This sub-series, “Geniuses to Giants” is normally only available for the paid subscribers when it is first published, but this first episode will serve as a preview for those interested in what sort of goodies you will find in the full membership!
Welcome one and all to episode 2 of “Giants Helped Me Do It”, the podcast covering the innovations and inventions of the past from cultures all aorund the world.
This episode is the first episode for the paid subscribers. I like to think of it as a “sister” podcast to the main episodes on “Giants Helped Me Do It”. I have decided to call these paid subscriber episodes “Geniuses to Giants” episodes, as they focus more on individuals rather than broad cultural trends.
In this episode of “Geniuses to Giants”, we are taking a look at the one, the only, Archimedes!
We go into a lot of detail here, with quotes from a number of ancient sources giving information on this extraordinary mathematician! I hope you like it.
Below are some photos that may help in some way with an understanding of the story.
Thomas Ralph Spence, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Giulio Parigi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
If you have any questions, don’t forget to leave them below. Also, let me know below if you think the Archimedes Death Ray was possible!
Thanks, as always, for your support. Until the next episode!
Daniel
Sources for podcast:
Plutarch, 46-120? „Plutarch’s Lives, Volume 2 (of 4)“. Https://Www.Gutenberg.Org/Files/14114/14114-h/14114-h.Htm, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14114/pg14114-images.html.utf8. Zugegriffen 9. Oktober 2023.
Livy, 58 BCE-16. „The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26“. Https://Www.Gutenberg.Org/Files/10907/10907-h/10907-h.Htm, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10907/pg10907-images.html.utf8. Zugegriffen 9. Oktober 2023
Cicero, Marcus Tullius. „Cicero’s Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth“. Https://Www.Gutenberg.Org/Files/14988/14988-h/14988-h.Htm, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14988/pg14988-images.html. Zugegriffen 9. Oktober 2023.
Pollio, Vitruvius. „The Ten Books on Architecture“. Https://Www.Gutenberg.Org/Files/20239/20239-h/20239-h.Htm, https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20239/pg20239-images.html. Zugegriffen 9. Oktober 2023.
Archimedes | Facts & Biography | Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Archimedes. Zugegriffen 15. Oktober 2023.
Music credit:
"Return of the Mummy" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Magic Escape Room" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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