Cracking tales of historical mathematics and its interplay with science, philosophy, and culture. Revisionist history galore. Contrarian takes on received wisdom. Implications for teaching. Informed by current scholarship.
List of all episodes with web player, download links, and transcripts.
Overview of Season 1: Galileo. 18 episodes. 9.5 hours.
Season 2: History and Philosophy of Geometry. 18 episodes, from Mesopotamia to Einstein.
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One of the funniest and informative podcasts out there!
— Grant Sanderson (@3blue1brown) November 11, 2020
I've been listening to a fascinating and brutal take-down of Galileo as "father of modern science" on @viktorblasjo's podcast https://t.co/bCCsPeIltc Turned a lot of what I thought I knew about Galileo (based on what's written about him just about everywhere) upside down... https://t.co/aJnG5KxnkP
— Alex Kontorovich (@AlexKontorovich) January 7, 2020
https://twitter.com/stevenstrogatz/status/1135158617341120512
The Case Against Galileo https://t.co/8ZD4NK9FAL via @benorlin
Based on the excellent series of @viktorblasjo podcasts about Galileo, which are extremely entertaining and humorous, as well as educational.— William Rose - @dodecahedra.bsky.social (@dodecahedra) April 30, 2019
If you're looking for some Math History Opinions to help you get through the pandemic isolation, series 2 of @viktorblasjo 's podcast is off to a strongly opinionated start https://t.co/Ljb2hxk3ey
— Math History Facts (@MathHistFacts) March 31, 2020
https://twitter.com/ChristianJaeh/status/1232705006211674112
I loved this series. Looking forward to the next one! https://t.co/fgt8lCvgDy
— Alex Cutbill (@intersectarian) February 17, 2020
https://twitter.com/jeppehjortsberg/status/1215315291204440065
The Overwhelming Historical Evidence that Galileo was a Hack: "In the shade-throwing first season of Opinionated History of Mathematics, historian of mathematics Viktor Blåsjö gives an anti-Galilean polemic of genuine scholarship and unblinking savagery." https://t.co/gWTPHlFbrO
— Jennifer Ouellette (@JenLucPiquant) March 20, 2019
Podcasting about: @viktorblasjo's Opinionated History of Mathematics podcast https://t.co/pJOKLEKWrB
— The Aperiodical (@aperiodical) June 17, 2020
Absolutely loving the second season @viktorblasjo’s Opinionated History of Mathematics podcast – the first season was cool, but all the ragging on Galileo got a bit tiring for me eventually. Just finished the recent(ish) episode about oral geometry, completely delightful!
— Dr. Rachel Kurchin (@rachel_kurchin) July 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/ksbaeuerle/status/1298258658313216000
Wish there were more podcasts like this about 17th C maths/physics
— Scott McCue (@swmccue) November 1, 2020
Can confirm! Viktor is the iconoclast that history of science needs. https://t.co/8E1Wgggp5u
— Ben Hambrecht (@BenHambrecht) November 11, 2020
https://twitter.com/stevenstrogatz/status/1352252497902116870
https://twitter.com/stevenstrogatz/status/1352229285629734912
This podcast needs more attention. I'm only a few minutes in and it's one of the funniest pieces on mathematics I've ever encountered, in any medium. https://t.co/5M97DO3XPK
— Tim Novikoff (@TimNovikoff) February 17, 2021
I've been looking forward to this so much. Briliant podcast. https://t.co/x7jfdEHp5R
— Alex Blokhuis (@AlexBlokhuis) March 10, 2021