{"id":1932,"date":"2018-02-09T05:24:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T10:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2018-02-11T10:23:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T15:23:35","slug":"matthew-kahle-did-archimedes-build-a-death-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?p=1932","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Kahle: Did Archimedes build a death ray?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/opic.osu.edu\/kahle.70?aspect=p&amp;width=300&amp;default=https%3A%2F%2Fmath.osu.edu%2Fprofiles%2Fasc%2Fthemes%2Fq7%2Fimages%2Fuhall_bio_image.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Kahle\" width=\"186\" height=\"249\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewkahle.org\/\">Matthew Kahle<\/a> is an associate professor at Ohio State and researches topology, geometry, probability, statistical mechanics, and combinatorics. He\u2019s also enamored with Archimedes, one of the foremost mathematicians, scientists, inventors, and engineers of the ancient world. Kahle first heard about Archimedes while he was teaching a summer camp, but you\u2019ll first hear about Archimedes\u2019 amazing accomplishments on <em>Craft<\/em>.<br \/>\nDid I mention Archimedes also built a heat ray?<br \/>\nSunday, February 18, Matthew Kahle will be giving a lecture as a part of Ohio State\u2019s Science Sunday Series about Archimedes and his contributions to STEM fields that include spheres, circles, proto-calculus, and an ancient heat ray. How could you not want to hear from someone with a solid 4.0 on RateMyProfessor?<\/p>\n<p>Tune into Craft for the interview and then duck and cover and hope the Russians can\u2019t figure out Archimedes\u2019 ability to burn our wooden ships.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9823\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1932-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Craft-2018-2-14_Kahle.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Craft-2018-2-14_Kahle.mp3\">http:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Craft-2018-2-14_Kahle.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Craft-2018-2-14_Kahle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1932-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crafttheshow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Craft-2018-2-14_Kahle.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Craft-2018-2-14_Kahle.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Kahle is an associate professor at Ohio State and researches topology, geometry, probability, statistical mechanics, and combinatorics. He\u2019s also enamored with Archimedes, one of the foremost mathematicians, scientists, inventors, and engineers of the ancient world. 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