It’s surprisingly difficult to prove one of the most basic properties of a number: whether it can be written as a fraction. A ...
Twice in the space of a few days, I came across a dictum attributed to Niels Bohr, the renowned Danish physicist who in 1922 ...
We always enjoy videos from the [Mathologer], but we especially liked the recent video on the Helicone, a toy with a surprising connection to mathematics. The toy is cool all by itself, but the ...
This suggests that classical reality can evolve from a purely quantum foundation. Discoveries over the past century have undeniably confirmed that we live in a quantum world. But, strangely, what we ...
In contrast to other critiques of capitalism that tend to highlight the players behind the scenes, ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 ...