Episode 68: Hello Darkness My New Friend - The Story of The Family Who Created Sonar and Braille

Tracing The Path: The Connected 20th Century
22/08/2025 29 min Temporada 1 Episodio 68
Episode 68: Hello Darkness My New Friend - The Story of The Family Who Created Sonar and Braille

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In this episode we explore Simon & Garfunkel, Louis Braille, Charles Barbier, Valentin Haüy and René-Jus Haüy, Marvel Comics, Popular Science Magazine, Plato and even George Washington. How the world has fought Darkness has been pretty amazing . . . and crazily it's all because of one family 

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