From Alchemy to Atoms
This podcast discusses the history of scientific thought and tells stories about the greatest scientific discoveries and the scientists who made them. There may also be an inordinate amount of Xennial-related references thrown in along the way. Episodes will be released every two weeks on Fridays! Thanks for listening.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 5
- Years Active
- 2025
Episode 5 - All Roads Lead to Rome
In this episode we will learn about the impact of the Roman Empire on scientific thought. As opposed to the Greeks who approached mathematics and science from a philosophical perspective in order to …
Episode 4 - Eureka! The Mathematics of the Hellenistic Age - Part 2
In this episode, we continue learning about the Hellenistic Age in which Greek thinkers made many important advances in the fields of mathematics and astronomy. Part 2 features the stories of Eratost…
Episode 3 - Eureka! The Mathematics of the Hellenistic Age - Part 1
In this episode, we continue our journey through the history of ancient Greece into the Hellenistic Age. We start with a history lesson about Alexander the Great and his military campaign that spread…
Episode 2 - Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
On the last episode, we discussed the ideas of the pre-Socratic philosophers. Their ideas and metaphysical concepts had a large influence on the next generation of philosophers, including the man con…
Episode 1 - The Origins of Scientific Thought
Welcome to the very first episode of From Alchemy to Atoms! In this episode, you'll learn about the origins of scientific thought rooted in the ideas of the pre-Socratic philosophers. These ancient G…