Pythagoras (Radio Edit)
You're Dead to Me
BBC
4.7 • 10.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined by Professor Edith Hall and comedian Desiree Burch to learn about ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras. Pythagoras is famous in maths classes everywhere for his triangle theorem, but surprisingly little is known about his actual life, and his theorem was actually invented by Babylonian mathematicians centuries before he was born! This episode explores the myths and legends that grew up in the ancient world about Pythagoras’s life in the centuries after his death.
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Research by: Josh Rice Written by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow, Emma Nagouse and Greg Jenner Produced by: Emmie Rose Price-Goodfellow and Greg Jenner Audio Producer: Steve Hankey Senior Producer: Emma Nagouse
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| 0:40.0 | Hello and welcome to your dead Dead to me the Radio 4 comedy podcast that takes history |
| 0:46.4 | seriously my name is Greg Jenner I'm a public historian author and broadcaster and |
| 0:50.4 | today we are packing our pencil cases and protractors and hopping aboard the school bus back to ancient Greece for a math lesson with Mr. Triangle himself. |
| 0:58.0 | No, not the rock, Pythagoras. And to help us square our hypothesis |
| 1:03.2 | whatever that is we have two very special guests in history corner |
| 1:07.1 | she's professor of classics at Durham University and a fellow of the British Academy |
| 1:10.8 | she researches class ethnicity and gender in classical texts is an expert on |
| 1:14.6 | ancient Greek theatre and philosophy. You might have read one of her many excellent books or |
| 1:18.8 | heard on any number of brilliant radio four programs including Natalie Hayne |
| 1:22.4 | stands up for the classics and |
| 1:23.6 | great lives is Professor Edith Hall. Welcome Edith! |
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