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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2562 Paul Samuelson and the Textbook Economics

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on February 16, 2021 · Episode: 2562 Paul Samuelson and the textbook Economics. Today, a book that helped educate the world.

Tags economics Keynesian mathematics Milton Friedman Nobel prize Paul Samuelson

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2556: Hilbert and Euclid’s Elements

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on February 4, 2021 · Episode: 2556 Euclid’s Elements, David Hilbert, and modern notions of mathematical abstraction. Today, making a point.

Tags abstraction definition Euclid geometry Hilbert lines mathematics points proposition the Elements

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2658: Massively Multiplayer Mathematics

Dr. Krešimir Josić

Posted on February 3, 2021 · Episode: 2658 Massively Multiplayer Math. Today, let's talk massively multiplayer mathematics.

Tags Hales-Jewett Theorem mathematics Polymath Project tic-tac-toe Timothy Gowers

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2550: Napoleon’s Theorem

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on January 14, 2021 · Episode: 2550 Could Napoleon have proved Napoleon’s Theorem? Today, did he, or didn't he?

Tags Coxeter france Greitzer mathematics napoleon Napoleon’s Theorem palindrome triginometry

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2613: Can We Hear Shapes?

Dr. Krešimir Josić

Posted on December 23, 2020 · Episode: 2613 Can we hear shapes? Today let's ask: Can we hear shapes?

Tags eigenvalue frequency Mark Kac mathematics music spectrum string theory

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3067: Multiples of Nine

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on September 10, 2020 · Episode: 3067 The Remarkable Perception of a Mathematical Oddity. Today, the creativity in all of us.

Tags ages arithmetic autism mathematics number theory Rain Man special needs

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1141: The Tipping Point

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 7, 2020 · Episode: 1141 Tipping points in human affairs: in disease, crime, and education. Today, a thought about math education, parents, and the camel’s back.

Tags constrained equilibrium epidemiology law enforcement mathematics psychology Stability

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1899: Kurt Gödel

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on June 28, 2020 · Episode: 1899 Kurt Gödel: A mathematician brings us down to earth. Today, a mathematician brings us down to earth.

Tags completeness and constistency einstein Goedel Kurt Godel mathematical logic mathematics mental illness philosophy psychology psychosis

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1829: Multiple Authors

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 28, 2020 · Episode: 1829 Multiple authors, multiple problems: Whose work is this? Today, whose work is this?

Tags Bourbaki Donald Kennedy information mathematics melville multiple authorship responsibility set theory

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1823: Zero

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on February 17, 2020 · Episode: 1823 Inventing zero. Today, we seek nothing.

Tags Arabic mathematics Archimedes arithmetic Brahmagupta Crusades indeterminate forms india mathematics myriad signed numbers Silk Road William of Malmsbury zero

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1810: The Calculus

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on January 27, 2020 · Episode: 1810 Learning calculus — or maybe we knew it already. Today, let’s do calculus.

Tags algebra differential integral calculus differentiation education equations instantaneous speed integration Joan Didion learning mathematics

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3219: Gravitational Transport

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on January 2, 2020 · Episode: 3219 Gravity-Powered Intracity Transport. Today, a wild ride.

Tags gravity mathematics public transportation subways trains transportation

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1747: Sonya Kovalevsky

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 23, 2019 · Episode: 1747 Sonya Corvin-Krukovsky Kovalevsky: mathematician and author. Today, strange wallpaper, and an unexpected mathematician.

Tags calculus Dosteovsky literature mathematics russian Sonya Kovalevsky Sweden women writing

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1741: The Witch of Agnesi

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on September 13, 2019 · Episode: 1741 The saintly Witch of Agnesi. Today, we meet the Witch of Agnesi.

Tags analytic geometry Bologna calculus geometry geriatrics italy Maria Agnesi mathematics Milano religion service women

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2940: Polio and Mathematics

Dr. Andy Boyd

Posted on July 30, 2019 · Episode: 2940 Polio and Mathematics. Today, mathematicians ask, "should we rid the world of polio?"

Tags analytics disease mathematics polio

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