Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1741: The Witch of Agnesi
Posted on · Episode: 1741 The saintly Witch of Agnesi. Today, we meet the Witch of Agnesi.
Posted on · Episode: 1741 The saintly Witch of Agnesi. Today, we meet the Witch of Agnesi.
Posted on · Episode: 3182 Looking at Magical Shapes. Today, it’s all in how you look at it.
Posted on · Episode: 3179 Pierre Wantzel Makes History. Today, fame that wasn’t.
Posted on · Episode: 1530 Medieval masons and the mischief of success. Today, we meet a medieval mason.
Posted on · Episode: 2762 Mathematics and the Early 1900s Progressive Education Movement. Today, Uncle Sam’s better half.
Posted on · Episode: 2760 Mathematics and the Early 1900s Progressive Education Movement. Today, doing away with math.
Posted on · Episode: 1483 In which J. Willard Gibbs pictures gear teeth. Today, a glimpse into the mind of J. Willard Gibbs.
Posted on · Episode: 1457 Eratosthenes’s 2200 year old calculation of Earth’s size. Today, we measure the earth.
Posted on · Episode: 2652 Descartes, the Scientist. Today, an extended postscript.
Posted on · Episode: 3111 Temple Geometry: Sacred Mathematics in Japan’s Edo Period. Today, a very different expression of religion.
Posted on · Episode: 2556 Euclid’s Elements, David Hilbert, and modern notions of mathematical abstraction. Today, making a point.
Posted on · 1153 Grosseteste, Bacon, and the rise of realism Today, Robert Grosseteste, Roger Bacon, and cyberspace.