The Simpsons' secret formula: it's written by maths geeks | Television & radio | The Observer: "Without doubt, the most mathematically sophisticated television show in the history of primetime broadcasting is The Simpsons. This is not a figment of my deranged mind, which admittedly is obsessed with both The Simpsons and mathematics, but rather it is a concrete claim backed up in a series of remarkable episodes."
Sunday, September 22, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Physicists Discover Geometry Underlying Particle Physics
Physicists Discover Geometry Underlying Particle Physics | Simons Foundation: "Physicists have discovered a jewel-like geometric object that dramatically simplifies calculations of particle interactions and challenges the notion that space and time are fundamental components of reality.
‘This is completely new and very much simpler than anything that has been done before,’ said Andrew Hodges, a mathematical physicist at Oxford University who has been following the work."
How to Fall in Love With Math - NYTimes.com
How to Fall in Love With Math - NYTimes.com: "EACH time I hear someone say, ‘Do the math,’ I grit my teeth. Invariably a reference to something mundane like addition or multiplication, the phrase reinforces how little awareness there is about the breadth and scope of the subject, how so many people identify mathematics with just one element: arithmetic. Imagine, if you will, using, ‘Do the lit’ as an exhortation to spell correctly."
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
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