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Back to SearchEpisode 8 - Theodorus of Cyrene - Getting back to our roots
Episode 8
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 yo…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 7 - Hippias of Elis - Ahead of the Curve
Episode 7
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 w…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 6 - Hippocrates of Chios - Moving in Mathematical Circles
Episode 6
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 …
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 5 - Oenopides of Chios - Where we draw the line
Episode 5
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…
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 4 - Zeno of Elea - The Paradoxician
Episode 4
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 sub…
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 3 - Pythagoras of Samos - The Mythmatician
Episode 3
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 embodi…
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 2 - Thales of Miletus - A Point of Interest
Episode 2
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 ma…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 1 - Ahmes - Let's Start Somewhere in the Middle
Episode 1
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 - Fin…
1 year, 6 months ago