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Pliny The Elder: Great Minds
- Published_at:2013-08-01
- Category:Science & Technology
- Channel:scishow
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- description: Before there was Google, there were encyclopedias. The very idea of these vasat collections of knowledge can be credited to Pliny The Elder. So who was he, and why does he seem to pop up everywhere from Alchemy to Zoology? Hank has the story in this edition of SciShow: Great Minds. Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow -- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com SOURCES http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/books/the-age-of-aquarii.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10810FD3E5A1A738DDDA00994D9415B8385F0D3 http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/PlinytheElder.html http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/pliny-abstract.html http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Pliny_the_Elder.aspx http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Pliny_the_Elder.aspx#2 http://www.livius.org/pi-pm/pliny/pliny_e.html
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