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Episode 28 - Apollonius of Perga - What Goes around comes around

Episode 28

In this episode of The Mathematicians Podcast, Benjamin Cornish turns his attention to Apollonius of Perga—the ancient Greek mathematician whose work…

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Episode 27 - Chrysippus - A Good Proposition

Episode 27

What do ancient logic, Stoic philosophy, and paradoxes have in common? Chrysippus of Soli. In this episode, Ben Cornish explores how Chrysippus revol…

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Episode 26 - Eratosthenes - A Prime Example

Episode 26

In this episode of The Mathematicians Podcast, host Benjamin Cornish paddles upstream—literally and figuratively—to explore the remarkable life and i…

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Episode 25 - Philo of Byzantium -

Episode 25

Grab your ventriloquist dummies and your gimbles, as we catapult ourselves into a story about the worlds first mathematical engineer. If you thought …

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Episode 24 -Archimedes of Syracuse

Episode 24

In this week's episode we look at the life an works of the Great Archimedes. A man who was so much more than what we all think, and we all think quit…

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Episode 23 - Aristarchus of Samos - Got The Measure of Things

Episode 23

This week we look at a man who looked at the moon whilst it looked at the sun and thought: "Gosh, that looks far away".

 

But how far away is the sun…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Episode 22 - Injectives - Mikhail Koroteev on Instructional Puzzles

Episode 22

This episode has been a real favourite of mine to record - I sit down with the co-creator of www.euclidea.xyz to ask all of my puzzling questions on …

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Episode 21 - Euclid - In His Element

Episode 21

This week: The big cheese. It's Euclid time. Come with me on a journey through his optics, astronomy and or course the elements - a week of exception…

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Episode 20 - Autolycus of Pitane - Got the Ball Rolling

Episode 20

This week we look up to one of the most influential stargazers of all time. Autolycus, the very first non-Euclidean geometer, even before Euclid hit …

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Episode 19 - Aristotle - On The Philosopher

Episode 19

This week we have a big one! One of the greats, if not the greatest, philosophers of all time: Aristotle. We will explore how this philosopher-scient…

1 year, 2 months ago

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