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May 29, 2025 The Mathematician Who Died in a Duel | Newsthink
The Mathematician Who Died in a Duel
Évariste Galois died in a duel before the world realized he had changed math forever. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.
Chapters:
0:00 The Struggle
0:29 Galois's Early Life
0:54 School Struggles and First Setbacks
1:25 Galois's Revolutionary Insight (Quintic Equation)
2:28 Rejected by the Mathematical Elite
2:51 The Death of His Father
3:23 Hope and Heartbreak: Submitting to the Academy
3:38 Revolution and Expulsion
4:02 Joining the National Guard and Arrests
4:30 Rejected Again by the Mathematical Elite
5:00 Galois’ Prophecy in Prison
5:44 The Fatal Duel
6:04 Final Manuscripts and Last Words
6:46 Galois’s Work is Finally Noticed
7:46 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant
Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
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Sources:
Lycée Louis-le -Grand image 1: Celette, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Lycée Louis-le-Grand image image 2: By Pline - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
École Polytechnique: Par NonOmnisMoriar — Travail personnel, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Lycée Louis-le-Grand image image 3 (entrance close up): CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Père Lachaise cemetery: By Pierre-Yves Beaudouin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Joseph Fourier tombstone close up: By Coyau / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Sieur Faultrier, boarding facility where Galois resided after the Cholera outbreak in Paris: By User: LPLT - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Galois’ tombstone: By Beachboy68 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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May 29, 2025 Elon Musk Has an “Idiot Index” | Newsthink
Elon Musk Has an “Idiot Index”
An incident at SpaceX showed Elon Musk's tough management style. #shorts
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May 29, 2025 Why Steve Jobs Hated the Idea of the iPhone | Newsthink
Why Steve Jobs Hated the Idea of the iPhone
How Apple's team got Jobs to change his mind about building a smartphone. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription.

I recommend Brian Merchant's book The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone https://www.amazon.com/One-Device-Secret-History-iPhone/dp/0316546240

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Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
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Thank you to our Patrons, including:
John & Becki Johnston
Igli Laci
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink

Special thanks to the following for permission to use their material:
1:32 FingerWorks demo courtesy of Joseph Lee on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En1IRDExYzI
2:48 Nokia 3300b (2003) courtesy of Techformative on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmOTXvmVgjY
3:04 Motorola Rokr E1 (2005) courtesy of Techformative on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TyjWbuPSFFw

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Sources:
0:38 Tony Fadell image: Web Summit, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
1:02
Scott Forstall image: Matt Yohe, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Jony Ive image: Matt Yohe, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Steve Jobs: Matthew Yohe at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons (image edited by Newsthink)
Mike Bell image sourced from Lucid Motors
1:06 Old mobile phones: Kprateek88, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ via Wikimedia Commons
1:23 Joe Ravi, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
1:32 FingerWorks demo courtesy of Joseph Lee on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En1IRDExYzI
2:42 matt buchanan, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:12 Wired magazine: Blake Patterson via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/abawwg CC BY 2.0 DEED Attribution 2.0 Generic
3:17 ROKR phone background image: Ged Carroll from Hong Kong mostly, HKSAR, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
3:26 Blake Patterson, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:09 Tom Coates from San Francisco, United States, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
7:34 iPhone 5S background image: Kelvinsong, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
7:41 Kremlin.ru, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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May 28, 2025 Why Tesla's Cybertruck Steel is So Strong | Newsthink
Why Tesla's Cybertruck Steel is So Strong
Tesla employs a cold-rolled process that makes the Cybertruck super strong. #cybertruck #tesla #elonmusk #gigafactory #gigatexas
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May 28, 2025 Carl Gauss Sums 1 to 100 Quickly | Newsthink
Carl Gauss Sums 1 to 100 Quickly
A young Carl Gauss figured out how to sum the numbers 1 to 100 within minutes, astonishing his elementary school teacher.
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May 28, 2025 How Israel's Iron Dome Works | Newsthink
How Israel's Iron Dome Works
How Israel's iron dome system defends against enemy rocket attacks #shorts #irondome #israel
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May 28, 2025 The Legendary Logic Test Everyone Fails | Newsthink
The Legendary Logic Test Everyone Fails
Only 10% of people get the Wason selection task right. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.

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Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
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Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com

Thank you to our Patrons, including:
John & Becki Johnston
Igli Laci
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink

Image/video sources:
Blackberry building: By Michael Pereira - https://www.blackberry.com/content/dam/blackberry-com-v3/company---landing-page/Company-Hero.jpg/jcr:content/renditions/cq5dam.web.768.768.jpeg, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79164002
Person holding Blackberry: By Omaranabulsi — Personal work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25790879
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May 28, 2025 The Cousins Running Rival Tech Empires | Newsthink
The Cousins Running Rival Tech Empires
AMD's Lisa Su and NVIDIA's Jensen Huang are surprisingly related. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.

Special thanks to Jean Wu for her analysis!
Follow @jeanstalk543 for more captivating stories about famous families, legacies, and wealth
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Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom
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Thank you to our Patrons, including:
John & Becki Johnston
Igli Laci
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink

Sources:
Cyrix chip image: By Gona.eu - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6060749PC era computer image: Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F077948-0006 / Engelbert Reineke / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en via Wikimedia Commons
Protestors in Bangkok: Thai Rath newspaper, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
AMD building: By Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7492333Jensen Huang NVIDIA image source: CommonWealth Magazine https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=3442#Denny’s restaurant: Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Cell processor for PlayStation 3: Greenpro, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsPlaystation 3: © by drdemento Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/shellac/44747959/ This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Image of Lisa Su from 2011 sourced from AMD press release (edited by Newsthink Ltd.)

Articles:
AI server stat from TrendForce: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/global-ai-server-demand-surge-120000260.html?guccounter=1
Stratechery interview with Lisa Su: https://stratechery.com/2024/an-interview-with-amd-ceo-lisa-su-about-solving-hard-problems/
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May 27, 2025 The Mathematician Forced to Become a Genius | Newsthink
The Mathematician Forced to Become a Genius
Norbert Wiener’s father molded him into a genius. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription.

Watch my video on William James Sidis, the sad story of the smartest man who ever lived: https://youtu.be/L0zOdg7PCkQ

Chapters:
0:00 A Father’s Experiment
1:44 Homeschooling Through Tears
3:06 A Lonely Genius
4:08 A Shocking Discovery
4:33 Undermined by His Father
5:45 Intellectual Awakening in Europe
6:47 War, Rejection & Finding Purpose
7:57 The Telegram That Changed Everything
8:35 Opportunity at MIT & Brownian Motion
9:55 Finding Love & Personal Freedom
10:27 Ethical Dilemmas & The Nuclear Age
11:19 The Breakthrough: Cybernetics
12:22 Final Reflections
14:07 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant

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Sources:
19th-century classroom courtesy of © Jorge Royan / http://www.royan.com.ar via Wikimedia Commons (transformed into black and white by Newsthink Ltd.)
Chemical laboratory: Wellcome Images, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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May 27, 2025 The Greatest Trade Ever Made | Newsthink
The Greatest Trade Ever Made
How John Paulson made the greatest trade of all time.

I highly recommend the book, The Greatest Trade Ever by Gregory Zuckerman: https://a.co/d/3zHUfQA

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For new users, terms and conditions apply.

Special thanks to The FinanZe Podcast for permission to feature their John Paulson interview. Listen to the full interview from Aug 2021 here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0YqXbJLvQk84E5whESDDUH?si=ep7LLBmvQiC0teKhDrqiMg

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Thank you to our Patrons, including:
John & Becki Johnston
Igli Laci
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink

Select images/video supplied by Getty Images and Alamy.

Sources:
0:05 Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
0:06 Ildar Sagdejev (Specious), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
0:07 Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
4:59 Paolo Pellegrini image sourced from LinkedIn
9:00 Michael Burry image sourced from X
Gregory Lippman image sourced from Milken Institute https://milkeninstitute.org/events/gc19/speakers/36710
Jeffrey Green image: Financial Times, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
11:42 David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ via Wikimedia Commons
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12:09 Mike Fleshman, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
12:12 Amin Eshaiker, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
13:11 Bear Bull Traders, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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