Categories: Pseudo-explanations
An example of anthropomorphism (and misinformation) reported in popular science writing:
"By 1922 the 'Blue Radio' golf ball 'with radium salts in the centre' was available at John Wanamaker's New York department store. It's adverts explained the benefits of using radium in this unusual way: 'When the ball is hit, the radium salts in the plastic centre start a wave of momentum which gives a great resiliency. The ball literally is alive and the released energy actually fights to free itself'."
Lucy Jane Santos
Santos, L. J. (2020). Half Lives. The unlikely history of radium. Icon Books Ltd.
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