Episode 68: Hello Darkness My New Friend - The Story of The Family Who Created Sonar and Braille

from Tracing The Path: The Connected 20th Century · host Dan R. Morris - 20th Century Historian

In this episode we explore Simon & Garfunkel, Louis Braille, Charles Barbier, Valentin Haüy and René-Jus Haüy, Marvel Comics, Popular Science Magazine, Plato and even George Washington. How the world has fought Darkness has been pretty amazing . . . and crazily it's all because of one family

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