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Riding a train until I understand hyperspheres

All aboard the learning train with Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/Tibees/ It’s free for 30 days, and the first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. The book featured is Surfing Through Hyperspace by Clifford Pickover: https://amzn.to/49yVFuG Subscribe to … Continue reading

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If Numbers Were Alphabetized

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Experimental Evidence of a Phenomenon That May End The Universe – False Vacuum Decay

[…] Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about an intriguing idea behind what’s known as False Vacuum Decay – something that may have created our universe but also something that can one … Continue reading

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BBC Radio 4 – You’re Dead to Me, Pythagoras

Join Greg and his guests to learn about ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras. In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined by Professor Edith Hall and comedian Desiree Burch to learn all about ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras. Pythagoras is famous … Continue reading

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Penrose Unilluminable Room Is Impossible To Light

[…] Penrose Unilluminable Room is a room with mirrored walls that can’t be fully illuminated by a single point source of light. I thought I was the first person to build one but Action Lab beat me to it: • … Continue reading

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Dizzying Gifs by Etienne Jacob Infuse Mathematical Equations into Endless Loops | Colossal

JANUARY 12, 2024 GRACE EBERT “Rotating dandelion.” All gifs © Etienne Jacob Etienne Jacob takes a creative approach to coding with his mesmerizing animations that fall at the intersection of art and math. Paris-based software engineer Etienne Jacob (previously) takes … Continue reading

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How a Hobbyist Solved The Einstein Problem

Has the Einstein Problem finally been solved? For decades, mathematicians, logicians and professional puzzlers have tried to find the existence of a single tile that by itself scales to infinity without ever repeating it’s pattern. Was 2023 the year this … Continue reading

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Marvel at Tomohiro Okazaki’s Feature-Length Montage of Matches Performing Optical Tricks | Colossal

JANUARY 2, 2024 KATE MOTHES Tomohiro Okazaki’s new video features more than an hour of meticulously staged optical gymnastics using matches. One recognizable everyday object is given the spotlight in Tomohiro Okazaki’s painstaking yet playful stop-motion animation. His new video … Continue reading

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BBC Radio 4 – Who Do You Really Think You Are?

Dr Adam Ruthford thinks he can prove that YOU are descendent from Royalty. We’re a nation obsessed with genealogy. Millions of us are gripped by TV shows like ‘Who Do You Think You Are’, where genealogists show celebrities their famous … Continue reading

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Stop-motion origami unfurls in a playful exploration of how senses overlap | Aeon Videos

Are these triangles propelled by music, or is it a sensory trick? Origami and a heady score create a synaesthetic experience In The Spirit Triangles (2018), a single equilateral triangle emerges and duplicates, giving the appearance of origami unfurling. From … Continue reading

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