Pliny The Elder: Great Minds

Before there was Google, there were encyclopedias. The very idea of these vast collections of knowledge can be credited to Pliny The Elder. So who was he, and why does he seem to pop up everywhere from Alchemy to Zoology? Hank has the story in this edition of SciShow: Great Minds.

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SOURCES
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/21/books/the-age-of-aquarii.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F10810FD3E5A1A738DDDA00994D9415B8385F0D3
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/PlinytheElder.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/pliny-abstract.html
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Pliny_the_Elder.aspx
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Pliny_the_Elder.aspx#2
http://www.livius.org/pi-pm/pliny/pliny_e.html

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