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dukeofdoom 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Chebyshev Polynomials in the 16th Century (2022)

Would love to watch a videos on historical math breakthroughs. In the style of Indiana Jones, I mean just told as a big adventure. I used to watch connections and loved it.

incognito124 5 months ago | [–]

I second that. I bet such a documentary may even yield insights how to make current scientific breakthroughs

panarchy 5 months ago | [–]

You might enjoy the book "The Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible Visible"

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