Mr. | Agassuz | Mary Treat's acquaintance. |
Mary | Anning | An English paleontologist. |
Amedeo | Avogadro | An Italian scientist. |
Phineas | Barnum | American showman. |
Daniel | Bernoulli | A mathematician. |
Professor | Bowman | Cutler's old friend. |
Robert | Boyle | A philosopher. |
Mrs. | Brindle | A cook. |
Thomas | Browne | An English author. |
DeeLouise | Cameron | Willa's acquaintance. Aka: Delouse. |
Charles | Campbell | A town historian. |
Mrs. | Carruth | Uri Carruth's wife. |
Uri | Carruth | A newspaperman. |
Willa | Cather | American writer. |
Willis | Chester | One of Thatcher's pupils. |
Mrs. | Clark | A designer. |
Pardon | Crandall | Thatcher's acquaintance. |
Nicolaus | Cupernicus | A mathematician. |
Professor | Cutler | Thatcher's employer. |
William | Dagget | An inventor. |
Charles | Darwin | One of Mary Treat's friends. |
Louise | Dunwiddie | A dance instructor. |
Orville | Dunwiddie | Louise's widowed father. |
Mr. | Fogget | Mary Treat's friend. |
Galileo | Galilei | An astronomer. |
Cervantes | Garcia | A bakery owner. |
Dr. | Garvin | An orthopedic surgeon. |
Mr. | Goby | A janitor. |
Ulysses | Grant | 18th U.S. President. |
Asa | Gray | One of Mary Treat's friends. |
Thatcher | Greenwood | A science teacher. |
Christopher | Hawk | Willa's acquaintance. |
Miss | Hirtsberger | French language teacher. |
Keith | Jarrett | American jazz pianist. |
Dr. | Joule | Calculated velocity of particles inside cloud of hydrogen gas. |
Johannes | Kepler | An astronomer. |
Emma | Keurig | Frank Keirig's wife. |
Frank | Keurig | Willa's acquaintance. |
Grandma | Knox | Willa's grandmother. |
Willa | Knox | A journalist. |
Frank | Ladd | One of Thatcher's acquaintances. |
Captain | Landis | A real estate developer. |
Mrs. | Landis | Captain Landis' wife. |
Antoine | Lavoisier | A French chemist. |
Antonie van | Leeuwenhoek | A Dutch scientist. |
Joseph | Lister | A British surgeon. |
Charles | Lyell | A geologist. |
Merrill | Lynch | A financial advisor. |
Mrs. | Marberry | Thatcher's acquaintance. |
Mr. | Martini | A building contractor. |
Johann | Miescher | A Swiss biologist. |
Mr. | Nailbourne | A music teacher. |
Mr. | Newcomb | One of Joseph Treat's acquaintances. |
Mrs. | Newcomb | Mr. Newcomb's wife. |
Isaac | Newton | A mathematician. |
Louie | Pasture | A French biologist. |
Dr. | Patel | Dusty's doctor. |
Susan | Pearson | A historian. |
Mrs. | Persichette | Giovanna's mother. |
Giovanna | Persichetti | One of Thatcher's pupils. |
| Pertofaccio | A contractor. |
Clara | Petrofaccio | A social worker. |
Reverend | Pittinger | A priest. |
Joseph | Priestley | A great scientist. |
Francesco | Redi | One of the great innovators.. |
Charles Valentine | Riley | An entomologist. |
Dr. | Saberwal | Nick's doctor. |
Dr. | Seuss | American author. |
Mr. | Stevens | Willa's acquaintance. |
Mrs. Merton | Stevens | Mary Tillotson's friend. |
Iano | Tavoularis | Willa's husband. |
Nick | Tavoularis | Iano's father. |
Tom | Thumb | A circus performer. |
Mary | Tillotson | One who promotes the Dress Reform Convention. |
Joseph | Treat | An assistant to medical men during the war. |
Mary | Treat | One of the best known woman scientist. |
| Vermeer | A painter. |
Professor | Watson | Lead research team addressing gastro-esophageal reflux. |
Thomas | Welch | Inventor of unfermented grape juice. |
Samuel | Wilberforce | A bishop. |
Hank | Wilbur | One of Thatcher's acquaintances. |
Orson | Willis | American author. |
Victoria | Woodhull | A historian. |
Virginia | Woolf | A writer. |
Aldus 1 | | Zeke's son. Aka: Dusty. |
Aldus 2 | | Helene's father. |
Antigone | | Willa's daughter. Aka: Tig, Antsy. |
Aristoteles | | Tig's ex-boyfriend. Aka: Toto. |
Artemisia | | Athena's daughter. Aka: Art. |
Athena | | One of Iano's sisters. |
Aurelia | | Rose's mother. |
Avicenna | | A Persian polymath. |
Beyonce | | American singer-songwriter. |
Bob | | Iano's uncle. |
Charybdis | | One of Polly's dogs. |
Darcie | | Dreama's twin sister. |
Delyse | | One of the nurses. |
Dixie | | A dog. |
Dreama | | Tig's aunt. |
Erato | | One of Cervantes' daughters. |
Etsy | | One of Willa's acquaintances. |
Fred | | Thatcher's uncle. |
Gay-Lussac | | A chemist. |
Gino | | One of Iano's acquaintances. |
Gracie | | A maid. |
Gwendolyn | | One of Iano's students. Aka: Gwen |
Helene | | Zeke's live-in-partner. |
Irini | | One of Iano's sisters. |
Jake | | Zeke's friend. |
Jane | | A nurse. |
Jemima | | Tigs aunt. |
Jorge | | Tig's friend. |
Jose Luis | | Jorge's brother. |
Kendra | | One of Iano's acquaintances. |
Lara | | One og Jorge's sisters. |
Leverett | | Louise's brother. |
Lita | | One of Iano's sisters. |
Lorenzo | | Toto's father. |
Lucia | | Toto's wife. |
Marvel | | Rose's acquaintance. |
Michael | | Zeke's friend. |
Natalia | | Toto's mother. |
Phoebe | | Charles Campbell's wife. |
Pinterest | | One of Willa's acquaintances. |
Polly | | Rose's sister. |
Priya | | Zeke's friend. |
Ptolemy | | A mathematician. |
Rose | | Thatcher's wife. |
Roula | | Nick's wife. |
Scylla | | One of Polly's dogs. |
Selma | | Mary Treat's assistant. |
Sharon | | Michael's wife. |
Sondra | | One of Jorge's sisters. |
Takis | | Tig's cousin. |
Tennyson | | A poet. |
Terpsichore | | One of Cervantes' daughters. |
Thalia | | One of Cervantes' daughters. |
Thomas | | A lawyer. |
Thoreau | | An essayist. |
Troy | | One of Joseph Treat's acquaintances. |
William | | Phoebe's cousin. |
Yari | | Tig's friend. |
Zeke | | Willa's son. |