• Episode 9 - Democritus of Abdera - The finer detail.
    Feb 19 2025

    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? Who can say, well hopefully I can in this episode.

    The music was :

    "Danse Macabre - Finale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    29 mins
  • Episode 8 - Theodorus of Cyrene - Getting back to our roots
    Feb 12 2025

    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 - Finale"

    Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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    22 mins
  • Episode 7 - Hippias of Elis - Ahead of the Curve
    Feb 5 2025

    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 - Finale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    19 mins
  • Episode 6 - Hippocrates of Chios - Moving in Mathematical Circles
    Jan 29 2025

    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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    "Danse Macabre - Finale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    15 mins
  • Episode 5 - Oenopides of Chios - Where we draw the line
    Jan 22 2025

    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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    "Danse Macabre - Finale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    17 mins
  • Episode 4 - Zeno of Elea - The Paradoxician
    Jan 15 2025

    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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    The Music was:

    "Danse Macabre - Finale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    19 mins
  • Episode 3 - Pythagoras of Samos - The Mythmatician
    Jan 8 2025

    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!

    Join me on Instagram @mathematicians.pod

    The Music was:

    "Danse Macabre - Finale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    24 mins
  • Episode 2 - Thales of Miletus - A Point of Interest
    Jan 1 2025

    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.

    The Music was:

    "Danse Macabre - Finale" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    22 mins