Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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New York Times bestselling science writer Jo Marchant is joined by Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees and moderator Roger Highfield to discuss her new book, The Human Cosmos, and how humanity's innate relationship with the stars has shaped our religious beliefs, power structures, scientific advances and even our biology.

The Human Cosmos is available to buy now from the Science Museum online store: shop.sciencemuseum.org.uk/products/the-human-cosmos-a-secret-history-of-the-stars

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