Many people think that they are going through a lot of adversity; they are not. Adversity is a time when something is going through an unfavorable situation, misfortune, calamity, or distress. So when someone thinks that they are having a tough time they might not understand how much more adversity someone else is going through. One occasion that can cause a whole lot of adversity is the exploration of science. Science has many unknowns and to find out more about science many people must put themselves through adversity. Henrietta Lacks, Douglas Mawson, and Phineas Gage all decided to do this, Lacks had cervical cancer and cells taken out of her body without permission, Mawson went to Antarctica and faced many challenges, and Gage had a iron
