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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.
