The Blind Mathematician Who Became the World's Greatest

Leonhard Euler was the greatest mathematician who ever lived. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ for FREE for 30 days, and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. Highly recommend Ronald Calinger’s comprehensive biography Leonhard Euler: https://a.co/d/7eOLwZk Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Euler’s Brilliance 0:14 Early Life in Switzerland 1:00 Studying Under Johann Bernoulli 1:30 Choosing Mathematics Over Theology 1:50 Euler’s Identity and Divine Harmony 2:09 Rejection from the University of Basel 2:27 Opportunity in St. Petersburg 3:35 The Seven Bridges of Königsberg Problem 5:00 Marriage and Family Life 5:48 Solving the Basel Problem 6:18 Losing His Sight, Not His Drive 6:59 Invitation to the Berlin Academy 7:24 Contributions to Celestial Mechanics 8:06 Introduction to the Analysis of the Infinite 8:47 Exponential Formula 9:24 Polyhedron Formula 9:56 Unhappiness in Berlin 11:05 Fluid Dynamics 11:40 Return to St. Petersburg 13:03 Going Completely Blind 14:41 His Final Day 15:25 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant Follow Newsthink on X https://x.com/Newsthink Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://x.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Thank you to Switzerland Tourism for supplying several of the photos featured in this video: https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/ Sources: University of Basel: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Interior of St Martin Church in Riehen, Switzerland: Moleskine, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Childhood home of Leonhard Euler in Riehen: Rieres, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Kunstkamera building in St. Petersburg: By Ad Meskens - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73789279 Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg: Andrey Korchagin from St. Petersburg, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Neva River in St. Petersburg in winter: Александров, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Neva River in St. Petersburg in winter image 2: Michael Hoffmann (Hamlet53), CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Berlin Academy: Andreas Praefcke, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Reflections at Sanccouci Palace: By Yuropoulos - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87054965 Versailles Palace fountain: edwin.11, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Another angle of Kunstkamera building in St. Petersburg: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Cataract surgical instruments: Science Museum Group, Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection, CC-BY-4.0, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36207687. Original link: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co150030/beer-type-cataract-knife-and-needle-cased-paris-1820-1866 Leonhard Euler tombstone used with permission courtesy of Edward Sudentas via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/2Wgooa