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The Essay Podcast

The Essay

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Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond, themed across a week - insight, opinion and intellectual surprise.

The Essay: Five Portraits of Science

The Essay: Five Portraits of Science: Episode 3: Isaac Newton

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Isaac Newton

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Episode 3: Isaac Newton

Five Portraits of Science

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Historian Patricia Fara on how Isaac Newton became the quintessential English genius.

Historian of science Patricia Fara explores how Isaac Newton became the quintessential English genius.

The Essay considers how five real-life scientists have been portrayed in culture, examining along the way ideas of genius, inspiration and authority. 

Tonight, historian of science Patricia Fara explores how Isaac Newton helped to define our modern sense of what a genius is - and a quintessentially English one, at that.

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Series considering how five real-life scientists have been portrayed in culture

Series considering how five real-life scientists have been portrayed in culture, examining along the way ideas of genius, inspiration and authority.

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