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A History of Ideas

Historian Simon Schaffer on Beauty and EvolutionHistorian Simon Schaffer on Beauty and Evolution

Released On: 20 Nov 2014

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Historian Simon Schaffer on whether evolutionary science explains the existence of beauty.

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