{"podcast":{"title":"Beyond Proof: Stories in Mathematics","slug":"beyond-proof-stories-in-mathematics-7730628","podcast_index_feed_id":7730628,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10fa0520c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/val99","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45471323/45471323-1772314744207-f7c3a3b18f708.jpg","author":"The Turing App","episode_count":14,"summary":"Stories in Math is the podcast I wanted when I was younger and math felt like this sealed-off world I couldn’t get into. Math has always been a very human thing. It’s people arguing, guessing, getting stuck, getting lucky, and sometimes accidentally stepping into an idea so big it changes everything. This show is a collection of those stories, that bring out the journey and stories behind mathematical discoveries Stories in Math is for anyone who’s curious. If you love math, you’ll get the backstory you didn’t get in class. If you’ve always felt shut out by math, this is a way in.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T14:18:23.809377+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-proof-stories-in-mathematics-7730628"},"episode":{"title":"Astonishing History of Math Symbols - Part 1","slug":"astonishing-history-of-math-symbols-part-1","published_at":"2026-03-06T14:26:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-proof-stories-in-mathematics-7730628/astonishing-history-of-math-symbols-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-proof-stories-in-mathematics-7730628","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/val99/episodes/Astonishing-History-of-Math-Symbols---Part-1-e3fvt6r","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10fa0520c/podcast/play/116437659/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-5%2F1cce95ec-481e-8a62-2b15-8bbf122a6973.mp3","summary":"Uncover the fascinating history behind the mathematical symbols we use every day. From ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to the revolutionary introduction of zero in India, this episode explores how a language of illustrations transformed the way we perceive and calculate the world around us. This episode traces the arduous journey of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system as it traveled from the House of Wisdom in Baghdad to a resistant medieval Europe. You'll hear how the visionary Fibonacci championed these "Indian figures" against a culture that viewed zero with deep suspicion—fearing it as a tool for fraud or even a heretical void. It is a story of how a superior technology eventually dismantled the centuries-old grip of the abacus, forever changing the architecture of human thought.","meta_description":"Uncover the fascinating history behind the mathematical symbols we use every day. From ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to the revolutionary introduction of z…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1091,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beyond-proof-stories-in-mathematics-7730628/episodes/astonishing-history-of-math-symbols-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-proof-stories-in-mathematics-7730628/astonishing-history-of-math-symbols-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}