Nicholas Sanderson: The Fourth Lucasian and the Power of Perseverance

Episode 5 of our Lucasian Professors series dives into the life of Nicholas Sanderson, a blind mathematician who reshaped Cambridge’s math through innovative teaching, a pioneering introduction to calculus, and a debated early claim to Bayes’ theorem. From learning arithmetic alongside his father to modernizing the Cambridge curriculum, his story champions resilience, curiosity, and a lasting mathematical legacy.

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