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Main focus of the episode - Seb Falk is the guest discussing his book about medieval science. Described as a 'fabulous book' that argues the Middle Ages was far from being a period of ignorance and opened up astonishing ways of seeing the world.

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Referenced when discussing a listener question about Dan Jones' 'new history of the Middle Ages' which talks about the late Roman Empire and Byzantine successor blocking knowledge.

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Described as 'the most popular medieval scientific textbook' which 'starts off by describing the machine of the world' - referenced when discussing how the medieval worldview saw the world as a machine.

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Described as 'his book in which he presents his heliocentric theory' - discussed in the context of Copernicus's work being modeled on earlier authorities and presenting himself as medieval in approach.

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Referenced as the work that Copernicus's De Revolutionibus was 'modeled very closely on' - mentioned when discussing how Copernicus presented himself as a Renaissance man looking to classical authorities.