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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2583: Children and Their Goals

Posted on March 11, 2021 · Episode: 2583 Children and their Goals. Today, president, pope, astronaut.

Posted on March 9, 2021 · Episode: 2578 The Wonders of Water Towers. Today, water flows downhill.

Posted on March 4, 2021 · Episode: 2576 Are screw caps good for wine? Today, a turn of the screw.

Posted on March 2, 2021 · Episode: 2575 The illustrious history of Prime Numbers. Today, some numbers for the ages.

Posted on February 25, 2021 · Episode: 2572 Melville and Anna Bissell and the Carpet Sweeper. Today, a husband and wife engineer success.

Posted on February 23, 2021 · Episode: 2570 Celebrating Human Ingenuity. Today, a story in two parts.

Posted on February 16, 2021 · Episode: 2562 Paul Samuelson and the textbook Economics. Today, a book that helped educate the world.

Posted on February 11, 2021 · Episode: 2559 Going, Going, Gone! A look at auctions. Today, going, going, gone!

Posted on February 4, 2021 · Episode: 2556 Euclid’s Elements, David Hilbert, and modern notions of mathematical abstraction. Today, making a point.

Posted on January 28, 2021 · Episode: 2554 The Creativity of Slogans and Jingles. Today, "think different."

Posted on January 26, 2021 · Episode: 2555 The brave new world of digitizing books for the Web. Today, this old book.

Posted on January 21, 2021 · Episode: 2552 Frederick the Great, Patron of the Arts. Today, what made Frederick great?

Posted on January 14, 2021 · Episode: 2550 Could Napoleon have proved Napoleon’s Theorem? Today, did he, or didn't he?

Posted on January 12, 2021 · Episode: 2548 INFORMS and the mathematics of problem solving. Today, strange bedfellows.