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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2562 Paul Samuelson and the Textbook Economics
Posted on · Episode: 2562 Paul Samuelson and the textbook Economics. Today, a book that helped educate the world.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2556: Hilbert and Euclid’s Elements
Posted on · Episode: 2556 Euclid’s Elements, David Hilbert, and modern notions of mathematical abstraction. Today, making a point.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2658: Massively Multiplayer Mathematics
Posted on · Episode: 2658 Massively Multiplayer Math. Today, let's talk massively multiplayer mathematics.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2550: Napoleon’s Theorem
Posted on · Episode: 2550 Could Napoleon have proved Napoleon’s Theorem? Today, did he, or didn't he?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2613: Can We Hear Shapes?
Posted on · Episode: 2613 Can we hear shapes? Today let's ask: Can we hear shapes?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3067: Multiples of Nine
Posted on · Episode: 3067 The Remarkable Perception of a Mathematical Oddity. Today, the creativity in all of us.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1141: The Tipping Point
Posted on · Episode: 1141 Tipping points in human affairs: in disease, crime, and education. Today, a thought about math education, parents, and the camel’s back.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1899: Kurt Gödel
Posted on · Episode: 1899 Kurt Gödel: A mathematician brings us down to earth. Today, a mathematician brings us down to earth.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1829: Multiple Authors
Posted on · Episode: 1829 Multiple authors, multiple problems: Whose work is this? Today, whose work is this?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1823: Zero
Posted on · Episode: 1823 Inventing zero. Today, we seek nothing.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1810: The Calculus
Posted on · Episode: 1810 Learning calculus — or maybe we knew it already. Today, let’s do calculus.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3219: Gravitational Transport
Posted on · Episode: 3219 Gravity-Powered Intracity Transport. Today, a wild ride.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1747: Sonya Kovalevsky
Posted on · Episode: 1747 Sonya Corvin-Krukovsky Kovalevsky: mathematician and author. Today, strange wallpaper, and an unexpected mathematician.
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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.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2940: Polio and Mathematics
Posted on · Episode: 2940 Polio and Mathematics. Today, mathematicians ask, "should we rid the world of polio?"