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The Golden Ratio Is BS (Kinda) | Answers With Joe
The Golden Ratio is a mathematical construct that has been observed all throughout nature, architecture, and art. And some think it’s a universal constant, and divine. But… is it? Or are we only seeing what we want to see?
Flocking Behavior of Birds (Boids Algorithm) – Smarter Every Day 234
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GET SMARTER SECTION Read the website of the man that originally came up with the algorithm, Craig Reynolds http://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/ Boids on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boids Experiment with the Boids Algorithm on Ben Eater’s website https://eater.net/boids ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Has physicist’s gravity theory solved ‘impossible’ dark energy riddle? – Guardian
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent Prof Claudia de Rham’s ‘massive gravity’ theory could explain why universe expansion is accelerating. Cosmologists don’t enter their profession to tackle the easy questions, but there is one paradox that has reached staggering proportions. … Continue reading
1, 2, 3, 4 Stories About Math
From geometry to personal finance, there is one common denominator that links the stories in this reel—they are all about math.
Root 2 and the deadly Marching Squares
Witness how some marching squares destroy square root of 2’s hope to be a rational number. A mathematical story with some killer twists and turns you’ll never see coming.
Calculus explained through a story
Tibees 285K subscribers SUBSCRIBED Here is a look at the essence of calculus through the story of Bob. We use differentiation to find the slope of a curved line and then use ‘integration’ to find the area of an irregular … Continue reading
A Photographic Survey by Jessica Wynne of Chalkboards Filled by Mathematicians
Photographer and Fashion Institute of Technology professor Jessica Wynne has spent the last year documenting the numbers, symbols, and models drawn by mathematicians onto chalkboards. The photos capture the thought processes and physical efforts of professionals in a medium that … Continue reading
Equally sharing a cake between three people – Numberphile
Numberphile Published on 26 Sep 2017 Audible (30-day trial, free audio book): https://www.audible.com/numberphile More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ This video features Dr Hannah Fry. More videos with Hannah: http://bit.ly/hannah_vids Hannah’s website: http://www.hannahfry.co.uk Her book mentioned is … Continue reading
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