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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2983: In Defense of Quadratic Equations

Posted on October 24, 2019 · Episode: 2983 Parliament Speaks in Defense of Quadratic Equations. Today, the British Parliament speaks out.

Posted on July 16, 2019 · Episode: 2933 Math and The Dreyfus Affair. Today, courtroom drama.

Posted on July 11, 2019 · Episode: 2931 G. H. Hardy, mentor and apologist. Today, a friendship and an apology.

Posted on January 31, 2019 · Episode: 3202 Gladys West and the Geoid. Today, a quiet hero.

Posted on January 22, 2019 · Episode: 3200 Two for One: The Banach-Tarski Paradox. Today, two for the price of one.

Posted on December 6, 2018 · Episode: 3197 Internet Enabled Distributed Computing. Today, thinking big – really big.

Posted on September 20, 2018 · Episode: 3186 Marveling. Today, we marvel.

Posted on July 26, 2018 · Episode: 3179 Pierre Wantzel Makes History. Today, fame that wasn’t.

Posted on June 7, 2018 · Episode: 2764 The New Math Movement. Today, a revolutionary idea — that failed.

Posted on February 8, 2018 · Episode: 3160 Angela Merici and the Education of Girls in North America. Today, a small seed blossoms.

Posted on February 6, 2018 · Episode: 3159 When Infinity and Dimensionality Collide. Today, infinitely befuddling.

Posted on January 18, 2018 · Episode: 3156 Revisiting H. L. Mencken. Today, we revisit a look at the future.

Posted on December 28, 2017 · Episode: 3154 Knowing Without Knowing What: Non-Constructive Proofs. Today, knowing without knowing what.

Posted on September 21, 2017 · Episode: 3142 Internet Search Engine Optimization. Today, a truly mammoth engine.

Posted on July 6, 2017 · Episode: 3134 Henri Poincaré and Mathematical Monsters. Today, we get very, very kinky.