The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

How to Be Smarter than Isaac Newton

Mar 22, 2022

19:00

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How Isaac Newton's Blunder Threatened the Nation

6min

The Trial of the PICS

5min

How to Learn a New Language

4min

How to Avoid Isaac Newton's Dumbest Mistake

2min

The History of Isaac Newton

2min

You think Isaac Newton was smart? Not so fast. He made one mistake so dumb that scholars still shake their heads over it. Find out how to avoid this mistake—and be smarter than Newton—in this episode...

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