Seventeenth-century author Sir Thomas Browne was a true Renaissance man:  a doctor, a scholar, a scientist, and… a mythbuster! In this episode,  Jen will delve into Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Browne’s 1646 compendium debunking hundreds of ancient legends, myths, and old wives’ tales.

Seventeenth-century author Sir Thomas Browne was a true Renaissance man: a doctor, a scholar, a scientist, and… a mythbuster! In this episode, Jen will delve into Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Browne’s 1646 compendium debunking hundreds of ancient legends, myths, and old wives’ tales.

Seventeenth-century author Sir Thomas Browne was a true Renaissance man: &nbsp;a doctor, a scholar, a scientist, and… a mythbuster! In this episode, &nbsp;Jen will delve into Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Browne’s 1646 compendium debunking hundreds of ancient legends, myths, and old wives’ tales.

12 - Thomas Browne - Renaissance Mythbuster

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