He said this and couldn't help but laugh: "But it's like placing a captain of outstanding ability and flawless record between Horatio Nelson, Caspar Collingwood, George Rodney, and John Jervis. Of course, you can't say the captain is unworthy of standing on the deck, but it's really hard not to notice that he's been put in an unfair position."
Someone added: "The same goes for Ohm."
As soon as the words left his mouth, the hallway was quiet for a moment, then erupted in uncontrollable laughter.
The laughter hadn't completely dissipated before the hallway of the Royal Society returned to its usual calm, as if the outburst had never occurred.
Meanwhile, at the other end of London City, in the professor's office on Gower Street at the University of London, a scene completely unrelated to the decorum of the Royal Society was unfolding.
Wheatstone nearly slammed the door shut.
