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Opinionated History of Mathematics
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Opinionated History of Mathematics

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Cracking tales of historical mathematics and its interplay with science, philosophy, and culture. Revisionist history galore. Contrarian takes on received wisdom. Implications for teaching. Informed by current scholarship. By Dr Viktor Blåsjö.

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43 épisodes
Galileo bad, Archimedes good
Nov 21, 2018•—

Galileo bad, Archimedes good

Galileo bad, Archimedes good
Nov 21, 2018•—

Galileo bad, Archimedes good

Mathematics versus philosophy, then and now
Nov 21, 2018•—

Mathematics versus philosophy, then and now

Mathematics versus philosophy, then and now
Nov 21, 2018•—

Mathematics versus philosophy, then and now

Galilean science in antiquity?
Nov 21, 2018•—

Galilean science in antiquity?

Galilean science in antiquity?
Nov 21, 2018•—

Galilean science in antiquity?

The case against Galileo on the law of fall
Nov 29, 2018•—

The case against Galileo on the law of fall

Galileo’s errors on projectile motion and inertia
Dec 10, 2018•—

Galileo’s errors on projectile motion and inertia

Why Galileo is like Nostradamus
Dec 27, 2018•—

Why Galileo is like Nostradamus

Galileo’s theory of tides
Jan 17, 2019•—

Galileo’s theory of tides

Heliocentrism in antiquity
Feb 10, 2019•—

Heliocentrism in antiquity

Heliocentrism before the telescope
Mar 9, 2019•—

Heliocentrism before the telescope

The telescope
Apr 6, 2019•—

The telescope

Blemished sun
May 4, 2019•—

Blemished sun

Phases of Venus
Jun 2, 2019•—

Phases of Venus

Galileo’s theory of comets is hot air
Jul 7, 2019•—

Galileo’s theory of comets is hot air

Galileo and the Church
Aug 14, 2019•—

Galileo and the Church

Galileo was the first to … what exactly?
Sep 21, 2019•—

Galileo was the first to … what exactly?

More things Galileo didn’t do first
Oct 28, 2019•—

More things Galileo didn’t do first

Historiography of Galileo’s relation to antiquity and middle ages
Dec 3, 2019•—

Historiography of Galileo’s relation to antiquity and middle ages

The mathematicians’ view of Galileo
Jan 11, 2020•—

The mathematicians’ view of Galileo

Why the Greeks?
Feb 16, 2020•—

Why the Greeks?

Societal role of geometry in early civilisations
Mar 29, 2020•—

Societal role of geometry in early civilisations

First proofs: Thales and the beginnings of geometry
May 15, 2020•—

First proofs: Thales and the beginnings of geometry

Singing Euclid: the oral character of Greek geometry
Jun 21, 2020•—

Singing Euclid: the oral character of Greek geometry

Read Euclid backwards: history and purpose of Pythagorean Theorem
Jul 30, 2020•—

Read Euclid backwards: history and purpose of Pythagorean Theorem

Consequentia mirabilis: the dream of reduction to logic
Sep 8, 2020•—

Consequentia mirabilis: the dream of reduction to logic

What makes a good axiom?
Oct 4, 2020•—

What makes a good axiom?

That which has no part: Euclid’s definitions
Nov 3, 2020•—

That which has no part: Euclid’s definitions

Created equal: Euclid’s Postulates 1-4
Dec 10, 2020•—

Created equal: Euclid’s Postulates 1-4

Why construct?
Jan 20, 2021•—

Why construct?

“Let it have been drawn”: the role of diagrams in geometry
Mar 10, 2021•—

“Let it have been drawn”: the role of diagrams in geometry

Maker’s knowledge: early modern philosophical interpretations of geometry
May 10, 2021•—

Maker’s knowledge: early modern philosophical interpretations of geometry

Cultural reception of geometry in early modern Europe
Jul 10, 2021•—

Cultural reception of geometry in early modern Europe

Rationalism versus empiricism
Sep 18, 2021•—

Rationalism versus empiricism

Rationalism 2.0: Kant’s philosophy of geometry
Nov 17, 2021•—

Rationalism 2.0: Kant’s philosophy of geometry

“Repugnant to the nature of a straight line”: Non-Euclidean geometry
Feb 20, 2022•—

“Repugnant to the nature of a straight line”: Non-Euclidean geometry

The “universal grammar” of space: what geometry is innate?
May 20, 2022•—

The “universal grammar” of space: what geometry is innate?

Review of Netz’s New History of Greek Mathematics
Oct 11, 2022•—

Review of Netz’s New History of Greek Mathematics

Operational Einstein: constructivist principles of special relativity
Jul 23, 2023•—

Operational Einstein: constructivist principles of special relativity

Did Copernicus steal ideas from Islamic astronomers?
Nov 29, 2023•—

Did Copernicus steal ideas from Islamic astronomers?

Torricelli’s trumpet is not counterintuitive
Dec 30, 2024•—

Torricelli’s trumpet is not counterintuitive

Death of Archimedes
Jul 15, 2025•—

Death of Archimedes

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