Philip Ball on How Science Became Interested in Everything

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Philip Ball on How Science Became Interested in Everything

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Jan 4, 2013

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Science writer Philip Ball on his book Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything. Ball explores how the history of science was influenced by the cultural accetance or rejection of human curiosity.

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Jan 4, 2013

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Philip Ball on How Science Became Interested in Everything

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