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Source: NPR "Day to Day"

Roundup

3-30-06

U.K.'s Royal Society Buys a Piece of Science History [4min]

Britain's leading scientific academy paid $1.75 million on Tuesday for a 17th-century manuscript that details the beginning of modern science. The Royal Society bought the manuscript on the eve of a public auction. Alex Chadwick speaks with the Steven Cox, chief executive of the Royal Society, about the big purchase.

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