{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"FLASHCARDS! Francis Bacon, Margaret Mead, and Paul Erd\u0151s on the Science of Everyday Thinking","description":"Your instinct to question evidence, challenge \u201cthe way things are,\u201d and fall in love with a hard problem isn\u2019t a personality quirk; it\u2019s the exact thinking that built modern science, anthropology, and mathematics. In this Flashcards Friday episode, I break down three quick \u201ccards\u201d inspired by Sir Francis Bacon, Margaret Mead, and Paul Erd\u0151s, and show how their most famous breakthroughs mirror instincts you already have. This one\u2019s a companion to last Wednesday\u2019s Pride Month special, but it stands entirely on its own. \ud83c\udf10 Website: https:\/\/www.MathScienceHistory.com \u2615Support the show: https:\/\/paypal.com\/ncp\/payment\/PR7F7ST49GDNA Three Things You\u2019ll Learn \u00b7         How Francis Bacon\u2019s inductive reasoning became the foundation of the entire scientific method, and the personal risk he took living as a gay man in Elizabethan England \u00b7         Why Margaret Mead\u2019s research in Samoa proved that \u201cnormal\u201d is often just \u201cwhat we decided and forgot we decided\u201d \u00b7         How Paul Erd\u0151s treated unsolved math problems like lifelong relationships, and why that\u2019s the key to real mathematical thinking Subscribe so you never miss a Flashcards Friday, and if this one hit home, leave a review\u2014it helps more curious minds find the show! Flashcard Music: Gift of the Stars from The Little Prince by Lloyd Rodgers. All music is in the public domain and has no Copyright and no rights reserved. IMAGES: Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) -- Portraits Portraits Appartient \u00e0 l\u2019ensemble documentaire - By Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=161117399 Margaret Mead - By Los Angeles Daily News - https:\/\/digital.library.ucla.edu\/catalog\/ark:\/21198\/zz0002pz57, CC BY 4.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=117411558 Coming of Age cover (1928) \u2013 Public Domain - Coming of Age in Samoa: margaret mead : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Paul Erdos - By Kmhkmh - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=123828932 Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. Leave a review! It helps more people discover the show! Share this episode with friends & fellow history buffs! Until next time, carpe diem! ","author_name":"Math! Science! History!","author_url":"https:\/\/www.mathsciencehistory.com","html":"