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Science And The Founding Fathers

Liane Hansen speaks with I. Bernard Cohen, ictor S. Thomas Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Harvard niversity about his new book, "Science and the Founding Fathers" (Norton). ohen believes that science heavily influenced Jefferson, Madison, Franklin and thers, and you can see the evidence of that in the documents they composed. :32.

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