Weekend Bonus episode: The Mathematics and Loneliness of DD Kosambi w/Prof. Ram Ramaswamy
About this episode
This episode features an interview with Prof. Ram Ramaswamy discussing the life and contributions of DD Kosambi, a significant figure in mathematics and history.
This is a special weekend crossover episode featuring the Hindu's Rearview podcast. Did Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi solve the Riemann Hypothesis - one of mathematics's greatest puzzles? Was Kosambi, who wrote one of the most influential books on studying Indian history, ignored by both mathematicians and historians? Is he India's Alan Turing? This week we interview Prof Ram Ramaswamy, whose biography of the remarkably eclectic DD Kosambi: DD Kosambi, One Life, Many Worlds, gives a dispassionate, scholarly and insightful look into this mathematician and historian who was also a Sanskrit scholar and avowed Marxist. Ramaswamy, who's taught at JNU, IIT Delhi and is a former Vice Chancellor at University of Hyderabad, has unearthed rich archival material to investigate the motivations, frustrations and sources of inspiration that shaped one of India's greatest polymaths. Host: Jacob Koshy Producer and editor: Jude Weston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Host: Jacob Koshy
Guest: Prof. Ram Ramaswamy
Topics covered
- mathematics
- history
- biography
- Riemann Hypothesis
- Indian history
- polymaths
Keywords
- DD Kosambi
- Riemann Hypothesis
- Indian history
- biography
- mathematician
- historian
- polymath
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hindu, JNU, IIT Delhi, University of Hyderabad
Books & works: DD Kosambi, One Life, Many Worlds
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