This week: The big cheese. It's Euclid time. Come with me on a journey through his optics, astronomy and or course the elements - a week of exceptionally good maths.
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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 20 - Autolycus of Pitane - Got the Ball Rolling
This week we look up to one of the most influential stargazers of all time. Autolycus, the very first non-Euclidean geometer, even before Euclid hit the scene.Â
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"Danse Macabre - Finale"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 19 - Aristotle - On The Philosopher
This week we have a big one! One of the greats, if not the greatest, philosophers of all time: Aristotle. We will explore how this philosopher-scientist also wears a heavy crown of mathematics, despite never publishing a work of maths. Tune in for discussions on logic, set theory, combinatorics and the ever interesting syllogism.
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The music:
"Danse Macabre - Finale"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 18 - Dinostratus - A Roarsome Mathematician
This week we finally come full circle on the Quadratrix, and meet a man who was able to draw a square with equal area to the circle. Yes, that ancient problem finally gets solved: for a given definition of solved. Tune in to find out exactly how one does 'Square the Circle'.
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"Danse Macabre - Finale"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 17 - Thymaridas - Simultaneous Genius
This week we take a crucial next step into the history of algebra and simultaneous equations with the Bloom of Thymaridas. Listen along for a bloomin' good time!
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The music was:
"Danse Macabre - Finale"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Where we explore the historical figures that count. An in-depth look at the history of mathematics, in chronological order, looking at the people, the theories, the ideas - with as fewer gaps as possible. Each episode we focus in on a single character or contribution to the history of maths and explore why it is significant, and how it evolved.
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