Aug 23, 2022
Hipparchus was one of the first mathematicians who
trigonometrically defined his astronomical observations through
stereographic projection, which is incredibly
awe-inspiring!
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of stereographic projection, please visit me at
Aug 2, 2022
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 impression on the world of math!
To read the podcast's transcripts, visit me at www.MathScienceHistory.com. For more information...
Jul 12, 2022
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.
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Finally, to read the works of du...
Jun 21, 2022
Yes! Time Travel has a past! The history of time travel goes as far back as 400 BCE! Time travel stories empower us with insight into how we could have corrected the past or how we can change the future! Where would you like to travel to?!
To read the podcast's transcripts, visit me at www.MathScienceHistory.com.
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May 31, 2022
We have many female contemporaries of women in science today. Believe it or not, even in ancient history, Rome had a few exceptional female contemporaries in science as well!
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