Simon Mattacks
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2,981 appearances
17 recordings
3 series
first heard Dec 2024
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Simon Mattacks’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Appointing John Flamsteed.
As the first astronomer royal.
Flamsteed and his successors.
Would collect huge amounts of data.
Laying the groundwork for navigation by the stars.
and establishing the use of Greenwich Meantime.
Both would be key to the Navy's future progress.
And offer countless other benefits to the world.
Over time.
Indeed.
The scientific advancements that began under Charles I
Helped lay the foundations.
Of massive social change.
particularly in relation to the Enlightenment movement.
It's spread across Europe.
The following century.
The Enlightenment saw a shift in mindset.
Away from the authority of religion.
And towards reason.
and scientific inquiry.
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