Episode 11 - Injectives - Peter Adamson on The Early Philosophers
In today's episode we have a special treat as I sit down with Professor Peter Adamson to ask all of the questions that have been brewing over the past 10 weeks. Be prepared for significantly more expe...
5 Mar 20251h 7min
Episode 10 - Archytas of Tarentum - Things are in Motion
Today we learn about the man who invented the wooden pigeon, along with some slightly more serious contributions. We've learnt already about how the Pythagoreans thought everything was made up of numb...
26 Feb 202518min
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? Wh...
19 Feb 202528min
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...
12 Feb 202522min
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 -...
5 Feb 202518min
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. Follow on Instagram @mathematicians...
29 Jan 202515min
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 s...
22 Jan 202517min
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....
15 Jan 202518min
