Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2420: Rheticus and Copernicus
Posted on · Episode: 2420 Georg Rheticus, Copernicus’ only student and his prophet. Today, Copernicus’ prophet.
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Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2856: Torricelli’s Trumpet
Posted on · Episode: 2856 Torricelli’s Trumpet: The Infinite Meets the Finite. Today, the impossible.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2380: Newton and the Mint
Posted on · Episode: 2380 Isaac Newton’s other life as Master of the Royal Mint. Today, Isaac Newton coins money.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3139: Maryam Mirzakhani
Posted on · Episode: 3139 Maryam Mirzakhani: A life in Mathematics. Today, let’s talk about the Iranian-American mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2832: Claude-Louis Navier
Posted on · Episode: 2832 Math meets engineering: Claude-Louis Navier’s bridge. Today, building bridges.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2235: John Perry and Earth’s Age
Posted on · Episode: 2235 John Perry, Lord Kelvin, Earth’s age, and the role of conduction and convection. Today, we see history evolving.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3071: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics
Posted on · Episode: 3071 The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Sciences. Today, the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2214: John Edward Routh
Posted on · Episode: 2214 John Edward Routh: Statics then and now. Today, two textbooks.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3018: Compressed Sensing
Posted on · Episode: 3018 Compressed Sensing. Today, let's talk about getting something from nothing.
Houston Matters
UH Conference Focuses On Drawing More Hispanic Students Into STEM Fields
Posted on · Despite growing population numbers, Hispanics are under-represented in STEM education programs. Why?
Houston Matters
Professor and First-Generation College Grad Advocates for Minorities in STEM
Posted on · Rice University’s Richard Tapia has spent the better part of 40 years advocating for better STEM education for underrepresented minorities and mentoring students in the math and science fields. The son of Mexican immigrants, he was the first in his family to attend college and says his work is not about armchair quarterbacking. He lived […]
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Where Math Meets Art: The Multiverse of Artist Michael Petry
Posted on · If you saw last year's Best Picture nominee, The Imitation Game, you're familiar with the story of Alan Turing. Turing was a British mathematician and computer scientist who helped crack the Nazi's enigma code, which helped win World War II. And he's considered one of the fathers of computer science. Often, when we think about […]
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Grade Inflation and Visiting The Heights: Wednesday’s Show (May 20, 2015)
Posted on · Earlier this month, internal HISD auditors confirmed the now-fired principal of Westbury High School ordered failing grades in a reading class to be raised to a B. Jason Catchings is appealing the dismissal. (His attorney told Fox 26 that Catchings was operating under orders from a superior, and then told the Houston Chronicle the changes […]