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Stephen Greenblatt: On the Nature of Science and the Humanities

Stephen Greenblatt: On the Nature of Science and the Humanities

Update: 2017-06-161
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In this episode of Houghton75 we speak with Stephen Greenblatt, John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities, about a small, very fragile book containing an ancient poem that rocked the world, and what it says about the inter-connectivity of the sciences and the humanities.


Find out more about the exhibition and Houghton Library’s 75th anniversary celebrations at http://houghton75.org/hist-75h


Transcript and detailed music notes: http://wp.me/p7SlKy-wg


Music


De Rerum Natura


by Robert Xavier Rodriguez


G. Schirmer, publisher. Recorded by Albany Records (TROY1479).

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Stephen Greenblatt: On the Nature of Science and the Humanities

Stephen Greenblatt: On the Nature of Science and the Humanities

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