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Hugh Aldersey-Williams is a writer and curator. He is the author of [https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/hugh-aldersey-williams/dutch-light/9781509893355 ''Dutch Light: Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe''] (Picador, 2020), as well as a cultural history of the chemical elements, [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/133129/periodic-tales-by-aldersey-williams-hugh/9780141041452 ''Periodic Tales''] (Penguin, 2011), and [https://granta.com/products/the-adventures-of-sir-thomas-browne-in-the-21st-century/ ''The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century''] (Granta, 2015).
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In the late eighteenth century, architects Étienne-Louis Boullée and Claude-Nicolas Ledoux turned away from the frothy decoration of the Baroque and Rococo styles and sought out daring new geometries. Although many of their designs were not realized, they represent a visual memento of a revolutionary age.
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Patrick Barkham writes an account of an informal interview with the eccentric and orignal thinker Hugh Aldersey-Williams, shortly after the publication of the latter’s book ''[https://www.hughalderseywilliams.com/books-tide Tide]''.
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The word ‘chemistry’ tends to summon images of toxicity or dull and dusty science labs. Aldersey-Williams urges us to reconsider a field of science that has its sexy side, citing the whiff of French perfume or the finely crafted aroma of gourmet dinners.
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This enchanting book is not only is an account of Christiaan Huygens’s remarkable life and career, but it is also the story of the birth of modern science.
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This book reveals the amazing secrets of the elements, transforming the periodic table into a rich and entertaining history starring the building blocks of life on Earth.
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An odd and delightful treatment of the life of Sir Thomas Browne, a seventeenth-century physician, philosopher, and naturalist. Aldersley-Williams takes Browne’s ideas and explores them from a 21st-century perspective as well as from the historical context in which they arose.
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In this episode of Travels Through Time, the author and journalist Hugh Aldersey-Williams takes us back to the vibrant heart of the Dutch Golden Age. The year is 1655, and Christiaan Huygen, the greatest mathematician, astronomer, and physicist of the period, is about to discover one of Saturn’s moons.
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