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Science Stories: Series 4

Alcuin of York

Duration: 27 minutes

on BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

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How do you get a wolf, a goat and a cabbage across a river without them eating or being eaten by each other? Philip Ball uncovers the author of this famous puzzle in the Dark Ages Show more

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