The Great Scientists Podcast: Recent Episodes
Róisín & Henry
Róisín & Henry explore the great scientists of history, according to the game Civilisation V. Comedy ensues.
In this episode we discuss: The Siege of Baghdad; Al-Ma'mun; Power Struggles; Islamic Golden Age; Ancient Egypt Explorers; Invention of Zero; Three Common Words; Fibonacci; Merchant Numerals; Dodgey Maps; The Rebuilt Library of Alexandria
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References & Further Reading:
- Jim Al-Khalili's Documentary
- Pathfinders - Al-Khwarizmi
- Notes on Numeral Systems
In this episode we discuss: The Siege of Baghdad; Al-Ma'mun; Power Struggles; Islamic Golden Age; Ancient Egypt Explorers; Invention of Zero; Three Common Words; Fibonacci; Merchant Numerals; Dodgey Maps; The Rebuilt Library of Alexandria
In this episode we discuss: Shibboleths; Coin Horders; Infanticide Awards; Leprosy Cure; Poetic Math; Mensuration; Infomercial Science; Boat Relativism; Wonky Spheres; Infinite Pi; Nick O' Machus II; The Pulverizer; Naming Sin; The Slightly Late Aryabhata II; Aryabhata IN SPACE; The Official Great Scientists Pi Ratio
Contact us on social media:
- Twitter: @GreatScientistP
- Email: GreatScientistspodcast@gmail.com
Links:
- RSS Feed
References & Further Reading:
- The Aryabhitiya Translation
- Details of Numeration Systems
- A Biography of Dr. Bhau Daji
- Aryabhata's Trig Tables
In this episode we discuss: Shibboleths; Coin Horders; Infanticide Awards; Leprosy Cure; Poetic Math; Mensuration; Infomercial Science; Boat Relativism; Wonky Spheres; Infinite Pi; Nick O' Machus II; The Pulverizer; Naming Sin; The Slightly Late Aryabhata II; Aryabhata IN SPACE; The Official Great Scientists Pi Ratio
In this episode we discuss: Trump on the Brain; 1000-Year Pi; A Family of Scientists; The Nine Chapters; Liu Hiu; Preserved Chinese Mathematics; Crooked Cylinders; Calling Bullshit; The South-Pointing Chariot; The Thousand League Steamer; Common As Muck Eclipses; Endless Calculating; Fried Elf
Contact us on social media:
- Twitter: @GreatScientistP
- Email: GreatScientistspodcast@gmail.com
References & Further Reading:
- Zu Chongzhi Bio
- Pi Definition
- Liu Hui's Algorithm for computing Pi
- 3d South-Facing Chariot
- Details about the Chariot
- Brief Notes on the Account of Strange Things
- Further Notes on the Account of Strange Things
- Archimede's Pi Calculation
In this episode we discuss: Trump on the Brain; 1000-Year Pi; A Family of Scientists; The Nine Chapters; Liu Hiu; Preserved Chinese Mathematics; Crooked Cylinders; Calling Bullshit; The South-Pointing Chariot; The Thousand League Steamer; Common As Muck Eclipses; Endless Calculating; Fried Elf
In this episode we discuss: Death of a Host; Alexandria Museum; Our Boy Theon; Book Thieves; Deathbed Christians; Skipping Diophantus; Astrolabes & Water-Clocks; The Most Contemptible St. Cyril; Monk Militia; The Murder of Hypatia; Period Tales
In this episode we discuss: Ptolemy; Bread into Fish won't go; Marmaduke; The Upper Egyptian; The Almagests; Stolen Data; Newton's Hate of Ptolemy; Mathematical Inventions; Harry Potter Horoscopes; Zoë Blade; Ptolemy's Tuning; Eye-Rays
In this episode we discuss: Aristotle; Nick O' Machus; Residents of Lesbos; Literary Gold; The Four Causes; Early Meteorology; Onion Cosmology; Slime for Sale?; Bombardier Bison; The Wonderful Mystery of European Eels
In this episode we discuss: Nabu-rimanni; Babylonian Astronomy & Astrology; Chaldea; The Capture of Sealand; System A; Many Types of Month; The Talented Franz Kugler; Sexagesimal Math; Missing Zeros; Sacrifical Kings; Precession of Equinoxes; Bad-mouthing the Ancient Greeks
In this episode we discuss: Socrates & Plato; The Gadfly of Athens; Dildo Shortages; Socratic Method; Corrupting the Youth; Hemlock Biochemisty; Sacrified Cocks; Platonic Dialogues; The (Not Very) Noble Lie; Water-Clocks; Plato's Workout Routine; Platonic Idealism; Nominalism
In this episode we discuss: Euclid; Reincarnation; Pythagoras's Bean Ban; The Golden Thigh; Triangles; The Golden Rectangle; DaVinci Code Nonsense; Phyllotaxis; Theon; Non-Euclidean Horrors; Many Translations; Lincoln's Bag; Teaching Math
In this episode we discuss: Merit Ptah; The First Female Scientist; Crocodile Dung Contraception; Fanny Workman Bullock; Podcast Monopolies
In this episode we discuss: Xi Lingshi; Silk & Sericulture; Chinese Mythology; Lightning Conception; The Horse-Headed Woman; Silkworms on the Moon