Starborn: How the Stars Made Us and Who We Would Be Without Them by Roberto Trotta 

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Starborn: How the Stars Made Us and Who We Would Be Without Them by Roberto Trotta: A Golden Flower in Space

Starborn: How the Stars Made Us and Who We Would Be Without Them by Roberto Trotta

A Golden Flower in Space

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Roberto Trotta considers stargazing from Galileo to the James Webb Space Telescope.

Cosmologist Roberto Trotta lays out a brief history of stargazing, from Galileo to the James Webb Space Telescope. Read by Khalid Abdalla.

From myth to science though timekeeping and navigation, the night sky is central to the human story. Roberto Trotta explores the many ways in which our lives are intertwined with the stars. 

The cosmologist lays out a brief history of stargazing, from 17th century Florence and Galileo, to the James Webb Space Telescope.

Read by Khalid Abdalla
Abridged by Anna Magnusson
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie

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