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What eclipses historically reveal about human nature

Here & Now host Scott Tong speaks with former NPR science reporter David Baron, author of the newly re-issued 2017 novel “American Eclipse,” about what American scientists wanted to prove during the 1878 eclipse, and what Monday’s eclipse might reveal about ourselves.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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