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Welcome to the Scientific American Podcast Science Talk posted on August 19th, 2014.

I'm Steve Merski. On this episode...

There does seem to be something linking the Danish astronomer Tico Brie to the play Hamlet.

And to paraphrase Shakespeare, what a piece of work is Dan. Dan Falk, that is.

He was last on this program in 2009, talking about his book In Search of Time,

and he joins us again to discuss his latest work, The Science of Shakespeare,

a new look at the playwrights universe.

By the way, there's a brief excerpt from the book available free on our website,

www.com.

The excerpt is called What Shakespeare knew about science?

Just Google Scientific American and Dan Falk to find it.

Dan was visiting New York City from his home in Toronto in July, and we sat down for the

conversation that follows.

It's in two parts, part one lasting just over half an hour, part two clocking in at a bit

under 44 minutes.

A. An uncut Hamlet goes on for four hours. Anyway, here's me and Dan. Dan Falk, great to see you again.

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