Quasicrystals: The Strange Order That Changed Crystallography

Quasicrystals: The Strange Order That Changed Crystallography

Today, we’re explor­ing qua­sicrys­tals, what they are, how an “impos­si­ble” pat­tern was found in a lab, how it became the cat­a­lyst to rewrit­ing text­books, and why this exot­ic order mat­ters for real‑world tech­nolo­gies from wear‑resistant coat­ings to pho­ton­ics. I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak, and this is Math! Sci­ence! His­to­ry! Imag­ine hold­ing a met­al that seems to obey rules nature once for­bid. You

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Packing Problems: The Math of Fitting Everything into Your Suitcase

Wel­come to Flash­cards Fri­day, at Math! Sci­ence! His­to­ry! I’m Gabrielle Bir­chak, and today, we’re going to take a quick trip into the suit­case, lit­er­al­ly. Have you ever found your­self sit­ting on your lug­gage, try­ing des­per­ate­ly to zip it shut? Or play­ing Tetris with your shoes and socks? Believe it or not, this prob­lem has fas­ci­nat­ed math­e­mati­cians and com­put­er sci­en­tists for

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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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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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