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There are some great questions


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that have intrigued and haunted us 


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since the dawn of humanity.

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What is out there?

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How did we get here?

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What is the world made of?

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The story of our search

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to answer those questions

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is the story of science.

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Of all human endeavors

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science has had the greatest impact 
on our lives,

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on how we see the world,

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on how we see ourselves.

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Its ideas, its achievements, its results

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are all around us.

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So, how did we arive at the modern world?

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Well, that is more surprising

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and more human than you might think.

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The history of science is often told

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as a series of eureka moments,

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the ultimate triumph of the rational mind.

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But the truth is that power and passion,

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rivalry and sheer blind chance

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have played equally significant parts.

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In this series,

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I'll be offering a different view

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of how science happens.

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It's been shaped as much by 
what's outside the laboratory as inside.

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This is the story of how history made science

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and science made history

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and how the ideas that were generated

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changed our world.

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It is a tale of power,

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proof,

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and passion.