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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2072: The Star Spangled Banner

Posted on July 11, 2021 · Episode: 2072 Exponential growth: trying to square the metaphor with the math. Today, a national anthem has come and gone.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2076: Exponential Growth

Posted on July 4, 2021 · Episode: 2076 Exponential growth: trying to square the metaphor with the math. Today, exponential growth.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3067: Multiples of Nine

Posted on September 10, 2020 · Episode: 3067 The Remarkable Perception of a Mathematical Oddity. Today, the creativity in all of us.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1823: Zero

Posted on February 17, 2020 · Episode: 1823 Inventing zero. Today, we seek nothing.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1645: Pi

Posted on March 4, 2019 · Episode: 1645 Figuring out the value of Pi. Today, let’s talk about pi — and not the kind you eat.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1631: Borrowing a One

Posted on January 30, 2019 · Episode: 1631 Learning to subtract 49 from 62: more than meets the eye. Today, what is 49 from 62?

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1472: Big Numbers

Posted on February 23, 2018 · Episode: 1472 New uses for huge numbers. Today, big numbers find new meaning.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2711: Two

Posted on January 4, 2018 · Episode: 2711 The number two. Today, two.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1230: Mathematics After AD 2000

Posted on September 30, 2016 · Episode: 1230 The problem of teaching mathematics in a computer world. Today, let’s teach math to our grandchildren.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1228: In Which Europe Quantifies

Posted on September 26, 2016 · Episode: 1228 Medieval Europe learns to measure reality with numbers Today, why did Europe emerge so rapidly from the medieval age?

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3067: Multiples of Nine

Posted on June 2, 2016 · Episode: 3067 A Remarkable Perception of a Mathematical Oddity Today, the creativity in all of us.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1111: The Numbers 1 thru 10

Posted on February 17, 2016 · Episode 1111 Reading the symbolic content of the numbers 1 through 10 Today, we wonder what to tell our children about mathematics.