Math Mutation

Math Mutation 113 Hippos In My Basement 19.10.2009 3:26 ↓

The magic of the contrapositive. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 112 The Genius Who Cheated 04.10.2009 4:56 ↓

Were Gregor Mendel's experimental results a bit too good? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 111 A Four-Dimensional House 20.09.2009 4:15 ↓

Can an architect in our 3-D world build a four dimensional house? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 110 One Intestinal Worm Per Child 06.09.2009 5:13 ↓

Amdahl's Law, de-worming, and the One Laptop Per Child initiative. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 109 Back To The Hall 23.08.2009 4:24 ↓

The Monty Hall Paradox revisited. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 108 Where Am I? 09.08.2009 5:45 ↓

Before GPS, how could you know your longitude? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 107 A Twisted Take on Turing 23.07.2009 4:52 ↓

Changing a test of artificiall intelligence into one of natural nonintelligence. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 106 Pre-Newton Nonsense 12.07.2009 5:12 ↓

The struggle for a theory of physics that would enable cats to jump onto chandeliers. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 105 A Universe Made of Math 30.06.2009 3:39 ↓

Are we all simply mathematical objects? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 104 Fortunes, Debts, Ursa Major, and Cow Urine 13.06.2009 3:51 ↓

Looking at the contributions of the Indian mathematician Brahmagupta. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 103 Missed It By That Much 31.05.2009 4:03 ↓

Elections and the Law of Large Numbers. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 102 A Brush With Evil 10.05.2009 4:16 ↓

Exploring the pentagram. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 101 Don't Panic 19.04.2009 2:47 ↓

If you test positive for a rare disease, should you be worried? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 100 100th Episode Spectacular 05.04.2009 4:11 ↓

Why Math Mutation exists, winners of the Math Day Madness contest, and a correction. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 99 The Uninihibited Brain 22.03.2009 5:20 ↓

Daniel Tammet's view of the root cause of his savant abilities. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 98 Math Day Madness 08.03.2009 3:57 ↓

After E Day and Pi Day, how many other math-related holidays are there? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 97 Savants Are People Too 01.03.2009 4:13 ↓

Can Rain Men really instantly count 100 fallen matches? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 96 Tally Folly 17.02.2009 3:50 ↓

English tally sticks, and how they destroyed Parliament. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 95 Happy e Day! 08.02.2009 3:58 ↓

Celebrating the constant 'e'. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 94 Yes, You Can Cross The Road 25.01.2009 4:49 ↓

Why Zeno didn't prove that motion is impossible. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 93 A Math Teacher To Remember 11.01.2009 3:44 ↓

Mathermatics and the life of Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 92 Hollow Days 04.01.2009 3:03 ↓

The ill-omened days at the end of the year. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 91 Fractals in the Hat 28.12.2008 4:39 ↓

How Dr. Seuss's 'The Cat In The Hat Comes Back' introduces fractals. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 90 The Long Now 14.12.2008 4:34 ↓

What are we leaving behind for our descendants in the year 12000? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 89 Improbable Probabilities 07.12.2008 5:35 ↓

Do a few statistically significant studies prove a strange phenomenon is true? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)