But the thing is, am I limiting their curiosity by telling them the answer? What I find funny is that a lot of the time, no matter how many times you explain something to someone, sometimes they just never understand it. Does that mean our generation has a fluctuation in levels of knowledge so vast that there is a definable difference? This really comes to the question, "Do you think if you tell someone a package of knowledge that it helps them come up with new ideas or does it really deprive them of figuring it out?" I know I get frustrated when I don't understand something and I want help on it. But whatever knowledge I gain, I remember to a good extent. I could build on that knowledge, but some people can't. How do you break this knowledge barrier? It may also be because people aren't as curious about something as perhaps another person is.