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Originally Posted by DaFace
Cross-posting this from another thread:
Not that I expect anyone to take the 10 hours to watch it all, but this YouTube series on the history of science is fascinating. It's all stuff you've probably heard bits and pieces of, but it's fun to rapidly run through all of the crazy twists and turns that "science" has made over the millenia.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...PDH5TKK2UpU8Ng
Probably my favorite thing about it is that it points out all the ridiculous stuff people used to believe (e.g., the four elements are earth, air, fire, and water), but by walking through it historically you can see how they got there and the logic of it. |
If a lay history of science is your bag, few have done it better than Bill Bryson
https://play.google.com/store/audiob...WoJAM&hl=en_US