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Art
Go Forth and Make a Piece of Pi
(Above) “Power of Pi” hand drawn with pencil, ruler, and compass by Jason Padgett. There’s still time to make something…
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Higher Mathematics Meets High Culture
Marcus du Sautoy is a mathematician known for bringing an appreciation of mathematics to the masses. He’s done many television…
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Marcus du Sautoy’s The Secret Mathematician: Architecture
Marcus du Sautoy is a mathematician known for bringing an appreciation of mathematics to the masses. He’s done many television…
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Is the LHC an expensive art installation?
There are reams of writing, hours of talks, and TV programs by scientists on the manifestation of beauty in physics…
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Emmy Noether Solves the Universe.
“Momentum is always conserved, except when it isn’t.” In high school physics, we learn all manner of conservation laws, one…
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Calendar Curiosities: Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace
On December 10th, 1815, Augusta Ada King, born Augusta Ada Byron, known later as Ada Lovelace, came into the world. Born…
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