REPOSTING: The Story of Adolphe Rome from 300 B.C. to 2018 A.D.

REPOSTING: The Story of Adolphe Rome from 300 B.C. to 2018 A.D.

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,

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FLASHCARDS! Look in the Margins

FLASHCARDS! Look in the Margins

this episode is about read­ing with depth and deter­mi­na­tion to find the accu­rate sources behind the suc­cess sto­ries. The pat­tern is not only that black female inven­tors were over­looked; it is also the way in which the over­look­ing occurs.

It’s Pumpkin Spice Season!

It’s Pumpkin Spice Season!

Dis­cov­er the chem­istry of fla­vor, the his­to­ry of spices, and the math behind the per­fect pump­kin spice lat­te. Grab your favorite pump­kin spice treat, get cozy, and join me on this fla­vor­ful exploration!

The Math and Science of Efficiency

The Math and Science of Efficiency

It’s Flash­cards Fri­day here on Math Sci­ence His­to­ry, where we take big ideas and pack them into small, pow­er­ful moments. I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak, and I have a back­ground in sci­ence, math and jour­nal­ism, and today, we’re flip­ping through the math and sci­ence behind one of life’s biggest chal­lenges: sav­ing time. Because here’s the truth, time is the only thing you

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Pride Month Stats: Facts speak louder than fear

Pride Month Stats: Facts speak louder than fear

It’s Flash­card Fri­days at Math! Sci­ence! His­to­ry!, the pod­cast where num­bers aren’t just facts, they’re frame­works for under­stand­ing our world. It is June, and we are kick­ing off Pride Month.  So let’s get our rain­bow flags and cel­e­brate our loved ones who are part of the LGBTQ com­mu­ni­ty. Though it is offi­cial­ly rec­og­nized in June in the Unit­ed States and

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Math in Your Head: Fast Metric Conversions Without the Math

TRANSCRIPTS Wel­come to Flash­cards Fri­days! Today we are learn­ing how to feel con­ver­sions in your head, no pen, no paper, no cal­cu­la­tor. Just pat­terns, rhythm, and a lit­tle bit of imag­i­na­tion. Because math isn’t just num­bers, it’s about feel­ing the rhythm of math and under­stand­ing how the world around us fits togeth­er. So, imag­ine you’re get­ting ready to go for

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A Measure for all People, For All Time: The Story of the Metric System

A Measure for all People, For All Time: The Story of the Metric System

The French Rev­o­lu­tion and the Birth of a Uni­ver­sal Mea­sure It’s 1789 in Paris. The French Rev­o­lu­tion is in full swing, heads are rolling (lit­er­al­ly), ideas of lib­er­ty and rea­son are elec­tri­fy­ing the air, and noth­ing is off-lim­its for reform. Amid this upheaval, one very prac­ti­cal prob­lem stood out: weights and mea­sures. Every region and every trade in France seemed

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