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Feb 8, 2021 13 min

Enlighten

from The Essay Hosted by BBC Radio 3

Legendary broadcaster James Burke reveals unexpected connections between his twin passions of science and classical music. In this first exploration he brings together such arcane stuff as organisms that might not exist, Newton and colour, French encyclopedias and a freemason’s opera.

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