FLASHCARDS: The Rule of 72 Explained: How Fast Will Your Money Grow?

TRANSCRIPT It’s Flash­card Fri­day here at Math Sci­ence His­to­ry, and today we’re going to learn a math trick. Have you ever won­dered how long it takes for your invest­ed mon­ey to dou­ble or dis­ap­pear? There’s actu­al­ly a math trick for that. Hi, I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak. I have a back­ground in math, sci­ence, and jour­nal­ism, and today you’re going to learn

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Math, Civil Rights, and the Legacy of Bob Moses

Math, Civil Rights, and the Legacy of Bob Moses

It’s Black His­to­ry Month, and we are still cel­e­brat­ing black excel­lence. This week, I am talk­ing about one of my favorite activists and math­e­mati­cians, Robert Par­riss Moses, also known as Bob Moses. His life and lega­cy made an indeli­ble mark on America’s civ­il rights move­ment and math edu­ca­tion. Hi, I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak. I have a back­ground in math, sci­ence, and

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FLASHCARDS: So…Mistakes Happen

FLASHCARDS: So…Mistakes Happen

Wel­come to Math, Sci­ence, His­to­ry, where on Fri­day we post a short lit­tle flash card about some­thing mathy, sci­en­cy, or his­to­ry. I’m Gabrielle, and today, we’re talk­ing about mak­ing mis­takes and the good things that come out of them. Some­times, even among the best of them com­ma mis­takes are made peri­od and it takes a wise and hum­ble indi­vid­ual to

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REPOST: Dr. Roger Arliner Young

REPOST: Dr. Roger Arliner Young

Join me in cel­e­brat­ing Black His­to­ry Month! I always love this month because so many incred­i­ble sto­ries about per­se­ver­ance, ded­i­ca­tion, hard work, grit, human­ism, empa­thy, and bril­liance are shared through­out the entire month, cel­e­brat­ing Black Cul­ture and those noble god­dess­es who are part of the African Amer­i­can cul­ture. This week, I want to intro­duce you to Dr. Roger Arlin­er Young.

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Black Scientists of Canada

It’s Feb­ru­ary, and in Cana­da, Ger­many, and the Unit­ed States, it’s Black His­to­ry Month, when we reflect on the inspir­ing impact of many Black indi­vid­u­als and those of African her­itage. As a side note, Black His­to­ry Month is cel­e­brat­ed in Octo­ber in the Unit­ed King­dom, Ire­land, and the Nether­lands.  It’s a spe­cial month reserved for not only remind­ing the world

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FLASHCARD: Claude Mydorge

Today, we’re trav­el­ing back to the sev­en­teenth cen­tu­ry to meet a less­er-known fig­ure in math­e­mat­ics: Claude Mydorge. While not a house­hold name like Descartes or Fer­mat, Mydorge con­tributed to the math­e­mat­i­cal con­ver­sa­tions of his time and qui­et­ly left a mark on the geo­met­ric land­scape. So, who was Claude Mydorge, and why should we care about him today? Let’s unpack his story.

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Fibonacci and His Rabbits

Fibonacci and His Rabbits

What do rab­bits, nature’s cutest fluff­balls, have to do with one of the most famous pat­terns in math­e­mat­ics? Well, imag­ine this: a sin­gle pair of rab­bits start multiplying—just two at first, but soon, the field is hop­ping with Rab­bit DeNiros, Luke Sky­hop­pers, Mar­i­lyn Bun-roes, and Jes­si­cas. Before you know it, you’re ask­ing your­self: How many rab­bits are there?’ And boom—you’ve

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L.A. Fires and a Repost: Earth Day

This week, due to lack of time, I will be repost­ing an old­er pod­cast that I did years ago about Earth Day because it serves as a valu­able reminder dur­ing the cur­rent mis­for­tune in Los Ange­les, as well as the mis­for­tune of oth­er areas afflict­ed by cli­mate change. No doubt, our plan­et is hurt­ing. If you are inter­est­ed in helping

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