Uploaded April 2017 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
This video considers Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer's "Leviathan and the Air Pump", which examines the rise of empirical science from a sociological perspective.
This video considers Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer's "Leviathan and the Air Pump", which examines the rise of empirical science from a sociological perspective.








![Badasses in the History of Science: Archimedes
hy·per·bo·le [hahy-pur-buh-lee] noun Rhetoric
1. obvious and intentional exaggeration.
2. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as to wait an eternity. Badasses in the History of Science: Archimedes](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UzzaSWyIhHM/mqdefault.jpg)

