The two podcast episodes provided cover different aspects of 17th century science, highlighting key developments and figures from this pivotal time period.
The first episode, Johannes and Elizabetha Hevelius, discusses the pioneering work of the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius and his wife Elisabetha in advancing lunar and stellar mapping through detailed observations and catalogs.
The second episode, The Birth of Actuarial Science and Life Insurance, Pt. 1, explores the origins of actuarial science and the rise of life insurance, tracing their evolution from individual bets on life expectancies to more organized societies using early mortality data and probability calculations, with key contributions from figures like Edmond Halley.