Mar 05 2025 58 mins 1
Dustin Young is the president of the Rutgers chess club with an interest in historiography. We will explore:
- what was Newton's take on religion
- why study the interface of history, science, politics, and philosophy
- where does chess come from and how it evolved
- how to impress friends with a Taylor series party trick
Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/
FB stránka: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu
Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/
Timestamps:
(0:00) introduction
(0:56) historiography, Newton, and religion
(17:31) natural philosophers and seperation of sciences
(22:35) sources, bias, and motivation
(36:03) cultures and approaches to chess
(44:35) origin and developments of chess
(57:15) no true objectivity
Links:
- Newton project: https://www.newtonproject.ox.ac.uk/
- council of Nicaea: https://www.britannica.com/event/First-Council-of-Nicaea-325
- De Morgan's laws: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/de-morgans-law/
- bongcloud: https://chess.fandom.com/wiki/Bongcloud
- Taylor series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_series
- chaturanga: https://www.chess.com/terms/chaturanga-game
- xiangqi: https://www.xiangqi.com/history
