Diane Lane, Einstein's Mistake, the Science of Cheese

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 31, 2016

Diane Lane, Chuck Cooper and John Glover are starring in a revival of Anton Chehkov’s “The Cherry Orchard” on Broadway. Journalist Beth Macy discusses her book, Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South. In Einstein's Greatest Mistake, David Bodanis details how Einstein's stubborn nature led him to drift from his colleagues towards the end of his life. Chemist Michael Tunick joins us for our latest Please Explain about the science of cheese!  

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