The Blind Mathematician Who Became the World's Greatest | Newsthink

The Scientist Who Invented the Future | Newsthink

The Scientist Who Invented the Future Highly recommend Ananyo Bhattacharya's biography on John von Neumann: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Future-Visionary-Ideas-Neumann/dp/1324050500 Please check out the book in the above link - you won't be disappointed. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. 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 Thank you to our Patrons, including: John & Becki Johnston Igli Laci Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:27 Childhood 1:20 University years 2:20 Unifying quantum mechanics 3:23 Invitation to America 4:34 Nazi Party rises to power 4:56 Life in America at the Institute for Advanced Study 5:36 Worries about looming war in Europe 6:14 Marriage and divorce 7:00 Developing the atomic bomb 9:34 Developing the early computer (ENIAC and EDVAC) 11:50 Game theory and nuclear deterrence 15:00 Self-replicating machines and later life 15:58 The future 17:08 Sponsor, Brilliant Special thanks to the Institute for Advanced Study for supplying many of the photos of John von Neumann in our video: https://www.ias.edu/ Select images sourced from Alamy and Associated Press Sources: Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Way in Budapest: xorge, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons University of Budapest interior (three images): Thaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons 1930s images of Nazi Germany: Gas chamber at Auschwitz: Paul Arps from The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons ENIAC image from University of Pennsylvania (real life): By The original uploader was TexasDex at English Wikipedia. - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Andrei Stroe using CommonsHelper., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6557095 Minneapolis federal courthouse: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons John von Neumann gravestone: Antonio Giovanni Colombo, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ via Wikimedia CommonsWalter Reed Army Medical Center: By Antony-22 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=96210593Fortune magazine article, “Can We Survive Technology?”: https://fortune.com/2013/01/13/can-we-survive-technology/ 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: billionaires, mathematics, starlink Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Mathematician Who Lost His Mind | Newsthink

The Mathematician Who Lost His Mind John Nash lost his mind and then miraculously found it again. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. I highly recommend Sylvia Nasar's biography of John Nash called A Beautiful Mind: https://a.co/d/28g9nCV Chapters: 00:00 The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of John Nash 0:50 His Early Life: Gifted but Socially Awkward 1:10 Discovering His True Passion: Mathematics 2:14 Life at Princeton: Eccentric Genius 3:53 Challenging John von Neumann 5:07 Nash Equilibrium 6:07 Manifolds 6:59 Embedding Theorems 8:09 Complicated Personal Life 8:51 Meeting Alicia 9:26 Descent into Madness 10:47 Fleeing to Europe 11:35 Return to America 13:37 A Remarkable Recovery 14:44 The Nobel Prize in Economics 16:33 The Tragic End 17:30 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 Cindy on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Music: Performance of Bach’s ‘Little’ Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, by Dario Ronchi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZd2q3BYPwI Sources: Historical newspaper of New York Times: Steve Goldman HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on eBay https://www.ebay.com/str/stevegoldmanhistoricalnewspapers Bluefield, West Virginia footage courtesy of Mountain Roots on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MountainRoots/videos Bluefield, West Virginia image: By SheepNotGoats at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Men of Mathematics footage courtesy of BriTheMathGuy on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=gz65LFrXOlg Chemical process engineering drawing: CS Odessa, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Chemistry laboratory: Wellcome Images, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons East Pyne classroom at Princeton University: Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour by John von Neumann: Todd Huffman from Phoenix, AZ, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Great Dome at MIT (daylight): By Mys 721tx - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 Great Dome at MIT (night): Fcb981, this edited version by Thermos, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Mikhail Gromov footage: Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (IHES) - Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2StA4Rd0NbA McLean Hospital: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons U.S. Embassy in Luxembourg: GilPe, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Nassau Street sign: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Trenton Psychiatric Hospital images: By Famartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Cannon Green and Nassau Hall, Princeton University: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Simon Marks reporting on the Soviet Coup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsF4c06txHM John and Alicia Nash’s gravestone photograph by Kurt Tazelaar uploaded to Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146909922/alicia_esther-nash#view-photo=165409018John Nash at the Economic Forum: Economicforum, CC BY-SA 3.0 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, silicon valley, tech history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Man Who Solved the $1 Million Math Problem...Then Disappeared | Newsthink

The Man Who Solved the $1 Million Math Problem...Then Disappeared Grigori Perelman solved one of the world's hardest math problems, then called it quits. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription Highly recommend Masha Gessen's book Perfect Rigor: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of the Century https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Rigor-Mathematical-Breakthrough-Century/dp/B005CDTTKM 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 Thank you to our Patrons, including: John & Becki Johnston Igli Laci Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Sources: Leningrad State University (Saint Petersburg State University) wide shot: A.Savin - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21506837 Steklov Mathematical Institute front facing image: Екатерина Борисова, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Mikhail Gromov broll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJAQVletzdY&t=385s - Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (IHES) Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed) NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Stony Brook University atrium: Nafsadh, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Borodinskii bread (Russian black bread): Biser Todorov - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=85607286 UC Berkeley campus: brainchildvn on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Princeton University East Pyne Hall: Photo: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsTel Aviv University: By MathKnight - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24293973 Stony Brook University sign image: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsStony Brook University Umbilic Torus and Mathematicas Tower: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Institute Henri Poincaré: By Dbd75 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28802571 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: nvidia, spy stories, silicon valley, neuralink, scientific revolution, mossad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

The Blind Mathematician Who Became the World's Greatest | Newsthink

The Blind Mathematician Who Became the World's Greatest Leonhard Euler was the greatest mathematician who ever lived. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. Highly recommend Ronald Calinger’s comprehensive biography Leonhard Euler: https://a.co/d/7eOLwZk Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Euler’s Brilliance 0:14 Early Life in Switzerland 1:00 Studying Under Johann Bernoulli 1:30 Choosing Mathematics Over Theology 1:50 Euler’s Identity and Divine Harmony 2:09 Rejection from the University of Basel 2:27 Opportunity in St. Petersburg 3:35 The Seven Bridges of Königsberg Problem 5:00 Marriage and Family Life 5:48 Solving the Basel Problem 6:18 Losing His Sight, Not His Drive 6:59 Invitation to the Berlin Academy 7:24 Contributions to Celestial Mechanics 8:06 Introduction to the Analysis of the Infinite 8:47 Exponential Formula 9:24 Polyhedron Formula 9:56 Unhappiness in Berlin 11:05 Fluid Dynamics 11:40 Return to St. Petersburg 13:03 Going Completely Blind 14:41 His Final Day 15:25 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 Switzerland Tourism for supplying several of the photos featured in this video: https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/ Sources: University of Basel: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Interior of St Martin Church in Riehen, Switzerland: Moleskine, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Childhood home of Leonhard Euler in Riehen: Rieres, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Kunstkamera building in St. Petersburg: By Ad Meskens - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73789279 Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg: Andrey Korchagin from St. Petersburg, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Neva River in St. Petersburg in winter: Александров, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Neva River in St. Petersburg in winter image 2: Michael Hoffmann (Hamlet53), CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Berlin Academy: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Reflections at Sanccouci Palace: By Yuropoulos - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87054965 Versailles Palace fountain: edwin.11, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Another angle of Kunstkamera building in St. Petersburg: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Cataract surgical instruments: Science Museum Group, Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection, CC-BY-4.0, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36207687. Original link: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co150030/beer-type-cataract-knife-and-needle-cased-paris-1820-1866 Leonhard Euler tombstone used with permission courtesy of Edward Sudentas via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/2Wgooa 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: quantum physics, scientists, albert einstein Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Elon Musk Reveals the Greatest Global Threat Ever | Newsthink

Elon Musk Reveals the Greatest Global Threat Ever The first 100 who click https://www.magnesiumbreakthrough.com/newsthink and use code NEWSTHINK10 get 10% off. Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://twitter.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Austin Grant, Tom Eng, Neo Ge, Will Lathrop Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Thumbnail source: Elon Musk photo Spread the love, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Interviews featured in video: Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit https://youtu.be/lSD_vpfikbE?t=1188 Sources: UN World Population Prospects report (2019) https://population.un.org/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2019_Highlights.pdf 4:24 Mehr News Agency, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons 4:50 artridge, Emily A.; Davey, Marcus G.; Hornick, Matthew A.; McGovern, Patrick E.; Mejaddam, Ali Y.; Vrecenak, Jesse D.; Mesas-Burgos, Carmen; Olive, Aliza; Caskey, Robert C.; Weiland, Theodore R.; Han, Jiancheng; Schupper, Alexander J.; Connelly, James T.; Dysart, Kevin C.; Rychik, Jack; Hedrick, Holly L.; Peranteau, William H.; Flake, Alan W. (25 April 2017). "An extra-uterine system to physiologically support the extreme premature lamb". 8. The Author(s): 15112. Retrieved 2018-01-18., CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 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: space exploration, entrepreneurs, cia, quantum physics, mathematics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]