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Ep 147: Humbly and Gratefully Standing on the Shoulders of 1000 Years of Giants — Math History, Part 2
Picking up where we left off from the last episode, Harry joins Rafe to discuss further the Mathematics Genealogy Project and how one can show, for example, that Rafe is related to Nicolas Copernicus. Along the way, Euler and the number e are discussed further, we pick up tips on tessellations, and we wonder how things would have been different had Liebniz's father had not married his third wife or if Steinhaus had not successfully hid from the Nazis in Poland during WWII.
Learning your history is a most humbling experience but it provides you with an opportunity to contemplate what might have been, to make the most of how things actually are, to show eternal gratitude for those who blazed trails before us, and to show similar Grace to those who follow us.
This episode is kindly sponsored by BlendJet.
Use our special link ("bufnagle") to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout!
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As always, you can reach the Buf at [email protected]
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As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast. As such, some of you have asked how you can help out. Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy Me a Coffee:
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On this page, you can do a really nice thing like send us a couple dollars to help cover the cost of recording and hosting and microphones and research and all that. Any little bit really helps! Thank you in advance!!!
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Picking up where we left off from the last episode, Harry joins Rafe to discuss further the Mathematics Genealogy Project and how one can show, for example, that Rafe is related to Nicolas Copernicus. Along the way, Euler and the number e are discussed further, we pick up tips on tessellations, and we wonder how things would have been different had Liebniz's father had not married his third wife or if Steinhaus had not successfully hid from the Nazis in Poland during WWII.
Learning your history is a most humbling experience but it provides you with an opportunity to contemplate what might have been, to make the most of how things actually are, to show eternal gratitude for those who blazed trails before us, and to show similar Grace to those who follow us.
This episode is kindly sponsored by BlendJet.
Use our special link ("bufnagle") to save 12% at blendjet.com. The discount will be applied at checkout!
*****
As always, you can reach the Buf at [email protected]
*****
As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast. As such, some of you have asked how you can help out. Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy Me a Coffee:
https://buymeacoffee.com/bufnagle
On this page, you can do a really nice thing like send us a couple dollars to help cover the cost of recording and hosting and microphones and research and all that. Any little bit really helps! Thank you in advance!!!