31: Dustin Young - history, chess, history of history, history of chess

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