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Botanical Imaginations: Jim Endersby on Biotopia, American Imperialism, and Science

Edge Effects by The Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE)

Jun 11, 202651:40Science & Medicine

Rebecca Laurent talks with Jim Endersby about his new book: The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology's Imaginary Futures, 1900-1935. They discuss how a failed scientific theory inspired public optimism for science, plants, an...

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Botanical Imaginations: Jim Endersby on Biotopia, American Imperialism, and Science is an episode from Edge Effects by The Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE). Rebecca Laurent talks with Jim Endersby about his new book: The A...

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Published Jun 11, 2026, 51:40 long, audio available.

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