WEBVTT - (Extended Trailer) Flashback: Isaac Newton’s ‘Year of Wonders’

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<v Speaker 1>So with social distancing the new normal, what is there

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<v Speaker 1>to do to keep busy? Each of us handles social

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<v Speaker 1>distancing in our own way. Some in the fitness community

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<v Speaker 1>are determined to not only stay in shape, but socialize.

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<v Speaker 1>Some are doing virtual yoga classes. Others are turning to art.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have found that coloring is very, very soothing,

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<v Speaker 1>and some are even more creative. And since today's St

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<v Speaker 1>Patrick's Day, why not hunt for a leprechat. And then

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<v Speaker 1>there are those truly rare birds like Sir Isaac Newton.

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<v Speaker 1>He once turned his time in quarantine into an opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>to change the way we understand the world around us.

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<v Speaker 1>We're all living in the ripple effects of history. A

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<v Speaker 1>butterfly flaps its wings in China in the nineteenth century,

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<v Speaker 1>and your uber driver misses the turn for the airport.

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<v Speaker 1>Or a twenty two year old genius is forced to

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<v Speaker 1>stay home from college and ends up becoming a father,

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<v Speaker 1>the father of modern science. Welcome to Flashback, a new

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<v Speaker 1>podcast from AZZI, the creators of The Thread. I'm Sean

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<v Speaker 1>Braswell and I'll be your visiting professor, taking you on

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<v Speaker 1>a journey through history that will change the way you

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<v Speaker 1>look at the past, and even at some of its

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<v Speaker 1>most disastrous events. When the Great Plague hit England in

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen sixty five, Isaac Newton wasn't a sir or a

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<v Speaker 1>scientific legend, just a college student at the University of Cambridge.

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<v Speaker 1>And when the university closed its doors and sent its

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<v Speaker 1>students home for the seventeenth century version of social distancing,

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<v Speaker 1>Newton returned to his family estate to spend his time

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<v Speaker 1>working on a few of his own pet projects. The

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<v Speaker 1>young scholar thrived at home, calling the year plus he

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<v Speaker 1>spent away as his Year of Wonders, among other things.

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<v Speaker 1>Newton used this time to work out calculus and his

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<v Speaker 1>theory of gravity, aided by the apple tree right outside

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<v Speaker 1>his window. Newton returned to Cambridge the following year with

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<v Speaker 1>some groundbreaking theories under his belt, ideas that would make

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<v Speaker 1>him a call age fellow, then a professor, and ultimately

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<v Speaker 1>the founding father of a new scientific age. History is

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<v Speaker 1>littered with stories like Newton's Year of Wonders, stories about

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<v Speaker 1>unexpected turning points and hidden connections. You just have to

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<v Speaker 1>know where to look. And that was the world we saw.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the only world we saw. And occasionally do

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<v Speaker 1>a little digging, I heard about Hitler's personal physician, fit

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<v Speaker 1>Or Morel, and I found an extraordinary that his case

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<v Speaker 1>notes on adult Hitler's health had been lying in the

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<v Speaker 1>archives for you know, the better part of sixty seventy years,

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<v Speaker 1>and they revealed the most extraordinary story. In the first

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<v Speaker 1>season of Flashback, will connect the dots on some of

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<v Speaker 1>the most incredible unintended consequences in history. We'll hear about

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<v Speaker 1>We'll learn about how some of the past greatest unintended

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<v Speaker 1>Stay at home and change the world, or at least

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