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Radio Script (TALK SLOWLY THOUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING its quite short – I WROTE IT AT LIKE…12) [Have a music tune here if there is time…] Jiwon: Hello folks, it is currently 7:08 and you are listening to 93.5 FM Into the History with Jiwon Cheong and Staci Shon. Staci: We have a special guest with us today. He is a well known British historian who was recently knighted by Her Majestic Queen Elizabeth I hear. Jiwon: That is right. Sir George Clark is here with us to give us a bit of insight on his most recent book: Early Modern Europe. Staci: Ah. The book that certainly raised interest from the historians all over the world and even the general public itself. Please welcome Sir George Clark. Jenny: Why hello. Staci: Hello. Jiwon: Hello, sir. As we are short on time, would it be okay if we proceed on with the questions for you and your book? Jenny: It’s not a problem at all. Staci: So for the listeners who are not yet familiar with your book, can you tell briefly about Early Modern Europe? Jenny: Well, I even consider this book a massive one to simply summarize into a few sentences but I shall try nevertheless to extract the general idea of the thesis. In Early Modern Europe, I explore the reasons and motivations behind the advances in Science and Technology. I believe that, while there were various reasons that contributed to the improvement in the field, the initiative to satiate people’s curiosity was the most important and major aspect in the technological and scientific researches. And I basically expand on the idea and manage to write a whole book on it. Staci: Wow. Jiwon: But you didn’t just sit down one day and started to write a book on the incentives of the Science revolutionists. (haha, laugh jiwon). Jenny: No, I actually was just so amazed at my own thoughts I just wrote them down and became a book. Staci & Jiwon: (laugh..just laugh – we have to find stuff like this funny because we are boring history people) Staci: So why did you decide to actually write a book regarding the reasons for science and technology studies? Jenny: I wrote Early Modern Europe to explore the potential…or inferred rather…hypothesis regarding the reasons behind the scientific discoveries and studies – during the Scientific revolution. The original purpose of the book was to convince the readers that there were diverse incentives which led to the particular advance; however, the book apparently dismisses that point but some how manages to demonstrate that the major contribution is the initiatives of the people who improved science. Jiwon: But what actually provoked you to inform the world about the motives behind the Scientific Revolution? Do you account your book for only science and technology? Jenny: Although quite a number of historians believe that when they ask enough questions, they will be able to reach an answer of the past, I think that historians will never fully analyze by reading the obvious. One of historians’ many responsibilities is to lead the world to a brither future by informing them of the successes, failures and limitations of humans. I feel that it is my duty to closely inspect the motives of the people of the past and their incentives for various successes and failures in the past. By simply knowing what motivates a population to transform the world like…the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution to name a couple, the future generation – and evidently the present generation – can, in fact, become aware of what can lead to a preeminent movement. Staci: That is an intriguing(인트리깅) idea. I actually never was able to see in that particular perspective. Jiwon: Can you give your readers some prompts for their reflections and thoughts after or whilst reading Early Modern Europe? Jenny: I think I only have a few things to say about that: I just want to get the point across that people’s yearning to “know” have impacted many people today via constant and continuous studies of science. And just by wanting to do something can,as a matter of fact, change the future of the world. I want my readers to keep in mind that as long as they WANT TO, they can. Jiwon: Thank you, sir, for your time. And readers, please keep Sir George Clark’s words of wisdom at your heart (laugh again). Staci : We appreciated having you here in Into the History with us. Jenny : My pleasure Staci : Good night, listeners. This was 93. 5 FM.

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