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The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

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The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Sam Kean

History, Arts, Books, Science

4.01.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

How a not-so-friendly bet over afternoon tea revolutionized modern science... For more on Sam's New York Times-bestselling books, see http://samkean.com Help keep this podcast going by becoming a patron for as little as $2 a month, at https://www.patreon.com/disappearingspoon See bonus material and hear bonus episodes at https://www.patreon.com/disappearingspoon Follow Sam on Twitter at https://twitter.com/sam_kean ... on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SamKeanBooks ... or on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/historyschmistory/ Above all, thanks for listening! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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When Ronald Fisher offered a colleague a cup of tea that afternoon, he was just being polite. It was the 1920s in England.

1:16.3

What could be more chummy than a nice cup of tea? Fisher had no idea he was about to kick up a big fight, and he had even less of an idea that his

1:25.4

simple offer of tea was going to help remake modern science.

1:30.3

But sometimes, that's just how history works.

1:33.0

The smallest, most inconsequential thing ends up being revolutionary. Hi, I'm Sam King, and you're listening to the disappearing spoon, a sciencey history

1:49.4

podcast, where footnotes become the real story.

1:54.0

In the early 20s,

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