23 juli 2023
77 min
Operational Einstein: constructivist principles of special relativity
Einstein’s theory of special relativity defines time and space operationally, that is to say, in terms of the actions performed to measure them. This is analogous to the constructivist spirit of classical geometry.
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Opinionated History of Mathematics
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15 juli 2025
Death of Archimedes
26 min
30 december 2024
Torricelli’s trumpet is not counterintuitive
57 min
29 november 2023
Did Copernicus steal ideas from Islamic astronomers?
87 min
11 oktober 2022
Review of Netz’s New History of Greek Mathematics
52 min
20 maj 2022
The “universal grammar” of space: what geometry is innate?
32 min
20 februari 2022
“Repugnant to the nature of a straight line”: Non-Euclidean geometry
31 min
17 november 2021
Rationalism 2.0: Kant’s philosophy of geometry
30 min
18 september 2021
Rationalism versus empiricism
44 min
10 juli 2021
Cultural reception of geometry in early modern Europe
34 min
10 maj 2021
Maker’s knowledge: early modern philosophical interpretations of geometry
49 min