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Age of Inspiration

Seven Ages of Science by BBC

Aug 27, 201327:52Science & Medicine

Lisa Jardine explores an Age in which scientists took leaps of faith. At the start of the 19th century, fossils were a mystery. Mary Anning excavated the remains of huge and extraordinary creatures from the cliff face at...

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