WildTrekker

A Crazy, Funny Novel 16.06.2025 40:21 ↓

In this episode, George presents chapter one of the award-winning audiobook of his magical-realist coming-of-age novel An Almost Impossible Story .

The Human Machine VII 04.07.2021 42:37 ↓

For Paul-Henri Dietrich d’Holbach, human beings and all of Nature are essentially matter in motion.

The Human Machine VI 25.06.2021 47:57 ↓

For Julien Offray de La Mettrie, the human being is a clock-like organic machine, although there is no clock-maker.

The Human Machine V 18.06.2021 41:03 ↓

For Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the human being is a metaphysical machine, mirroring God’s harmonious universe.

The Human Machine IV 16.06.2021 45:39 ↓

This episode is devoted to Thomas Hobbes, who considered human society ought to be like a well-regulated machine.

The Human Machine III 10.06.2021 47:00 ↓

This episode is devoted to René Descartes, whose mechanistic philosophy likened the biology and intellect of humans to clockwork.

The Human Machine II 26.05.2021 45:20 ↓

This episode is devoted to William Harvey, who discovered the mechanism of the heart, and the circulation of the blood.

The Human Machine I 17.05.2021 42:53 ↓

This episode is devoted to Andreas Vesalius, the founder of Renaissance anatomy and a pioneer of the scientific revolution.

Earthly Paradise 10.05.2021 44:33 ↓

In this episode, George explores the history of the quest to locate Eden – that is, Earthly Paradise.

Intuition, Myth and Metaphor 03.05.2021 40:12 ↓

George takes a historical tour of myth and metaphor, both in science and in the public persona of scientists.