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🗓️ 13 August 2025

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Tonight, we’ll read from Elements of Arithmetic, written by Augustus De Morgan and first published in 1846. De Morgan was a pioneering British mathematician and logician, remembered not only for his clear explanations but also for his sharp wit. He introduced the world to what we now call De Morgan’s Laws in logic, and was the first to formally define and use the term “mathematical induction.” Because he was a Unitarian and refused to subscribe to the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Anglican Church, he was denied a fellowship at Oxford and Cambridge. This principled stance however did not hinder his influence: he went on to become the first professor of mathematics at the newly founded University College London. His legacy is honored not only in mathematics but on the Moon itself, where a crater bears his name. Elements of Arithmetic was one of his most widely read works, offering both beginners and more advanced students a foundation in the science of numbers. Arithmetic — the study of numbers, their properties, and their relationships — forms the bedrock of mathematics, bridging the practical art of calculation with the deeper theories that underpin algebra and number theory. — read by 'N' — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.7	elements of arithmetic, written by Augustus Day Morgan and first published in 1846.
1:25.6	De Morgan was a pioneering British mathematician and logician, remembered not only for his clear
1:32.0	explanations, but also for his sharp wit. He introduced the world to what we now call
1:38.2	De Morgan's laws in logic, and was the first to formally define and use the term mathematical induction. Because he was
1:48.6	a Unitarian and refused to subscribe to the 39 articles of the Anglican Church, he was denied
1:55.6	a fellowship at Oxford and Cambridge. This principled stance, however, did not hinder his influence.
2:02.5	He went on to become the first professor of mathematics at the newly founded University
2:07.2	College of London. His legacy is honored not only in mathematics, but on the moon itself,
2:14.6	where a crater bears his name. Elements of arithmetic was one of his most widely read works,
2:21.5	offering both beginners and more advanced students a foundation in the science of numbers.
2:28.5	Arithmetic, the branch of mathematics that studies numbers and their operations,
2:35.8	forms the bedrock of mathematics, bridging the practical art of calculation with the deeper theories that underpin
2:41.9	algebra and number theory.
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