Video: Solving Cubic Equations

Video: Solving Cubing Equations

And more: Pythagoros theorem ( a^2 + b^2 = c^2 ) is not really by Pythagoras. Pythagoros is the probable leader of a cult called the Pythagoreans. There is an interesting formula for enumerating all the Pythogarian triples like (3,4,5) (5,12,13), etc.
In the next clip we learn that Fermat bought a translation from Greek to Latin of Diophantus' work and started his work on Number Theory from there on. It was also in Fermat's lifetime that Calculus was born. ( Fermat already worked on the currently very important Elliptic Curves which Andrew Wiles used to prove Fermat's famous last theorem. ) A method is shown to find rational points on elliptic curves. An elliptic curve is the graph of an equation of type y^2 = x^3 + px + q.
Then the video becomes less interesting. It seems that in academic talks it is custom to speak with great admiration of certain other scientists, mathematicians especially if you know them or are related to them. The speaker, professor Gross had John Tate as his thesis advisor. John Tate is a celebrity in a the Elliptic Curve branch of mathematics. So Gross shows a picture of him and Tate and all the other graduate students at that time. Then he mentiones all these students by name including the universities where they are now teaching as a mathematics professor.
( I suppose they had their euphoric moments too when they simply passed an exam. After a while more impressive results are needed to feel the same high, like being appointed as professor. )
See the rest for yourself if you are still interested...