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A World in Circles

From gears that model the sky to arrows that draw a line.

  1. 01
    Clickspring / 6:52

    Building the Antikythera Mechanism

    A Greek instrument uses circles of brass to predict what happens overhead.

  2. 02
    3Blue1Brown / 24:47

    Drawing with Circles: The Fourier Series

    The mechanism tracks the sky with turning gears; Sanderson builds drawings from turning circles.

  3. 03
    Domain of Science / 11:06

    The Map of Mathematics

    Step back from the spinning arrows and locate Fourier analysis within a larger map of mathematics.