{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Paul Tannery: The Tobacco Engineer Who Changed the History of Math","description":"Paul Tannery didn't begin his career intending to become one of the most influential historians of mathematics. He trained as an engineer at the \u00c9cole Polytechnique and spent much of his professional life working in France's state tobacco administration. But after work, Tannery pursued a very different passion: ancient mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and the history of science. What began as an intellectual interest became a lifetime of scholarship.   3 TAKEAWAYS: 1. How Paul Tannery transformed a personal passion into groundbreaking scholarship 2. Why Tannery believed historical claims needed evidence, not repetition 3. Why your &quot;side interest&quot; may matter more than you realize  &amp;nbsp; RESOURCES: Paul Tannery \u2014 MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive Ren\u00e9 Taton, \u201cPaul Tannery (1843\u20131904) Palatine Library - Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta  &amp;nbsp;  \ud83d\udd17  Explore more on our website:  mathsciencehistory.com \ud83d\udcda  To buy my book&amp;nbsp;Hypatia: The Sum of Her Life&amp;nbsp;on Amazon, visit&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/a.co\/d\/g3OuP9h  \ud83c\udfa7  Enjoying the Podcast?  \u2615  Support the Show: Coffee!!  PayPal  Leave a review!  It helps more people discover the show! Share this episode with friends &amp;amp; fellow history buffs! Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform  Check out our merch:  https:\/\/www.mathsciencehistory.com\/the-store  Music:  All music is public domain and has no Copyright and no rights reserved. Selections from The Little Prince by Lloyd Rodgers  Waiting for You by Pawel Feszczuk \u2013 from Free Music Archive \u2013 CC 4.0  Train by Sergey Cheremisinov -from Free Music Archive \u2013 CC 4.0  Serene Sonnet by Oleskii Holubiev from Pixabay \u2013 CC 0.0  Until next time, carpe diem!  &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Math! Science! History!","author_url":"https:\/\/www.mathsciencehistory.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/42470630\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/006ac2\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/42470630"}