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Light Fantastic

Episode 2: The Light of Reason

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Simon Schaffer explores how, from Galileo to Darwin, light changed man's understanding of the universe. Simple tools of light let us look deeper and deeper into the heavens, but the stars revealed a dangerous truth about creation. Show less

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