Trickster, Birder, Soldier, Spy

NOV 11, 202518 MIN
The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Trickster, Birder, Soldier, Spy

NOV 11, 202518 MIN

Description

He was a brilliant ornithologist—and a spy so colorful that James Bond was based on him. Richard Meinertzhagen was also a liar and a thief, and perpetrated the biggest fraud in biology history. Episode below!