The Science of Style

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
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 Teresa Riordan with a history of the innovations that have made us beautiful: Inventing Beauty.

» Click here to view some illustations from the book
» Read an excerpt of Inventing Beauty in the Reading Room

Music: Soundtrack to The Beautician and the Beast, music by Cliff Eidelman: "The J Waltz," "Pochenko Meets the Peasants"

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