Leonardo da Vinci, John Brown & John Wilkes Booth, Wildlife Bridges, Consumptive Chic

Leonardo's Universe, 500 Years Later Originally Aired on: May 7, 2019 Guest: Bulent Atalay, author of “Leonardo’s Universe,” artist, and Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Mary Washington This month marks the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death. The scientist, inventor, and artist is arguably one of the most important painters in Western art, as the massive crowds in front of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre will attest. Leonardo da Vinci invented robotics 500 years ago and, without his discoveries, modern manufacturing wouldn’t be the same. ?? John Brown and John Wilkes Booth, Two Sides of the Same Coin  Originally Aired on: May 7, 2019 Guest: John Stauffer, Professor of American and African American Studiesat Harvard University After his failed attack on Harper’s Ferry, the abolitionist John Brown was hung in front of a small crowd composed entirely of soldiers and one out-of-place actor named John Wilkes Booth, the future assassin of Abraham Lincoln.  Highwa...