The Murder of Evariste Galois
Evariste Galois was a brilliant mathematician with a passion for justice. He was only 22 when he was murdered. To this day, his murderers remain unknown. But his insightful mathematical theories are k...
11 Juni 202417min
The History of Calculators
You know that little app you use on your phone to do your calculations? It has a fun, clunky history full of interesting inventions! The history of the calculator goes as far back as 300 CE with the S...
23 Maj 202420min
Climate Scientist and Suffragette Eunice Foote
During the month of Earth Day, it is justifiable and poignant that we while we honor Mother Earth, we also honor Eunice Newton Foote, the world's first female climate scientist. Foote perfectly exempl...
23 Apr 202418min
Catherine Macaulay and her Call for Educational Equality
As Women's History Month ends, I want to introduce you to Catherine Macaulay, an eighteenth-century British historian who called for equality in education. She believed that by providing education to ...
31 Mars 20249min
The Book Hypatia The Sum of Her Life
Hypatia was one of the first female mathematicians that we know of. Her accomplishments were many. She was a valued Alexandrian teacher who taught mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy. She was a gov...
1 Aug 20239min
Hipparchus-The Trigonometry of our Cosmos
Hipparchus was one of the first mathematicians who trigonometrically defined his astronomical observations through stereographic projection, which is incredibly awe-inspiring! To read the podcast's ...
23 Aug 202215min
REPOST: Archimedes and his Pi
In June 2022, Emma Haruka Iwao and her team at Google computed pi to 100 trillion digits! But this number 3.1415, first determined by Archimedes, only had three digits. Archimedes left a huge impressi...
2 Aug 202212min
du Chatelet and Her One True Love
Many people think that Emilie du Chatelet's one true love was Voltaire, but it was not! Who (or what) did she love more?! To read the podcast's transcripts, visit me at www.MathScienceHistory.com. T...
12 Juli 202218min
