Episode Details

Was Bede a mathematician? Well, he certainly made history count. Join Benjamin Cornish for a trip to Northumbria (which is definitely in England) to meet the "OG monk" who mastered the calendar. In this episode, we dip into "On the Reckoning of Time" to discover how one man calculated the date of Easter, argued with the tides, and dated the Garden of Eden to a Tuesday (or close enough). We also explore why we use the AD/BC system and why you should never trust a Solstice.

Keywords: Bede, History of Mathematics, Northumbria, Calendars, Paschal Moon, Tides, Chronology, AD/BC.

Hashtags: #MathsHistory #TheVenerableBede #MedievalHistory #Podcast #Calendar #Northumbria #Maths

The music was-
"Danse Macabre - Finale"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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