Episode Appearances
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · Jan 14, 2026
David McWilliams (on the history of money)
“Brought zero and algebra from Arab traders in Sicily to Florence, enabling double-entry bookkeeping”
History of Money and Monetary SystemsTrust as Economic FoundationHyperinflation and Currency Collapse
View AnalysisShort Wave · Jan 2, 2026
The trouble of zero
“Medieval mathematician who brought the concept of zero from North Africa to Medieval Europe in the 13th century”
Neuroscience of numerical cognitionNumber neurons and brain specializationAbstract mathematical thinking in the brain
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