Very excited to hear your talk on this, Richard!
Age yourself with a cartoon you watched growing up!
About the doctrine of the stars, there are three errors: some do not believe in predictions derived from their motions, some too little, and some too much.
- Jean Baptiste Morin
It is such bullshit that you pay 3 dollars for a pack of seeds and there are only like ten viable ones (determined by the float test, which in fairness is not always the best means of determining likelihood of germination).
Celestial rays (?) descending onto the body of a man, French (?), 17th Century, (Wellcome Images).
I remember my candidacy exam and it was such a doozy to study for only to quickly realize in the exam itself that half of my professor jury didn’t have expertise in my niche topic
You’ve got this and are def the smartest person in the room on the topic!
The Magic in History series remain some of my favorite books - great selections!!