The Mathematicians Podcast

The Mathematicians Podcast

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The Mathematicians Podcast episodes

  • Episode 9 - Democritus of Abdera - The finer detail.

    Today I plan to share with you the smallest possible unit of information, and I will do this an infinite number of times. Are we talking about the introduction of calculus? A theory of atoms? Both? Who can say, well hopefully I can in this episode. 

     

    The music was :

    "Danse Macabre - Finale"

    Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    29 min
  • Episode 8 - Theodorus of Cyrene - Getting back to our roots

    This week we explore beauty, in the form of some more very old maths. Theodorus, one of the leading figures in the Pythagorean movement, will move you to joy, I am sure.

     

    The music was "Danse Macabre - Finale"

    Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    23 min
  • Episode 7 - Hippias of Elis - Ahead of the Curve

    This week, let me draw you into a story about an ancient curve-ist, as we meet the first non-circular curve that is formally defined - and the mand who first drew it.

     

    The music was:

    "Danse Macabre - Finale"

    Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    19 min
  • Episode 6 - Hippocrates of Chios - Moving in Mathematical Circles

    This week we do the impossible - square the circle... or at least part of it. Listen in to hear what the cutting edge of research mathematics was in the 4thC BCE.

     

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    "Danse Macabre - Finale"

    Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    16 min
  • Episode 5 - Oenopides of Chios - Where we draw the line

    Let me invite you to drink in the joys of learning about a Mathematician you have possibly never heard of. This week we measure the tilt of the earth using the most advanced technology of the day: a stick.

     

    Follow @mathematicians.pod on Instagram for more, less serious, content.

     

    "Danse Macabre - Finale"

    Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    18 min
  • Episode 4 - Zeno of Elea - The Paradoxician

    I would invite you to press play on this podcast, but alas motion is illusory, so you finger will not move. Hopefully I will move you to like and subscribe with this whimsical history of Zeno of Elea. 

    Follow @mathematicians.pod on Instagram for more, less serious, content.

     

    The Music was:

    "Danse Macabre - Finale"

    Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    19 min
  • Episode 3 - Pythagoras of Samos - The Mythmatician

    In this exciting episode we discover who Pythagoras really was. Did he really do Pythagoras' theorem? Did he have a golden leg? Was he a human embodiment of god?  ... Maybe!

     

    Join me on Instagram @mathematicians.pod

     

    The Music was:

    "Danse Macabre - Finale"

    Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    25 min
  • Episode 2 - Thales of Miletus - A Point of Interest

    The first mathematician to have a theorem named after them; Thales - Come with me to the 6th Century BCE to learn more about what it meant to be a mathematician in ancient times.

     

    The Music was:

    "Danse Macabre - Finale"

    Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    23 min
  • Episode 1 - Ahmes - Let's Start Somewhere in the Middle

    Our first look at a mathematician dating back to 1700 BCE - Ahmes. What was maths like back in Ancient Egypt?

     

     

    The Music was:

    "Danse Macabre - Finale"

    Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    18 min

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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…