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Tag: math

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3093: Math as Storytelling

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on November 19, 2020 · Episode: 3093 How Mathematicians Tell Stories. Today, math and storytelling.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3202: Gladys West

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on September 17, 2020 · Episode: 3202 Gladys West and the Geoid. Today, a quiet hero.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3030: Pi Music

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on March 19, 2020 · Episode: 3030 Pi Music and Human Creativity. Today, music to the ears.

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2983: In Defense of Quadratic Equations

Dr. Andy Boyd

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

Tags British Parliament math quadratic equations quadratic formula teaching

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2933: Math and the Dreyfus Affair

Dr. Andy Boyd

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

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2931: G.H. Hardy

Dr. Andy Boyd

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

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3202: Gladys West

Dr. Andy Boyd

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

Tags african-americans defense earth government math women

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3200: The Banach-Tarski Paradox

Dr. Andy Boyd

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

Tags math mathematical analysis paradox

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3197: Sharing Computers

Dr. Andy Boyd

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

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3186: Marveling

Dr. Andy Boyd

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

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3179: Pierre Wantzel

Dr. Andy Boyd

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

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2764: New Math

Dr. Andy Boyd

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

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3160: Angela Merici

Dr. Andy Boyd

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

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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3159: A Strange Thing About Spatial Dimensions

Dr. Andy Boyd

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

Tags Cantor cardinality cup and saucer dimension infinity math

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3156: Revisiting H. L. Mencken

Dr. Andy Boyd

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

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