377: 1001 Nights: Science and Geometry

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

A story from "One Thousand and One Nights" about three wondrous gifts: a clock, a security system, and a fake horse that can fly. Bet you can't guess which one wins the prize at the king's big science and geometry fair.

The creature is the Tangie! It'll be your friend, but only if you want to do crime.

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Music:

"City Lights" by Chad Crouch

"Minor Stretch" by Chad Crouch

"Caverna" by Blue Dot Sessions

"The Odd About It" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Fireside Tension" by Blue Dot Sessions

Transcript

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0:00.0	This week on myths and legends, we're in the stories of 1,001 nights, and we'll see why letting your child take off on a completely untested flying machine run by a sinister monster might be a bad idea.
0:11.0	The creature this time will help you find your new apartment, a cave high
0:15.1	in the cliffs, so you can hide out from the authorities.
0:21.2	This is mythsths and Legends episode 377 from mythology and folklore.
0:38.0	Some are incredibly popular stories you might think you know but with surprising origins.
0:42.0	Others are tales that might be new to you. you might think you know but with surprising origins.
0:42.8	Others are tales that might be new to you but are definitely worth a listen.
0:46.7	Today we're back in the story of 1001 Knights,
0:49.8	a collection of tales from the Middle East.
0:51.6	We've finished up the framing narrative a while ago, so we're just telling the stories now. And today's story jumps in with the King of Persia, one who opens up his kingdom so all can enjoy it, and who loves science and geometry.
1:04.4	I love science and geometry. The king mused aloud, very loudly. You see twice
1:20.0	a year he opened up his palace to the people to celebrate his three daughters and one son and,
1:25.0	unlike the story of Undine, it wasn't just so they could see how much more well-off their quote-unquote
1:30.3	betters were, it was so they could partake in the
1:33.4	splendour of royalty. He was being loud about his love for science and
1:37.6	geometry as father of this people because he wanted to lead by example. And
1:42.1	you know, STEM.
1:43.8	Like, what is it about science and geometry
1:46.7	that you love?
1:48.1	His vizier asked.
1:49.8	Yes, the king smiled. Okay, that answers nothing.
1:54.0	Science is an extremely broad general category, and geometry as a specific branch of mathematics.
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