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In Aug 2021,The University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons calculated π to 62,831,853,071,796 digits…

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A Mysterious Design That Appears Across Millennia | Terry Moore | TED

What can we make of a design that shows up over and over in disparate cultures throughout history? Theorist Terry Moore explores “Penrose tiling” — two shapes that fit together in infinite combinations without ever repeating — and ponders what … Continue reading

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Science can be incredibly satisfying

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A very normal ball drop led me to infinity

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Is the idea that democracy always benefits society misguided, or just mathematics? | Aeon Videos

Can an argument for democracy be based on a mathematical theorem? From Plato’s tyrants to Condorcet’s ‘jury theorem’ Plato believed that public policy should be the purview of a small group of wise leaders; in his view, ordinary citizens couldn’t … Continue reading

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How This One Question Breaks Computers

[…] Sources https://matjaz.substack.com/p/why-are… https://www.khanacademy.org/computing… https://www.udacity.com/course/intro-… The Nature of Computation – Cristopher Moore […]

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Looks easy like this.

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Start with just a sheet of paper… | Oxford Mathematics

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The Statistics of Microwave Popcorn

Let’s use physics to ensure that we get the most out of our bag of popcorn. This video explains the science of popcorn kernels while introducing the normal distribution and the central limit theorem. We’ll also learn some techniques in … Continue reading

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This is how geometry should be taught…

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