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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3172: Dozenels
Posted on · Episode: 3172 F. Emerson Andrews and the Duodecimal Number System. Today, a call to action.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1484: Georg Cantor
Posted on · Episode: 1484 Georg Cantor, the man who counted beyond infinity. Today, we wonder about counting to infinity.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1475: Evariste Galois
Posted on · Episode: 1475 The tragic tale of Evariste Galois. Today, let’s tell the remarkable tale of Evariste Galois.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1472: Big Numbers
Posted on · Episode: 1472 New uses for huge numbers. Today, big numbers find new meaning.
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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?
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1465: The Cancer Cluster Problem
Posted on · Episode: 1465 In which random statistical clusters look significant. Today, we flip six heads in a row.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1459: Teaching and Ambiguity
Posted on · Episode: 1459 A tongue-tied attempt to say what teaching is. Today, teaching and ambiguity.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1406: Medieval Age of Reasoning
Posted on · Episode: 1406 The end of the medieval age of reason. Today, a brief bright era in medieval Europe.
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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.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1379: Frank and Peter Griffin
Posted on · Episode: 1379 Frank and Peter Griffin: teaching calculus. Today, an obituary brings back memories.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 1375: Newton vs. Leibniz
Posted on · Episode: 1375 Leibniz, Newton, and the great calculus dispute. Today, we throw Leibniz’s cat into the super collider.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2562: Paul Samuleson And The Texbook 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 Elelments
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 1310: Math and Abstraction
Posted on · Episode: 1310 Redeeming math and abstraction in our schools. Today, we ask why American math and science scores are slipping.
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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?