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Science Talk

Shakespeare and Science, Part 2

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2014

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Dan Falk discusses his latest book, The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.4

Hi, Steve Murski here, and welcome back for part two of Dan Fogg talking about his book, The Science of Shakespeare,

0:37.7

a new look at the playwrights universe.

0:42.4

There are a couple of people that you talk about in the book.

0:46.0

One is Donald Olson, and I was fortunate enough to hear him give a talk on the night sky and some artworks.

0:57.0

Munch's The Scream and also actually the photography of Ansel Adams.

1:04.0

And, but you talk about some work he did related to Shakespeare.

1:09.0

And this is really solid stuff.

1:12.2

So let's talk about him a little bit,

1:14.5

and then we'll talk about this other fellow Usher,

1:15.8

who's more speculative.

1:16.5

Sure.

1:20.2

Yeah, I'm glad you got to see one of Donald Olson's talks.

1:21.4

They're terrific.

1:24.4

He's, for listeners who aren't familiar with him,

1:27.0

he's been called a forensic astronomer,

1:28.1

so his specialty is finding references to the stars, whether in art, like from a painting. You mentioned

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