Detail from the Waldeseemuller map, 1507.
The story of the 1507 map that gave America its name, and its role in changing our understanding of the universe.
Guests:
Toby Lester, contributing editor at The Atlantic and author of "The Fourth Part of the World: The Race to the Ends of the Earth, and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Its Name."
See an image of the 1507 Waldseemuller map (pdf).
Michael Dine, professor of physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He’s author of “Supersymmetry and String Theory, Beyond the Standard Model.”
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