• The Engineering History Podcast | Inventions, Builders, Hackers, Projects, and Stories from Our Past

  • 著者: Anna Close and Paul
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The Engineering History Podcast | Inventions, Builders, Hackers, Projects, and Stories from Our Past

著者: Anna Close and Paul
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  • Where engineering and history collide! Join us for rousing, thought-provoking discussions about how what we make reflects who we are.
    Anna Close and Paul
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  • Ep 65 - Howard Hughes, the Spruce Goose, the Golden Age of Hollywood, and the Descent into Madness
    2024/07/21

    Anna and Paul discuss Howard Hughes, aviation, filmmaking, the Spruce Goose, pissing in jars, Kleenex, being a shut-in, mental illness, tragedy, Romaine Street, and the dark side of glamorous lives.

    Follow @engineering_history_podcast on Instagram to keep up with our latest updates :)

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    1 時間 57 分
  • Ep 64 - How Fibonacci Built Our World
    2024/06/09

    Anna and Paul discuss math, finance, geometry, finance bros, Piza, pizza, New Yawk, the Yankees, and making things accessible to the common man.

    Note: We refer to the author of "Finding Fibonacci" as “Kevin Devlin.” He is actually Keith Devlin.

    Follow @engineering_history_podcast on Instagram to keep up with our latest updates :)

    Further reading:

    1. The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci’s Arithmetic Revolution By Keith Devlin

    2. Finding Fibonacci: The Quest to Rediscover the Forgotten Mathematical Genius Who Changed the World By Keith Devlin

    3. Fibonacci and the Financial Revolution By William Goetzmann

    4. The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created Modern Capital Markets By William Goetzmann and K. Rouwenhurst

    5. The History of Algrebra in Italy in the 14th and 15th Centuries. Some Remarks on Recent Historiography By Rafaella Franci

    6. The Positional System and Base 10 | Mathematics for the Liberal Arts (lumenlearning.com)



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    59 分
  • Ep 63 - Secret CIA Spy Satellites! (Pt. 2/2)
    2024/05/26

    Anna and Paul discuss the Hexagon and Gambit series of satellites, on-orbit reliability, the struggle of keeping work secrets from family, big gold orbs, classification, declassification, and the mystery of modern-day earth observation. Follow @engineering_history_podcast on Instagram to keep up with our latest updates :)

    Further reading:

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CORONA_(satellite)
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_(rocket_family)
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RM-81_Agena
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor-Agena
    • https://www.thespacereview.com/article/1063/1
    • https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/exhibit/corona-americas-first-imaging-satellite-program/
    • https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/kh-1.htm
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belka_and_Strelka
    • https://www.space.com/12996-secret-spy-satellites-declassified-nro.html
    • https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticutmagazine/news-people/article/The-story-of-the-Hexagon-a-Danbury-built-spy-17046062.php
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    38 分

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Where engineering and history collide! Join us for rousing, thought-provoking discussions about how what we make reflects who we are.
Anna Close and Paul

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