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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2206: Evolution in 1944

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on April 28, 2017 · Episode: 2206 A 1944 progress report on the subject of human evolution. Today, an old progress report on evolution.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3085: Einstein and the Quantum

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on September 22, 2016 · Episode: 3085 Einstein’s Bigger Deal Today Einstein's bigger deal.

Tags duality einstein light newton opticks quantum theory thomas young

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1215: The Tyranny of Large Numbers

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on August 31, 2016 · Episode: 1215 The tyranny of large numbers: of averages and ubiquity Today, large numbers do some strange things.

Tags beauty mathematics molecular psychology statistical statistics theory thermodynamics

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 2467: Graph Theory

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on July 28, 2016 · Episode: 2467 Graph Theory and the Königsberg Bridge Problem Today, the bridges of Königsberg.

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Engines of Our Ingenuity 3076: Optimization

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on July 21, 2016 · Episode: 3076 Optimization Today, we drive to work.

Tags complexity computational conjecture np optimization p path problem salesman shortest theory traveling

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3073: Continuity

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on July 7, 2016 · Episode: 3073 A Look at Continuity Today, seeing and getting.

Tags film paradoxes quantum sight theory video vision zeno

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 3067: Multiples of Nine

Engines of Our Ingenuity

Posted on June 2, 2016 · Episode: 3067 A Remarkable Perception of a Mathematical Oddity Today, the creativity in all of us.

Tags ages arithmetic autism man mathematics needs number rain special theory

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