The Mathematicians Podcast

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Episode 10 - Archytas of Tarentum - Things are in Motion

Episode 10 - Archytas of Tarentum - Things are in Motion26 feb 202519 min

Today we learn about the man who invented the wooden pigeon, along with some slightly more serious contributions. We've learnt already about how the Pythagoreans thought everything was made up of numbers, now it is time to meet the guy that said 'Well why don't we use numbers to describe stuff then?'

The Music is:

"Danse Macabre - Finale"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/