This week we look back on yet another record set for quantum entanglement. Meanwhile, astronomers spot a spiral galaxy in images of the early universe, the very first of its kind. And could a Japanese mathematician have proven a relationship between prime numbers?
Posts Tagged ‘math’
September 14th, 2012
Friday Roundup: Yet Another Entanglement Record, a Galaxy in a Weird Place, and Patterns in Primes?
No Comments, All Posts, by Carter Bowles.March 27th, 2012
Video Tutorial: Taking Derivatives – Everything You Need to Know in 20 Minutes
No Comments, All Posts, by Carter Bowles.I like to think this is a good introduction or refresher for anybody who needs to know what derivatives are…
January 14th, 2012
Alex Bellos – When Math Takes Us By Surprise
No Comments, All Posts, by Carter Bowles.For the uninitiated, math is the boring exercise of manipulating numbers, a practice that most people would consider outdated ever since the invention of the calculator.
To Alex Bellos, author of Here’s Looking at Euclid
It is a system that we can use in order to discover why the real world defies common sense, and even to explore realms outside the universe as we know it.
Here’s what he has to say about it.