9 Best Articles in 2020
Quanta Magazine
The Map of Mathematics
Quanta Magazine
584 saves · Feb 14th · Explore our surprisingly simple, absurdly ambitious and necessarily incomplete guide to the boundless mathematical universe.
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Mathematics for the adventurous self-learner
neilwithdata.com
~20 min read · 538 saves · Feb 24th · 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…
Quanta Magazine
Landmark Computer Science Proof Cascades Through Physics and Math
Quanta Magazine
6 min read · 330 saves · Mar 4th · Kevin Hartnett · Computer scientists established a new boundary on computationally verifiable knowledge. In doing so, they solved major open problems in quantum mechanics and pure mathematics.
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Garbage Math
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269 saves · Apr 17th · This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). More details.
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RIP John Conway
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265 saves · Apr 13th · This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. This means you're free to copy and share these comics (but not to sell them). More details.
Quanta Magazine
A Mathematical Model Unlocks the Secrets of Vision
Quanta Magazine
6 min read · 247 saves · 2019-08-21 · Kevin Hartnett · Mathematicians and neuroscientists have created the first anatomically accurate model that explains how vision is possible.
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Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math.
Quanta Magazine
~12 min read · 246 saves · Apr 7th · Natalie Wolchover · The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have to rethink the reality of infinitely precise numbers.
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Vector Fields, Math and Art.
anvaka.github.io
200 saves · From 2017 · This website allows you to build and explore beautiful world of vector fields.
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Visual explanations of mathematics
agilescientific.com
3 min read · 196 saves · Feb 25th · It is thought that Euclid wrote Elements in about 300 BC, but Oliver Byrne turned it into one of the true gems of visualization — and made it about 100 times more readable. By seamlessly combining…
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What Is a Particle?
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10 min read · 152 saves · Nov 12th · Natalie Wolchover · It has been thought of as many things: a pointlike object, an excitation of a field, a speck of pure math that has cut into reality. But never has physicists’ conception of a particle changed more…
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What Gödel Discovered
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~18 min read · 118 saves · Nov 17th · In 1931, a 25-year-old Kurt Gödel wrote a proof that turned mathematics upside down. The implication was so astounding, and his proof so elegant that it was...kind of funny. I wanted to share his d...
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Geometry Reveals How the World Is Assembled From Cubes
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~11 min read · 89 saves · Nov 19th · Joshua Sokol · An exercise in pure mathematics has led to a wide-ranging theory of how the world comes together.
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Some Math Problems Seem Impossible. That Can Be a Good Thing.
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6 min read · 44 saves · Nov 18th · Patrick Honner · Struggling with math problems that can’t be solved helps us better understand the ones we can.
