Episode 61 - Story Time with Anna: Olaus and the Chamber of Confirmation Bias

Snuggle on down in your jimjams with a mug of your favorite warm beverage, as Anna tells Amber a bedtime story about a great moment in archaeological discovery. This week, we travel back to 17th century Sweden, where a professor named Olof Rudbeck changed the world with his research.

No spoilers, but check out David King’s Finding Atlantis: A True Story of Genius, Madness, And an Extraordinary Quest for A Lost World.

Photo credit: Portrait of Olaus Rudbeck, from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post.