The Facsimile, Part 1

The Facsimile, Part 1

It’s easy to take document duplication for granted in our modern age, but our digital ease follows centuries of mechanical innovation and millennia of human specialization in the form of the scribe. In this Stuff to Blow Your Mind two-parter, Robert and Joe explore the history and invention of the facsimile.

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Cat People

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The Song of the Bat

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The Wild World of Bats

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Fire Walk With Me

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Life in the Plastic Palace

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Sleep No More

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