Math Mutation

Math Mutation 163 Why Statisticians Stink At Statistics 01.04.2012 4:52 ↓

When estimating probabilities, we are biologically wired to give the wrong answer. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 162 The Mathematician Who Wasn't There 14.03.2012 5:08 ↓

The strange tale of Nicholas Bourbaki. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 161 The Numbers Of Love 19.02.2012 5:31 ↓

How love was defined by Pythagoras. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 160 The Boids And Bees Of Leadership 24.01.2012 5:20 ↓

What algorithms do bees use to fly in swarms? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 159 Booms And Busts 02.01.2012 5:31 ↓

Is it always natural to attain an equilibrium? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 158 That's How We Do It In Government 18.12.2011 3:23 ↓

Why government-reported statistics are bogus. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 157 Infinite Infinities 29.11.2011 4:11 ↓

How much more infinite can you get? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 156 The Ultimate Answer 15.11.2011 4:21 ↓

Reflections upon turning 42. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 155 Crazy Dice 23.10.2011 5:22 ↓

Can a die be fair without being a Platonic solid? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 154 A New Perspective On Perspective 09.10.2011 5:30 ↓

Is perspective in art just a cultural artifact? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 153 Cracking Pythagoras 25.09.2011 4:26 ↓

Are people who give Pythagoras credit for his theorem really cracked? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 152 Why The Hex? 04.09.2011 4:36 ↓

Are bees smarter than math professors? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 151 Forgotten Knowledge 14.08.2011 4:23 ↓

Will future generations forget basic math? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 150 A Podcast About Nothing 24.07.2011 5:54 ↓

A non-zero number of factoids about zero. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 149 Robot Planet 28.06.2011 5:54 ↓

Will reproducing robots consume the Earth? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 148 Your Size In Space And Time 14.06.2011 3:08 ↓

How do you compare to the universe as a whole? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 147 Elemental Obsession 27.05.2011 5:26 ↓

Collecting the basic elements of our universe. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 146 Mutating Up The Corporate Ladder 08.05.2011 5:26 ↓

Can knowledge of fractals be useful in a day-to-day business setting? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 145 Why Johnny Couldn't Add 16.04.2011 6:21 ↓

How the New Math confused a decade's worth of students and teachers. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 144 Is There A Hippopotamus In This Podcast? 28.03.2011 4:44 ↓

Trying to make sense of Russell's conversation with Wittgenstein. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 143 The Math Of Mutations 07.03.2011 4:19 ↓

How D'Arcy Thompson united mathematics and the study of evolution. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 142 Hippasus's Revenge 20.02.2011 4:56 ↓

How the basis of modern music shifted from whole to irrational numbers. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 141 The Right Way To Procrastinate 06.02.2011 5:33 ↓

Review of Logicomix, a graphic novel on the life of Bertrand Russell. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 140 Does The House Always Win? 12.01.2011 6:07 ↓

How MIT math geeks won millions in Vegas. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 139 A Christmas Surprise 26.12.2010 4:27 ↓

Does knowing that a surprise will be a surprise prevent the surprise? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)