Jacoba van den Brande: Pioneer of Women’s Education

Jacoba van den Brande: Pioneer of Women’s Education

PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS It’s Flash­card Fri­day here at Math, Sci­ence, His­to­ry, when on Fri­days we post a short lit­tle flash card about some­thing mathy, sci­en­cy, or his­to­ry. I’m your host, Gabrielle Bir­chak, and I’m shar­ing a sto­ry about the life of a remark­able woman who made a pro­found, yet often over­looked, con­tri­bu­tion to math­e­mat­ics and edu­ca­tion: Jaco­ba van den Brande. Though

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Math, Logic and Paradoxes Explained

PODCAST TRAN­SCRIPTS­Does Math = Log­ic? Wel­come to Math, Sci­ence, His­to­ry, the pod­cast where we uncov­er the fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ries behind the num­bers, the equa­tions, and the dis­cov­er­ies that have shaped our world. I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak and today, we’re div­ing deep into the role of log­ic and argu­men­ta­tion in math­e­mat­ics. How do math­e­mati­cians prove their the­o­ries? What makes an argu­ment in math sound

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Boolean Logic and Winning at Cluedo (Clue)

Boolean Logic and Winning at Cluedo (Clue)

The Ori­gins of Boolean Log­ic Boolean log­ic was devel­oped by George Boole, a self-taught math­e­mati­cian and logi­cian from Eng­land. Boole’s inter­est in log­ic began ear­ly, inspired by his father, a shoe­mak­er with a pas­sion for sci­ence and math­e­mat­ics. In 1854, Boole pub­lished his sem­i­nal work, An Inves­ti­ga­tion of the Laws of Thought, where he intro­duced an inter­est­ing con­cept where he

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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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