Addendum: Bateson didn't exist, but fear of premature burial did!The facts show that George Bateson and his belfry were an invention of novelist Michael Crichton. Yet he certainly did not invent the...
A cautionary tale: the myth of George Bateson and his BelfryAn earlier version of this piece appeared on the History News Network in 2013. Secondary sources (the proverbial “history books” and...