Friday, May 17, 2019

Schmutzphysik and Schmutzmathematik

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I love the German version of the term! As an applied mathematician who studies nonlinear and complex systems, I'll say it loudly and pro...
Thursday, May 16, 2019

"Why Teachers Should Read John Urschel's Book"

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Courtesy of Math with Bad Drawings , here are five (very!) important takeaway messages from John Urschel's new book. https://t.co/8ut...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

RIP Tim Conway (1933–2019)

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This morning, we lost Tim Conway , one of the world's great comedians. Tim Conway was so funny! I remember seeing some of his skits on T...

A 'Lucky Charms' Plot

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I've been wanting to make a 'Lucky Charms' plot for years . Here is one. I've wanted to produce a plot with a `Lucky Cha...
Saturday, May 11, 2019

Lego Monuments

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Wow! 15 Stunning LEGO Versions Of World Famous Monuments https://t.co/XvWqciWHEl — Archpng (@archpng) May 11, 2019

Poissonian Fish

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After catching a fishy phrase — "fraction of failing breams", which I corrected to "fraction of failing beams" — in my m...
Friday, May 10, 2019

The Original People of Los Angeles

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Here is an online vignette from a Los Angeles Times project about the origins of Los Angeles. Quoting from the vignette: "The origi...
Thursday, May 09, 2019

Footnote of the Day

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This is truly the craziest footnote I have ever seen #twitterstorians pic.twitter.com/Sylg24CHYd — Kara Schlichting (@KaraSchlichting) May ...

Old Book Covers: Much Cooler Than Today

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Book covers used to be so much cooler than they are now. (I already knew this, but this is a particularly good example.) I love the leng...

Albert Pujols Becomes Fifth Major Leaguer with 2000 Runs Batted In!

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Albert Pujols has become the fifth Major League Baseball player to reach 2000 runs batted in (RBIs) . This is quite a rare milestone. Hank A...
Sunday, May 05, 2019

Tales from the ArXiv: Today's Scientific Acronym Award Winner is "STROOPWAFEL"

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And today's scientific acronym award goes to... this paper , which introduces the acronym STROOPWAFEL (which stands for "Simulating...
Saturday, May 04, 2019

Awesome Watercolor Doors

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These watercolor paintings of doors are really awesome! (Tip of the cap to Archpng .)
Friday, May 03, 2019

"Unhappy Meals"

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I am highly amused by Burger King's new Unhappy Meals (which are actually called "Real Meals"). I am surprised, given it...

The Geometric Art of Saskia Freeke

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Saskia Freeke makes some really nice geometric art and posts it regularly on Twitter. I really like today's example. Geometric Shapes ...
Thursday, May 02, 2019

An Icosahedral Pecan Pie

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In 2009 or thereabouts, Charless Fowlkes and his collaborators made a large icosahedral pecan pie . Just don't roll a 1 on this 20-sid...

Topological Trivial Pursuit, Genus VII Edition

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The game Trivial Pursuit has a Genus edition (also called "Genus I" edition), Genus II edition, Genus III edition, and so on. I...
Wednesday, May 01, 2019

Jigsaw Puzzle Mash-Ups

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Apparently, entirely different jigsaw puzzles use pieces of the same shape, so some person created some mash-ups . I think my favorites ar...
Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Trust Me: Google "Thanos" and Click on the Gauntlet

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If you haven't tried this yet, google "Thanos" and click on the gauntlet. You're welcome.
Sunday, April 28, 2019

He's a Lookout Parrot, and He's OK

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This had to be done. (Here is the tweet .)
Friday, April 26, 2019

New XKCD: Probability that You'll be Killed by the Thing You Study

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I think that the new xkcd underestimates the danger of death from mathematics. Update: Naturally, there is a line from Firefly to back ...