PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS Game theory is everywhere, from the moves you make in chess to the way countries negotiate treaties, from the strategies in our favorite video game to the decisions we make every day. But how did this field come to be? Who were the brilliant minds behind it, and what mathematical breakthroughs made it possible? Welcome to Math! Science!
It’s Flashcards Friday at Math! Science! History! I’m Gabrielle Birchak, your host. On Tuesday, we talked about the history of taxes, from ancient levies to modern systems, and how taxes have shaped governments, revolutions, and everyday life. Today, we’re staying with that theme, but on a more relatable level. This Flashcards Friday is about something many of us are feeling right
For most of history, governments taxed things you owned or traded: land, livestock, goods moving across a border, and windows in your house. The idea of taxing what you earn, your income, as a percentage, is
In 1993, science historian Margaret Rossiter introduced the term the Matilda Effect. Writing in the journal Social Studies of Science, Rossiter described a recurring pattern
In today’s episode, I give a historical account of the life of Haiti’s first female physician, Dr. Yvonne Sylvain, who fought for maternal care, cancer screening, and modern medical practice in the twentieth century.
Podcast transcripts Welcome to Math! Science! History! I’m Gabrielle Birchak, your host. For Women’s History Month, I wanted to feature one brilliant thing, one clean win, and one woman whose work still quietly runs the world, even if most of us do not realize it. Today’s “one brilliant thing” was a sorting system. A classification scheme. A way to take the universe,
Today, while we are still celebrating Women’s History Month, Math! Science! History! is taking part in the the charity drive through Podcasthon, as we interview Angie Maldonado, the founder of Espwa Means Hope! https://youtu.be/VUKcnqnZWA4 Please help to make a difference by donating to EspwaMeansHopeHaiti.org — every penny you donate goes to building a community with women’s health care, education for children,
I loved to spend time in the library at JPL, going through the old newsletter called Lab Oratory. It was there that I came across a small article about a subculture sci-fi author who worked in computing.
DECEMBER 2016 — AROUND THE WORLD Humans persistently live in an age where the preservation of knowledge is essential. When Trump’s administration began its transition into our government, time was unforgivingly limited; archivists, scientists, and data base experts around the world hurriedly compiled and harbored endangered environmental protection records. Data rescue events were coordinated in the United Kingdom, Greece, Germany, Japan,
Today on Math! Science! History! I follow ten Black women inventors. Some left thick paper trails, stamped with patent numbers and filing dates.