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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ep 30: The Legend of Al Khwarizmi. It began with flawed arithmetic robbing his mother of her share. It ends with the foundation of computer science. Season finale. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Ep 29: His Name Became Algorithm. Translators turned Al-Khwarizmi into Algoritmi and al-Jabr into algebra. One scholar shaped the language of modern computing. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ep 28: Everywhere, Invisible. Every smartphone, search engine, and AI model runs on one concept: the algorithm. Al-Khwarizmi defined it in Baghdad 1,200 years ago. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Ep 27: Seventy-Seven Winters. In old age, Al-Khwarizmi taught in Baghdad. He passed his mathematical keys to a generation that carried his methods around the world. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Ep 26: What the Arabs Have Mastered. Robert of Chester translated Al-Khwarizmi into Latin and declared that Europe must master the mathematics of the Arab world. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ep 25: Translation by Candlelight. Medieval math textbooks opened with Dixit al-Khwarizmi. Thus spoke Al-Khwarizmi. His name became the gold standard for truth. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ep 24: The Slow Fire. Inside European monasteries, monks translated Arabic manuscripts into Latin. Al-Khwarizmi's logic ignited a slow revolution across Europe. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ep 23: A Candle in the Dark. While Europe slept, Baghdad led a scientific renaissance. Manuscripts from the House of Wisdom traveled west to ignite European minds. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ep 22: Arabic Numerals. Roman numerals made multiplication nearly impossible for merchants. Al-Khwarizmi's text brought Arabic numerals and decimals to Europe. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ep 21: The Idea that Traveled. Math traveled the Silk Road in merchant saddlebags. Al-Khwarizmi's algorithms crossed imperial borders and reshaped global commerce. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ep 20: Path of Illumination. From Baghdad to Cordoba, Al-Khwarizmi's manuscripts crossed medieval trade routes. Scribes copied his formulas in Damascus and Cairo. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ep 19: A Solution to a Thousand Problems. Al-Khwarizmi presented algebra to the Caliph. The ruler saw a universal system to solve thousands of future problems. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ep 18: Summoned. After twenty years in the House of Wisdom, Al-Khwarizmi received a summons from Caliph al-Ma'mun to present his completed treatise to the throne. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ep 17: Weight of Zero. Zero became the pivot of arithmetic. Al-Khwarizmi designed practical algebra to settle estate disputes, trade balances, and inheritances. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Ep 16: Operating System of Reality. How did decimal numbers reach the West? Al-Khwarizmi published the manual on Hindu-Arabic numerals that runs modern computation. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Ep 15: A Book Without Equations. The first algebra book contained zero symbols. Al-Khwarizmi wrote every proof in words and created what we now call an algorithm. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Ep 14: Astrolabe. The astrolabe served as the smartphone of the medieval world. Islamic craftsmen perfected this brass computer to track stars and calculate time. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ep 13: Algebra. What is the origin of the word algebra? Al-Khwarizmi coined al-jabr to restore missing quantities and invented the method for solving equations. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ep 12: Bridge Between Worlds. Greek geometry and Indian arithmetic stayed apart. Al-Khwarizmi fused them in Baghdad and laid the foundation for modern mathematics. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Ep 11: A Language of Numbers. Baghdad translated the world's knowledge. Al-Khwarizmi aimed higher. He built a universal language of numbers for practical problems. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Ep 10: Rules of the Game. Behind the golden age of science stood fierce rivalry. Scholars risked their reputations and funding on the accuracy of their calculations. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ep 9: Weight in Gold. A translated manuscript earned its weight in pure gold. Caliphs funded astronomical tables and mathematical proofs as strategic assets. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ep 8: Silicon Valley of Its Age. Caliphs paid scholars the weight of their manuscripts in pure gold. Translation alone lost value fast. Synthesis earned the prize. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Ep 7: Brilliant & Ruthless. The House of Wisdom operated as a royal court. Patronage made and destroyed careers. Genius required intense political survival skills. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Ep 6: A New Technology. Scholars refined Ptolemy by lamplight. Then paper arrived from China. Baghdad built hundreds of mills and scaled knowledge across continents. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ep 5: House of Wisdom. Caliph al-Ma'mun built it to translate every text worth reading into Arabic. Baghdad became the intellectual capital of the medieval world. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ep 2: The Prodigy from Khwarizm. He begins a brutal thousand-mile journey across unforgiving terrain. He rides toward Baghdad to unify mathematics. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. Created by Spencer Striker, PhD. www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdb…

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Ep 4: Hidden Structure. Merchants argue over fractions. Builders guess at angles. Al-Khwarizmi sees what no one else can: a hidden architecture of numbers beneath everything. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. New episode.

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Ep 3: A Million Souls. Baghdad. One million souls, the wealthiest city on earth, and at its heart the House of Wisdom. Al-Khwarizmi has arrived, a young man from the provinces facing the center of the world. Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm. New episode.

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Spencer Striker | Digital Learning @spencerstriker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Ep 1: The Widow's Share. Khwarazm, ninth century. A young man watches the qadi divide his father's estate. The steps fail to balance. His mother loses everything. The injustice that forged Al-Khwarizmi. Full season: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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