Illuminations Episode 10: Universal Knowledge

At the dawn of European exploration, the Renaissance polymath Francis Bacon dreamed of resurrecting the Garden of Eden. Driving this vision was a relentless quest to fully understand—and catalog—God's created order. Guests Lorraine Daston, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Ann Blair, Harvard University Rebecca Bushnell, University of Pennsylvania Staffan Müller-Wille, University of Cambridge James Rosindell, Imperial College London Amy Tigner, University of Texas at Arlington Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Illuminations Episode 10: Universal Knowledge is an episode from Ministry of Ideas by Zachary Davis.

This episode is 32:33 long.

This episode was published on Aug 2, 2023.

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