In Our Time - The Written World - Episode 5
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How the invention of writing made the scientific revolution of the Enlightenment possible. Examining influential documents, including the student notebooks of Sir Isaac Newton.
Melvyn Bragg concludes his survey of the written word by considering how the invention of writing made the scientific revolution of the Enlightenment possible - and examines influential documents, including the student notebooks of Sir Isaac Newton.
Producer: Thomas Morris.
- Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 9:30PM Fri, 6 Jan 2012
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9:00AM Fri, 6 Jan 2012
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- Duration 30 minutes
