The Great Scientists Podcast

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

Al-Khwarizmi Show Notes 03/09/2020

Al-Khwarizmi Show Notes 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 Contact us on social media: Twitter: @GreatScientistP Email: Links: References & Further Reading: /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/13468658

The Great Scientists Podcast #11 - Al-Khwarizmi 03/05/2020

The Great Scientists Podcast #11 - Al-Khwarizmi 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 /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/13433924

Aryabhata Show Notes 02/22/2020

Aryabhata Show Notes 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: Links: References & Further Reading: /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/13258364

The Great Scientists Podcast #10 - Aryabhata 02/19/2020

The Great Scientists Podcast #10 - Aryabhata 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 /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/13222712

Zu Chongzhi Show Notes 02/08/2020

Zu Chongzhi Show Notes 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: References & Further Reading: /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/13071134

The Great Scientists Podcast #9 - Zu Chongzhi 02/05/2020

The Great Scientists Podcast #9 - Zu Chongzhi 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 /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/13036226

The Great Scientists Podcast #8 - Hypatia 01/22/2020

The Great Scientists Podcast #8 - Hypatia 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 /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/12840077

The Great Scientists Podcast #7 - Ptolemy 01/08/2020

The Great Scientists Podcast #7 - Ptolemy 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 /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/12667454

The Great Scientists Podcast #6 - Aristotle 12/25/2019

The Great Scientists Podcast #6 - Aristotle 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 /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/12456488

The Great Scientists Podcast #5 - Nabu-rimanni 12/13/2019

The Great Scientists Podcast #5 - Nabu-rimanni 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 /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/12385049

The Great Scientists Podcast #4 - Plato & Socrates 11/28/2019

The Great Scientists Podcast #4 - Plato & Socrates 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 /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/12213161

The Great Scientists Podcast #3- Euclid 11/13/2019

The Great Scientists Podcast #3- Euclid 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 /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/12026780

The Great Scientists Podcast #2- Merit-Ptah 10/30/2019

The Great Scientists Podcast #2- Merit-Ptah In this episode we discuss: Merit Ptah; The First Female Scientist; Crocodile Dung Contraception; Fanny Workman Bullock; Podcast Monopolies /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/11843966

The Great Scientists Podcast #1- Xi Lingshi 10/15/2019

The Great Scientists Podcast #1- Xi Lingshi In this episode we discuss: Xi Lingshi; Silk & Sericulture; Chinese Mythology; Lightning Conception; The Horse-Headed Woman; Silkworms on the Moon /episode/index/show/greatscientists/id/11584115

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