FLASHCARDS: How Math Can Instantly Improve Your Photography

FLASHCARDS: How Math Can Instantly Improve Your Photography

It’s Flash­card Fri­day here at Math! Sci­ence! His­to­ry! And this Fri­day, I’m bring­ing you some per­spec­tive. That was a pho­tog­ra­phy joke. Today, I will talk about some sim­ple math tricks that will help you improve your pho­tog­ra­phy. Whether using your phone or cam­era, these tricks will help get you some of the best pho­tos with a new per­spec­tive! First, let’s

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Gerard Desargue: A Genius Who Revolutionized Geometry

Gerard Desargue: A Genius Who Revolutionized Geometry

Lyon, France, was a bustling city in the late six­teenth cen­tu­ry. It was a hub for com­merce, bank­ing, and intel­lec­tu­al dis­course. And it was here, in 1591, that Gérard Desar­gues was born into a promi­nent fam­i­ly. His father, Éti­enne Desar­gues, was a mag­is­trate and a city offi­cial, which meant that young Gérard grew up in an envi­ron­ment sur­round­ed by influential

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Kate Ertmann on the Math Behind Chaos, Business, and Everyday Thinking

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS Gabrielle Bir­chak: And then I, it’s almost like we’ve already been drink­ing and it’s not even noon. Kate Ert­mann: Well, I dun­no about you, but No. Okay. No I haven’t. I’m just drink­ing water. Gabrielle Bir­chak: Wel­come to Math, sci­ence His­to­ry, a pod­cast ded­i­cat­ed to bring­ing the top­ics of math and sci­ence to you through the lens of his­to­ry. It’s

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FLASHCARDS: Quick Math & Science Tricks to Stop Leaks Fast

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS Wel­come to Fri­day’s Flash­cards with Math, Sci­ence, His­to­ry. The pod­cast where we explore the fas­ci­nat­ing ways math and sci­ence shape our world. Hi, I’m Gabrielle BIr­chak. I have a back­ground in math, sci­ence, and jour­nal­ism. And this week, odd­ly enough, is Fix a Leak week. Today, we’re div­ing into a prac­ti­cal top­ic, plumb­ing. Specif­i­cal­ly, we’re going to talk

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Empowering the Next Generation: Irene Duah-Kessie on Rise In STEM

Empowering the Next Generation: Irene Duah-Kessie on Rise In STEM

🔎 Episode Overview In this spe­cial Pod­casthon Week episode of Math Sci­ence His­to­ry, I sit down with Irene Duah-Kessie, the founder and exec­u­tive direc­tor of Rise In STEM (RiseinSTEM.ca). Rise In STEM is a non­prof­it ded­i­cat­ed to cre­at­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for under­rep­re­sent­ed stu­dents in sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy, engi­neer­ing, and math­e­mat­ics. Irene shares her inspir­ing jour­ney, the impact of men­tor­ship, and how her

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FLASHCARDS: Lillian Baumbach Jacobs — America’s First Master Plumber

March 16 through 22, 2025 is Fix-A-Leak Week! So, here’s a sto­ry about the life and lega­cy of Lil­lian Baum­bach-Jacobs, an incred­i­ble woman who broke bar­ri­ers in a field dom­i­nat­ed by men. Who was she? And what does she have to do with fix­ing a leak? Lillian’s sto­ry is one of per­se­ver­ance, skill, and a lit­tle bit of unex­pect­ed fame. She

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