Inquiry: MATTERS OF EXCHANGE: COMMERCE, MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE

• Artist: Mark Lynch
• Title: MATTERS OF EXCHANGE: COMMERCE, MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE
• Album: Inquiry
• Length: 29:20 minutes (8.94 MB)
• Format: Stereo 11kHz 42Kbps (VBR)

 Holland in the 17th Century was the economic powerhouse of Europe. Goods from around the globe ended up on Holland’s shores. It was also a place where knowledge of medicine, natural history and science flourished. Was there a connection? Does commerce and knowledge go hand in hand? Tonight we speak with HAROLD J. COOK, director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine and professor at University College London about his groundbreaking book MATTERS OF EXCHANGE: COMMERCE, MEDICINE AND SCEINCE IN THE DUTCH GOLDEN AGE.