Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2961: Infinity
Posted on · Episode: 2961 In which we struggle to give meaning to the word infinity. Today, infinity.
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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?”
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Engines of our Ingenuity 2825: Innumeracy
Posted on · Episode: 2825 In which our lack of fluency with numbers (innumeracy) threatens our national well-being. Today, innumeracy.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2746: Stereotomy
Posted on · Episode: 2746 Stereotomy, the mason’s art of cutting stone in three dimensions. Today, I’ll bet you never heard of a trumpet squinch.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2744: Inequality of Income
Posted on · Episode: 2744 Measuring Inequality of Income — the harbinger of hard times. Today, inequality of income.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2740: Slot Machines
Posted on · Episode: 2740 The mathematics of slot machines. Today, the mathematics of slot machines.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2719: The Mathematics of Language
Posted on · Episode: 2719 The Mathematics of Language. Today, let’s see what mathematics can tell us about language.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3040: Leonardo and Borelli
Posted on · Episode: 3040 Leonardo and Borelli. Today, two hemispheres come together.
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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 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 2446: Limits of Logic
Posted on · Episode: 2446 Gödel, Ginsberg, and the limits of logic. Today, the limits of logic.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2445: What Made Robert Norton Go?
Posted on · Episode: 2445 In which Renaissance engineer Robert Norton thinks about gunnery. Today, the inner life of an early engineer.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2440: Sulzer and Taste
Posted on · Episode: 2440 Johannes Georg Sulzer, and two views of the word taste. Today, taste in the mind and taste on the tongue.
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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 of Our Ingenuity 2856: Torricelli’s Trumpet
Posted on · Episode: 2856 Torricelli’s Trumpet: The Infinite Meets the Finite. Today, the impossible.