126: America’s First Black Scientist - Benjamin Banneker
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🗓️ 13 September 2021
⏱️ 67 minutes
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References & Further Reading
- https://www.whitehousehistory.org/benjamin-banneker
- https://archive.org/details/bulletinunitedst2311964unit/page/17/mode/1up?view=theater
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-things-know-about-astronomer-benjamin-bannekers-pioneering-career-180967136/
- https://friendsofbenjaminbanneker.com/history/benjamin-banneker-2/
- https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2vEQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA65&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
- https://www.history.com/.amp/news/cicadas-discovery-benjamin-banneker
- https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112037299119&view=1up&seq=13&skin=2021
- https://www.biography.com/.amp/scientist/benjamin-banneker
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/85984/retrobituaries-benjamin-banneker-african-american-mathematician-who-may-have-saved
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benjamin-Banneker
- https://www.wired.com/2010/02/benjamin-banneker-the-first-african-american-geek/am
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| 0:00.0 | What are we starting with this week? |
| 0:02.0 | A review... |
| 0:04.0 | A YouTube comment. |
| 0:06.0 | Yes, you're gosh darn right. |
| 0:08.0 | It says, it's from Jeff. |
| 0:09.0 | It says, wow, 54 years of having no idea I have a Fantasia. |
| 0:14.0 | Right? |
| 0:15.0 | It's an incredible discovery. |
| 0:17.0 | This is why I don't like reading books that much. |
| 0:19.0 | Oh, right, because you can't see... |
| 0:21.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:22.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:23.6 | Yeah, that makes sense. |
| 0:24.6 | I thought you just meant like, I don't like reading books because I hate incredible |
| 0:26.6 | discoveries about myself. |
| 0:27.6 | I discover things all the time. |
| 0:28.6 | Yeah, no, so that's on our A Fantasia episode, which definitely should check that one out. |
| 0:33.6 | We've also got the A Fantasia thing we did with a bunch of YouTubers, which is pretty cool. |
| 0:37.8 | So, definitely check out both of those. |
| 0:38.8 | We did do that. |
| 0:39.8 | And before we actually get into it, I just want to ask a question to our audience. Head down |
| 0:45.1 | into the YouTube chat if you're there, if you're on, if you're listening to it, head |
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