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The Strangest Mathematician in History The peculiar mind of Archimedes. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. I highly recommend the book Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes by Alan Hirshfeld: https://a.co/d/iNRTMyP Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 1:19 Archimedes’ Early Life and Education 2:01 Archimedes’ Mathematical Achievements 4:25 Archimedes and Big Numbers 5:44 Lost Works and the Palimpsest 7:31 Archimedes’ Engineering and War Machines 8:30 The Fall of Syracuse and Archimedes’ Death 9:30 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant Follow Newsthink on X https://x.com/Newsthink Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://x.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Thank you to the The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland for supplying photos of Archimedes’ Palimpsest Sources: Animations of Archimedes’ famous screw and lever and earth: ZDF/Terra X/Group 5/ Susanne Utzt, Cristina Trebbi/ Jens Boeck, Dieter Stürmer / Fabian Wienke / Sebastian Martinez/ xkopp, polloq CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.de Tomb of Archimedes: By Davide Mauro - Own work, CC BY 2.5 it, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3054538 Fields Medal: Stefan Zachow for the International Mathematical Union; retouched by King of Hearts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Brilliant people shaping our world. Follow the podcast & rate it 5 star! Find Newsthink on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Newsthink Disclaimer: This podcast is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Newsthink. All content rights and trademarks belong to Newsthink. If you are the rightful owner and have any concerns, please get in touch with me directly. - --------------------------------- ---- Keywords: spy stories, science stories, elon musk, silicon valley, tesla Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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