Thomas Harriot (1560 - 1621)

Jackie Stedall talks about Thomas Harriot, a notable mathematician who lived in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. She talks about

Harriot's mathematics (at time 0:16)

Was Harriot a "professional mathematician"? (0:42)

Harriot's patrons (0:51)

Mathematical career patterns in Harriot's time (1:32)

Harriot's interest in navigation (2:22)

The problem of stacking cannon balls (3:14)

Mathematics without immediate practical applications (4:11)

Did Harriot work collaboratively with others? (4:59)

Harriot's communications with other mathematicians (5:51)

How Harrriot disseminated his work (6:45)

Harriot's reputation as a mathematician (7:45)

Would Harriot have described himself as a mathematician? (9:50)

Were Harriot's patrons interested in his mathematics? (10:48)

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