The Equation That Killed a Ship: The Vasa and the Math of Floating

On August 10th, 1628, the most heavily armed warship in the world sailed about a thousand meters into its maiden voyage, caught a small gust of wind, and immediately fell over and sank. In thirty-two meters of water. In Stockholm harbor. In front of the king. The ship was called the *Vasa*. It had cost more than the entire annual budget of the Swedish navy. CHAPTERS 00:00 Cold open 01:00 Scene 1: The king who wanted a battleship 05:30 Scene 2: The thirty men running across the deck 09:30 Scene 3: Why she fell - the simple version 14:30 Scene 4: The metacenter - and the number 21:00 Scene 5: The equation, in full 27:00 Scene 6: Who invented this math? 33:00 Scene 7: The salvage and the lesson 39:00 Scene 8: The pattern 43:00 Scene 9: What it means to compute the world 44:30 Closing This is Episode 1 of Strange Equations. New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe so you don't miss the rest of the series. What does this story really say about us? Comment your read below. #Documentary #TrueStory #Storytelling #StrangeButTrue #documentary