Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedPatricia Fara: uncertainty
24 Feb 2021 Conversations with Tyler Patricia Fara on Newton, Scientific Progress, and the Benefits of Unhistoric Acts
“You need to add up the bills and work out — I don’t know — how much 6 meters of cloth at $10 a meter is going to cost.”
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- Patricia Fara
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- 24 Feb 2021
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…The abacus. I don’t think it is rated particularly highly in history. It’s a good example of something that wasn’t invented for scientific purposes but was developed by merchants when they’re trading. You need to add up the bills and work out — I don’t know — how much 6 meters of cloth at $10 a meter is going to cost. It’s a good example of an instrument that was not developed for scientific reasons but for other reasons — in this instance, trading and marketing. Why is Queen Christina of Sweden an important figure for the history of science?…
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