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Great Thinkers, Great Theorems

12h 14m 35s
English
Paid

Delve into the mechanics of some of math's greatest and most awe-inspiring achievements.

Explore the most awe-inspiring theorems in the 3,000-year history of mathematics with the 24 lectures of Great Thinkers, Great Theorems. Professor William Dunham, an award-winning teacher with a talent for conveying the essence of mathematical ideas, reveals how great minds like Pythagoras, Newton, and Euler crafted theorems that would revolutionize our understanding of the world. Approaching great theorems the way an art course approaches great art, Professor Dunham will open your mind to new levels of mathematics appreciation.

About the Authors

Dr. William Dunham

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Dr. William Dunham is a US mathematician (Bryn Mawr College visiting scholar, Muhlenberg College emeritus) and the author of multiple celebrated books on the history of mathematics, including Journey Through Genius and The Mathematical Universe. His teaching material on mathematical history has been published as on-demand video courses for general audiences.

His CourseFlix listing carries Great Thinkers, Great Theorems — a comprehensive lecture series on the history of mathematics through the lens of its greatest thinkers (Euclid, Archimedes, Newton, Euler, Cantor) and the theorems that define their contributions.

Material is paid and aimed at general adult learners interested in mathematics and its history. The course sits in the broader Non-Tech catalog on CourseFlix.

Wondrium (The Great Courses)

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Wondrium (formerly The Great Courses Plus and originally The Great Courses) is a US online education platform that has been publishing university-level video lecture series since 1990. The platform's distinctive contribution is the depth and production quality of its courses — each is taught by a tenured university professor with the production values of a documentary series, not a YouTube tutorial.

The catalog covers academic disciplines rather than technical-skill training: history, philosophy, science, mathematics, literature, music theory, religion, economics. Material is taught by faculty from Stanford, Yale, Princeton, the University of Chicago, MIT, and similar institutions. Wondrium is typically used by intellectually-curious adult learners filling in the liberal-arts side of their education.

The CourseFlix listing under this source carries over 19 Wondrium / Great Courses titles spanning that range — sitting in the broader CourseFlix catalog as general-interest reference rather than as a software-engineering track. Material is paid; Wondrium itself runs on a monthly / annual subscription on the original platform.

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#1: 1 Theorems as Masterpieces
All Course Lessons (24)
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1 Theorems as Masterpieces Demo
31:44
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2 Mathematics before Euclid
31:10
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3 The Greatest Mathematics Book of All
28:56
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4 Euclid's Elements - Triangles and Polygons
31:42
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5 Number Theory in Euclid
28:37
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6 The Life and Works of Archimedes
29:16
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7 Archimedes' Determination of Circular Area
31:32
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8 Heron's Formula for Triangular Area
31:21
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9 Al-Khwarizmi and Islamic Mathematics
29:49
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10 A Horatio Algebra Story
28:45
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11 To the Cubic and Beyond
32:04
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12 The Heroic Century
31:13
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13 The Legacy of Newton
30:13
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14 Newton's Infinite Series
30:53
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15 Newton's Proof of Heron's Formula
31:35
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16 The Legacy of Leibniz
30:39
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17 The Bernoullis and the Calculus Wars
31:01
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18 Euler, the Master
30:25
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19 Euler's Extraordinary Sum
31:09
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20 Euler and the Partitioning of Numbers
30:42
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21 Gauss - the Prince of Mathematicians
30:22
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22 The 19th Century - Rigor and Liberation
30:55
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23 Cantor and the Infinite
29:30
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24 Beyond the Infinite
31:02
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Delve into the mechanics of some of math's greatest and most awe-inspiring achievements. Explore the most awe-inspiring theorems in the 3,000-year history of mathematics with the 24 lectures of Great Thinkers, Great Theorems. Professor…
Who teaches this course?
It is taught by Dr. William Dunham, Wondrium (The Great Courses). You can find more courses by these instructors on the corresponding source pages.
How long is the course?
It contains 24 lessons with a total runtime of 12 hours 14 minutes. Every lesson is available to watch online at your own pace.
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