Alexander Boxer's guest appearances

Alexander Boxer

The Human Experience Podcast

End of the Road

Astro All-Starz Podcast

Christopher Bache

Chris Bennett

Carlos Tanner

James W. Jesso

Carl Abrahamsson

Mark Stavish

Tim Urban

Joe Vitale

Marianne Williamson

Bruce Lipton

Nir Eyal

Steven Kotler

Rob Bell

Dave Asprey

Joe Moore

OwlTail

The original space race….“They say the scientific revolution was driven by astronomy, but you could just as easily say it was driven by astrology”. Let’s find out! Our special guest is Alexander Boxer ‘a data scientist with a PhD in Physics and degrees in the history of science and classics + a healthy grasp of Latin. In a perfect storm, or in this case his first book, these skill sets came together to create A Scheme of Heaven: Astrology and the Birth of Science.  I found Alexanders recent book in our library system here in Australia, and the freshness of his cross disciplinary approach to the history of Astrology as a driving force of science and early technology intrigued me. So here we are. For his research Boxer was able to read texts in their original Latin, so nothing was lost in translation. Astrology, Astronomy and mathematics were originally the same bag with various applications. ‘Astrology was the ancient worlds most ambitious attempt to fathom the heavens, an epic data-analysis enterprise sustained by some of history’s most brilliant minds. Humans are pattern-matching creatures, and astrology is our grandest pattern matching game.  Find out what ‘A scheme of heaven’ referred to, what the ‘horoscope’ previously meant and how astrology, (and it’s underlying search for meaning) has impacted our world more than most people realise.   Find ALEXANDER BOXER https://alexboxer.com (and try out the digital astrolabe here https://alexboxer.com/astrolabe/) Pick up a copy of A scheme of Heaven   Find ME, VANESSA MONTGOMERY astroallstarz.com to schedule a reading/consult Learn astrology with my books; △ASTRO POWER a simple guide to prediction and destiny for the modern mystic (pre-order) △STAR POWER a simple guide to astrology for the modern mystic △COSMIC POWER ignite your light, a simple guide to sun signs for the modern mystic IG @astro_allstarz https://astroallstarz.com

The original space race….“They say the scientific revolution was driven by astronomy, but you could just as easily say it was driven by astrology”. Let’s find out! Our special guest is Alexander Boxer ‘a data scientist with a PhD in Physics and degrees in the history of science and classics + a healthy grasp of Latin. In a perfect storm, or in this case his first book, these skill sets came together to create A Scheme of Heaven: Astrology and the Birth of Science.  I found Alexanders recent book in our library system here in Australia, and the freshness of his cross disciplinary approach to the history of Astrology as a driving force of science and early technology intrigued me. So here we are. For his research Boxer was able to read texts in their original Latin, so nothing was lost in translation. Astrology, Astronomy and mathematics were originally the same bag with various applications. ‘Astrology was the ancient worlds most ambitious attempt to fathom the heavens, an epic data-analysis enterprise sustained by some of history’s most brilliant minds. Humans are pattern-matching creatures, and astrology is our grandest pattern matching game.  Find out what ‘A scheme of heaven’ referred to, what the ‘horoscope’ previously meant and how astrology, (and it’s underlying search for meaning) has impacted our world more than most people realise.  Find <a href="https://alexboxer.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ALEXANDER BOXER </a><a href="https://alexboxer.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://alexboxer.com</a> (and try out the digital astrolabe here <a href="https://alexboxer.com/astrolabe/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://alexboxer.com/astrolabe/</a>) Pick up a copy of <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/87040/9780393634846" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A scheme of Heaven </a> Find ME, VANESSA MONTGOMERY <a href="https://astroallstarz.com/readings/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">astroallstarz.com</a> to schedule a reading/consult Learn astrology with my books; △<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Astro-Power-Simple-Prediction-Destiny/dp/1787138895/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ASTRO POWER</a> a simple guide to prediction and destiny for the modern mystic (pre-order) △<a href="http://smarturl.it/starpowerbook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">STAR POWER</a> a simple guide to astrology for the modern mystic △<a href="http://smarturl.it/CosmicPower" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">COSMIC POWER</a> ignite your light, a simple guide to sun signs for the modern mystic IG <a href="https://www.instagram.com/astro_allstarz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@astro_allstarz</a> <a href="https://astroallstarz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://astroallstarz.com</a>

A Scheme of Heaven with Author, Data Scientist, Science Historian and Curious Skeptic Alexander Boxer

Carl Sagan

Alexander Boxer is a data scientist with a PhD in Physics (M.I.T.) and degrees in the history of science (Oxford) and classics (Yale).  His research has appeared in Nature Physics and he was a field agent for Atlas Obscura in Washington D.C..   In this podcast, we discuss his book A Scheme of Heaven which describes humans as pattern-matching creatures, and astrology as the ancient world's grandest pattern-matching game.  In this work of history and analysis, Dr. Boxer examines classical texts on astrology to expose its underlying scientific and mathematical framework.  Astrology, he argues was an ambitious applied mathematics problem, a monumental data analysis enterprise sustained by some of history's most brilliant minds, from Ptolemy to al-Kindi to Kepler.  In short, astrologers became the first to stumble upon the powerful storytelling possibilities inherent in numerical data.   For more information of Dr. Boxer, please see his website: http://alexboxer.com/ This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here:   https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-221-dr-alexander-boxer-data-science-and-a-scheme-of-heavenstorytelling-possibilities-in-dataptolemycarl-sagan Have a blessed weekend and may your stars align:-).  

Alexander Boxer is a data scientist with a PhD in Physics (M.I.T.) and degrees in the history of science (Oxford) and classics (Yale).  His research has appeared in Nature Physics and he was a field agent for Atlas Obscura in Washington D.C..   In this podcast, we discuss his book A Scheme of Heaven which describes humans as pattern-matching creatures, and astrology as the ancient world's grandest pattern-matching game.  In this work of history and analysis, Dr. Boxer examines classical texts on astrology to expose its underlying scientific and mathematical framework.  Astrology, he argues was an ambitious applied mathematics problem, a monumental data analysis enterprise sustained by some of history's most brilliant minds, from Ptolemy to al-Kindi to Kepler.  In short, astrologers became the first to stumble upon the powerful storytelling possibilities inherent in numerical data.   For more information of Dr. Boxer, please see his website: <a href="https://alexboxer.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://alexboxer.com/</a> This podcast is available on your favorite podcast feed, or here:  <a href="https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-221-dr-alexander-boxer-data-science-and-a-scheme-of-heavenstorytelling-possibilities-in-dataptolemycarl-sagan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-221-dr-alexander-boxer-data-science-and-a-scheme-of-heavenstorytelling-possibilities-in-dataptolemycarl-sagan</a> Have a blessed weekend and may your stars align:-).

Episode 221:  Dr. Alexander Boxer:  Data Science and "A Scheme of Heaven"/Storytelling Possibilities in Data/Ptolemy/Carl Sagan

Alexander Boxer is a data scientist and author who revels in the ways that ancient and modern science can both be used to provide insights into our lives.Alexander has a PhD in Physics from MIT, a master’s degree in the History of Science from Oxford, and a bachelors in Classical Language from Yale. His work has appeared in the Nature Physics journal, and he was also a field agent for Atlas Obscura.

Alexander Boxer is a data scientist and author who revels in the ways that ancient and modern science can both be used to provide insights into our lives. Alexander has a PhD in Physics from MIT, a master’s degree in the History of Science from Oxford, and a bachelors in Classical Language from Yale. His work has appeared in the Nature Physics journal, and he was also a field agent for Atlas Obscura.

Episode 167 – The Science of Astrology, Our Destiny in Data w/ Dr. Alexander Boxer