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Galileo bad, Archimedes good
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Nov 21, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Galileo's bumbling attempts at determining the area of the cycloid suggests a radical new interpretation of his scientific opus. Archimedes's work on floating bodies is an example of excellent Greek science that has not been sufficiently appreciated. Transcript Galileo is the most overrated figure in the history of science. That’s the thesis of Season 1 … Continue reading Galileo bad, Archimedes good
Released:
Nov 21, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (23)
Galilean science in antiquity?: Ancient Greek scientists studied the dynamics of falling bodies. Were “Galileo’s” discoveries anticipated in these treatises that have since been lost? This question leads to a bigger one regarding relativism versus universalism in the history of thoug... by Opinionated History of Mathematics