Yet when it comes to more humdrum information technology (IT), the country lags behind other advanced economies- nowhere more so than in cyber-security.
Compounds of boron feature in washing powders and cleaning products (" borax" ), antiseptics and water softeners, and also as additives in fibreglass, but such roles are humdrum.
Basking in the joy of knowing someone with a name as redolent of human history as Archimedes got me through at least three more days of homebound humdrum.