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.

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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 stick.

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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.

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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 embodiment of god? ... Maybe!

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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 mathematician in ancient times.

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Our first look at a mathematician dating back to 1700 BCE - Ahmes. What was maths like back in Ancient Egypt?

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