I thought of something similar, but going over how early computers were used, from precalculating ballistics tables, to solving cut-and-cover for building roads

I thought of something similar, but going over how early computers were used, from precalculating ballistics tables, to solving cut-and-cover for building roads. I always loved the story problems because they showed how math was useful for figuring things out, they gave examples of predictive power. You might really like the lectures from https://www.csail.mit.edu/person/erik-demaine https://www.csail.mit.edu/person/erik-demaine Or the AOSA book, https://aosabook.org/en/ https://aosabook.org/en/