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The Queen's Astrologer: The Price of Prophecy (Part 1)
In Tudor England, the line between mathematics and the mystic arts is vanishingly thin. Straddling both worlds is John Dee, a brilliant scholar and astrologer whose intellect grants him access to the highest circles of p...
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The Queen's Astrologer: The Price of Prophecy (Part 1) is an episode from Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford by Pushkin Industries. In Tudor England, the line between mathematics and the mystic arts is vanishingly thin. Straddling both world...
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Published May 8, 2026, 43:14 long, audio available.
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