The Trees that built Venice

Postcards From Nowhere with Utsav Mamoria

In 1964, the directors at the National Library of Spain in Madrid made a startling discovery. Owing to an error in the printed catalogue, two hitherto unknown notebooks belonging to a famous inventor were discovered. In Milan, a physicist discovers an interesting hypothesis about trees in the notebooks of the same inventor, and goes out to prove it in his 2018 paper. This week, we travel to Venice and discover the story of Leonardo Da Vinci’s lesser known exploits in Botany, and the unlikely story of the humble tree that built Venice. Tune in, and discover what do these notebooks and trees teach us about the way we travel.

Till then Check out the other episodes of "Ireland Untravelled"

Lost Treasures, Dynamite and the Irish Nation :

https://ivm.today/3okwxm5

Gaelic

and the stunning decline of the Irish Language :

https://ivm.today/3zmhE9i

Trinity

Long Room and the Soul of the Irish Nation : https://ivm.today/3PnZkSE

U2, Body Snatching and the Irish Way of Death : https://ivm.today/3IQ6fl3

Bombay, Paris and the improbable victory for LGBTQ+ rights in Ireland :

https://ivm.today/3AJLa9B

Irish

roads that go nowhere, Houses no one lives in : https://ivm.today/3PGG95X

Titanic, Mosul and the Global shame of Western Museums :

https://ivm.today/3R9uBce

Three

Irish Women, Emigration and India's National Anthem :

https://ivm.today/3KfZdqz

You

can check previous episodes of 'Podcasts from Nowhere' on IVM Podcasts website

https://ivm.today/3xuayw9

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