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pioneerworks.org
Picture This: The Hyperbolic Disk
pioneerworks.org
Sep 26th · Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll visualizes a mind-bending geometry that inspired many, from Einstein to Escher. · Shared by 62
kevingal.com
Board games and Markov chains
kevingal.com
~16 min read · Sep 25th · Using Markov chains to model simple board games. · Shared by 16
Scientific American
How Squishy Math Is Revealing Doughnuts in the Brain
Scientific American
~12 min read · Sep 17th · Topology, sometimes called rubber sheet geometry, is finding patterns in the brain, drugs and evolution · Shared by 7, including ProfGhristMath, Danielle! 🌩
Quanta Magazine
The New Math of Wrinkling Patterns
Quanta Magazine
4 min read · Sep 22nd · A comprehensive mathematical framework treats wrinkling patterns as elegant solutions to geometric problems. · Shared by 5
The Point Magazine
What Are Numbers?
The Point Magazine
1 min read · Sep 16th · What does it mean for a number to exist? In the philosophy of mathematics, there are two general camps when it comes to numbers: there are the Platonists—or the “realists”—who think numbers somehow… · Shared by 65
Quanta Magazine
Richard Rusczyk Is a Math Evangelist Who Preaches Problem-Solving
Quanta Magazine
9 min read · Sep 13th · Richard Rusczyk, founder of Art of Problem Solving, has a vision for bringing “joyous, beautiful math” — and problem-solving — to classrooms everywhere. · Shared by 84
Quillette
Math for Future Scientists: Require Statistics, Not Calculus
Quillette
7 min read · Sep 15th · The case for ending calculus requirements for science majors. · Shared by 117, including Steven Pinker, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
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Quanta Magazine
Chaos Researchers Can Now Predict Perilous Points of No Return
Quanta Magazine
4 min read · Sep 15th · A custom-built machine learning algorithm excels at the formidable task of predicting when a complex system is about to switch to a wildly different mode of behavior. · Shared by 411, including Esther Schindler
Quanta Magazine
How Claude Shannon’s Concept of Entropy Quantifies Information
Quanta Magazine
4 min read · Sep 6th · What’s a message, really? Claude Shannon recognized that the elemental ingredient is surprise. · Shared by 361, including Josep M. Ganyet, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
Big Think
The biggest difference between physics and mathematics
Big Think
~11 min read · Aug 30th · If you can model anything in the Universe with an equation, mathematics is how you get the solution(s). Physics must go a step further. · Shared by 247
Quanta Magazine
How Isaac Newton Discovered the Binomial Power Series
Quanta Magazine
7 min read · Aug 31st · Rethinking questions and chasing patterns led Newton to find the connection between curves and infinite sums. · Shared by 237, including Christopher D. Long (Крістофер Д. Лонг), Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
Spektrum
Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size
Spektrum
5 min read · Sep 2nd · Unless you have skipped a lot of school, or work, or both – or you live in the USA – you have probably used an A4 sheet of paper before now. Have you ever wondered … · Shared by 196, including Michael Weibel
The New Yorker
How Mathematics Changed Me
The New Yorker
4 min read · Sep 6th · If one is inclined toward mysteries, mathematics can lead one to the conclusion that behind the veil of life there is a structure and an order. · Shared by 147, including Charles Duhigg, davidabrock
Nautilus Magazine
Are All Brains Good at Math?
Nautilus Magazine
~12 min read · Sep 1st · Math provokes dread in so many people—yet we are all born with a sense for numbers. · Shared by 131, including Anita Leirfall, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
Quillette
Math for Future Scientists: Require Statistics, Not Calculus
Quillette
7 min read · Sep 15th · The case for ending calculus requirements for science majors. · Shared by 117, including Steven Pinker, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
Quanta Magazine
Richard Rusczyk Is a Math Evangelist Who Preaches Problem-Solving
Quanta Magazine
9 min read · Sep 13th · Richard Rusczyk, founder of Art of Problem Solving, has a vision for bringing “joyous, beautiful math” — and problem-solving — to classrooms everywhere. · Shared by 84
The Point Magazine
What Are Numbers?
The Point Magazine
1 min read · Sep 16th · What does it mean for a number to exist? In the philosophy of mathematics, there are two general camps when it comes to numbers: there are the Platonists—or the “realists”—who think numbers somehow… · Shared by 65
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Mechanical Watch – Bartosz Ciechanowski
ciechanow.ski
20+ min read · May 4th · Interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works. · Shared by 1489, including David Papandrew, Colin Wright, Carlos Scheidegger, Max Roser, Chris Heilmann, Eric Vitiello, Paul Graham, Nils Hitze, Nico Luchsinger, Tim Holman, tanh(mmalex) 🇺🇦, Leo Polovets, Romain Guy, Tactical Tech, Michael Bench-Capon, Craig Mod, Krzysztof Zabłocki, Esther Schindler, Oliver Reichenstein, Ben Thompson
Quanta Magazine
In Mathematics, It Often Takes a Good Map to Find Answers
Quanta Magazine
5 min read · From 2020 · Mathematicians try to figure out when problems can be solved using current knowledge — and when they have to chart a new path instead. · Shared by 1427, including Evan (he/him), Luminous Kaleidoscope, Mario Clemente, Mike Tamir, PhD, Christian Surchi, Anne-Laure Le Cunff
Quanta Magazine
Computing Expert Says Programmers Need More Math
Quanta Magazine
9 min read · May 17th · Leslie Lamport revolutionized how computers talk to each other. Now he’s working on how engineers talk to their machines. · Shared by 1395, including Ines Bieler, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Marcos, Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, Steven Sinofsky, Christopher D. Long (Крістофер Д. Лонг), Matthew Turland
Farnam Street
Predicting the Future with Bayes’ Theorem
Farnam Street
5 min read · May 30th · Baye’s theorem is a useful tool that helps us make more accurate predictions about the likelihood of potential outcomes. · Shared by 680, including Scott Monty, Jason Lauritsen
Quanta Magazine
The Map of Mathematics
Quanta Magazine
From 2020 · Explore our surprisingly simple, absurdly ambitious and necessarily incomplete guide to the boundless mathematical universe. · Shared by 673, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Liv 😷, Fabricio Teixeira, Katja Evertz, Logical Analysis, luis antónio santos, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Oleg Baskov, Philipp Laurim, Ziad Shihab, Merkstatt, Kat, Cameron Yick, Matthias Lampe, Guy Longworth, Jennifer Ouellette, Mark Brandon, Dr. Ganapathi Pulipaka 🇺🇸, Kim Albrecht, William El Kaim
Farnam Street
Math Makes Life Beautiful.
Farnam Street
5 min read · May 10th · Math has long been the language of science, engineering, and finance, but can math help you feel calm on a turbulent flight? Get a date? Make better decisions? Here are some heroic ways math shows up… · Shared by 660, including Leonardo Sumulong, Marcos, Jason Lauritsen, Mike Taylor, Scott Monty, Massimiliano Aroffo
Quanta Magazine
The Secret Math Behind Mind-Reading Magic Tricks
Quanta Magazine
~12 min read · May 27th · Four puzzle solutions reveal different ways to divine someone’s hidden number with impossibly little information. · Shared by 633, including Howard Getson
Quanta Magazine
The Computer Scientist Who Parlays Failures Into Breakthroughs
Quanta Magazine
8 min read · Jun 13th · Daniel Spielman solves important problems by thinking hard — about other questions. · Shared by 604, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Howard Getson, Pascal Sulser, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Ines Bieler
neilwithdata.com
Mathematics for the adventurous self-learner
neilwithdata.com
~20 min read · From 2020 · For over six years now, I've been studying mathematics on my own in my spare time - working my way through books, exercises, and online courses. In this post I'll share what books and resources I've… · Shared by 562, including ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ, Kenneth Kalmer, Liv 😷, Kevin Roberts, Mattia Fregola 🤔, ash, Jonathan Kogan, sircharlsxavier, Desmond Williams, Matthias Lampe, rohit
