Physics and History: Links Between Two Cultures Forged in the Baroque
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First Aired: 3/10/2008
50 minutes

Experimental physical science and modern universal history came into the world about the same time, around 1550, and developed symbiotically for 250 years or more. Berkeley professor John Heilbron explores their origin, parallel development, and subsequent separation. (#13819)