Maps: Longitude & the Four-Color Theorem

Deadly seas, high-stakes clock-making, and a mathematician who devoted his life to color.

Episode 2 of the Truth and Beauty podcast, hosted by Bryan the Girl and Jesse Feddersen, titled "Maps: Longitude & the Four-Color Theorem" was published on April 12, 2019 and runs 14 minutes.

April 12, 2019 ·14m · Truth and Beauty

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Deadly seas, high-stakes clock-making, and a mathematician who devoted his life to color.

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Jesse takes us back to 1707, when a simple navigational error claimed the lives of hundreds of sailors, sparking a race to build the perfect clock. Bryan introduces us to a quirky mathematician known as "Pussy" who spent decades studying the colors on maps

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