Six Degrees of Serendipity

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
James Burke, Host and Creator of multiple history-of-science series for TV - "The Day the Universe Changed," the three "Connections" series, and author, Twin Tracks: The Unexpected Origins of the Modern World (Simon and Schuster, 2003) looks at some of the amazing, elucidating, and little-known history-of-science connections that have changed our world. James Burke's website

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