The Blazing World with Michael Bravo

Listen to this episode from On the Road with Penguin Classics on Spotify. Margaret Cavendish beyond the North Pole. The polar researcher Dr Michael Bravo Joins Henry in Cambridge to discuss The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish, the maverick Duchess of Newcastle. Blending fantasy, philosophy and seventeenth-century science, they visit the Polar Museum, the Whipple Museum and Cambridge University Library. They meet Dr Joshua Nall, an expert on the history of science, and Dr Emily Dourish, deputy keeper of rare books. Penguin Classics editions of The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendishhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34205/the-blazing-world-and-other-writings/9780140433722.htmlhttps://apple.co/3IAMNY5 Penguin audiobook of The Blazing World, read by Abigail Thawhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34205/the-blazing-world-and-other-writings/9780141993393.htmlhttps://apple.co/3u6gpIK Michael Bravohttps://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/people/bravo/ North Pole by Michael Bravohttp://www.reaktionbooks.co.uk/display.asp?ISB=9781789140088 The Polar Museumhttps://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/ The Whipple Museumhttps://www.whipplemuseum.cam.ac.uk/ The Cambridge University Library Rare Books Departmenthttps://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/departments/rare-books Joshua Nallhttps://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/directory/nall Emily Dourishhttps://twitter.com/emilydourish?lang=en Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.