The Great Scientists Podcast

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Róisín & Henry explore the great scientists of history, according to the game Civilisation V. Comedy ensues.


    • Mar 5, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 34m AVG DURATION
    • 11 EPISODES


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    The Great Scientists Podcast #11 - Al-Khwarizmi

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2020 34:25


    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  

    The Great Scientists Podcast #10 - Aryabhata

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2020 38:28


    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

    The Great Scientists Podcast #9 - Zu Chongzhi

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 28:47


    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

    The Great Scientists Podcast #8 - Hypatia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 30:43


    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

    The Great Scientists Podcast #7 - Ptolemy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2020 32:50


    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

    The Great Scientists Podcast #6 - Aristotle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2019 42:39


    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

    The Great Scientists Podcast #5 - Nabu-rimanni

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 29:18


    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

    The Great Scientists Podcast #4 - Plato & Socrates

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 41:38


    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

    The Great Scientists Podcast #3- Euclid

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2019 39:38


    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

    The Great Scientists Podcast #2- Merit-Ptah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2019 23:46


    In this episode we discuss: Merit Ptah; The First Female Scientist; Crocodile Dung Contraception; Fanny Workman Bullock; Podcast Monopolies

    The Great Scientists Podcast #1- Xi Lingshi

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2019 35:20


    In this episode we discuss: Xi Lingshi; Silk & Sericulture; Chinese Mythology; Lightning Conception; The Horse-Headed Woman; Silkworms on the Moon

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