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.

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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.

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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)

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