Plants of the Gods: S5E5. Part 2 — Coffee, the World’s Favorite Stimulant — Chemistry, History, and More
Plants of the Gods: Hallucinogens, Healing, Culture and Conservation podcast
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Coffee Houses: Intellectual Hubs and Catalysts for Ideas
This chapter discusses the historical significance of coffee houses as intellectual centers where common people could learn from brilliant thinkers. It highlights some of the polymaths who frequented these coffee houses, such as Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke, Edmund Halley, Isaac Newton, and Adam Smith. It also mentions how coffee houses continued to be places of creative thinking and writing, with J.K. Rowling writing the Harry Potter series in Edinburgh coffee houses.
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