PACHSmörgåsbord: Cavendish

Friday, May 21, 2010

HoS Micropost: The Cavendishes, a Scientific Dynasty?

Jim Bennett, Simon Schaffer, and Patricia Fara discuss the Cavendish family on the latest “In Our Time,” on BBC Radio 4 with Melvin Bragg.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 05/21 at 06:11 AM

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