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June 11, 2025

Episode 25 - Philo of Byzantium -

21 minutes

Grab your ventriloquist dummies and your gimbles, as we catapult ourselves into a story about the worlds first mathematical engineer. If you thought Leonardo Da Vinci was pretty metal, well you're about to meet the 'wood and papyrus' version. It's Philo of Byzantium.

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#MathematicalHeritage

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#AncientEngineers

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#GreekInventors

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#FromPhiloToPhysics

The music was:

"Danse Macabre - Finale"

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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By Ben Cornish