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The duchess who gatecrashed science

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Jan 27, 201627:57Science & Medicine

In the spring of 1667 Samuel Pepys queued repeatedly with crowds of Londoners and waited for hours just to catch a glimpse of aristocrat writer and thinker Margaret Cavendish. Twice he was frustrated and couldn't spot he...

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The duchess who gatecrashed science is an episode from Science Stories by BBC. In the spring of 1667 Samuel Pepys queued repeatedly with crowds of Londoners and waited for hours just to catch a glimpse of aristocrat writer and thinker Marga...

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