At the dawn of European exploration, the Renaissance polymath Francis Bacon dreamed of resurrecting the Garden of Eden. Driving this vision was a relentless quest to fully understand—and catalog—God's created order.

Guests
Ann Blair, Harvard University
Rebecca Bushnell, University of Pennsylvania
Staffan Müller-Wille, University of Cambridge
James Rosindell, Imperial College London
Amy Tigner, University of Texas Austin
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