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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
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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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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
https://x.com/cindypom
Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com
Support Cindy on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink
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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Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink
Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly.
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