Math Mutation

Math Mutation 63 Turning Around In Time 31.03.2008 3:42 ↓

Can you make a U-turn in the 4th dimension? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 62 Names of God 23.03.2008 3:24 ↓

In memory of Arthur C. Clarke. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 61 Observing The Universe 16.03.2008 3:13 ↓

Calculating what we can see in the universe isn't as simple as counting light-years. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 60 Drop That Number Or We'll Shoot 09.03.2008 4:16 ↓

Sometimes, math can be illegal. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 59 Fun With Infinities 02.03.2008 4:59 ↓

Can we draw infinity on a number line? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 58 On Average, Things Are Average 24.02.2008 4:00 ↓

The Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx explained. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 57 Really Old Math 17.02.2008 4:28 ↓

How ancient Egyptian math may be the source of an 18th-century poem. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 56 My Brain Hurts 12.02.2008 4:24 ↓

If you separate your brain into indiividual neurons, is it still a brain? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 55 The Painter's Paradox 03.02.2008 4:03 ↓

We describe a figure whose surface can never be painted, though its interior can be filled using a finite volume of paint, (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 54 Mozart Rolls The Dice 27.01.2008 3:50 ↓

The randomly-created-music fad of the late 18th century. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 53 Is Flatland Doomed? 20.01.2008 4:48 ↓

How would chemistry and physics change in a two-dimensional universe? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 52 Sparklines 08.01.2008 4:37 ↓

Tiny graphs that look like words of text can be surprisingly useful. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 51 Why The Week? 30.12.2007 4:24 ↓

What's so special about the number 7 in our calendar? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 50 A True Holiday Celebration 23.12.2007 2:27 ↓

Breathe in an actual molecule shared with Baby Jesus. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 49 What Is Math Anyway? 16.12.2007 3:34 ↓

After 50 episodes, I finally figure out what I'm talking about. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 48 Computers On The Brain 09.12.2007 3:48 ↓

Some engineers have their brains cross-wired to see circuit schematic AND, OR, and NOT gates as particular colors. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 47 An Unusual Lottery 02.12.2007 4:08 ↓

A strange lottery run by Douglas Hofstadter in the early 1980s, with interesting implications for human society. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 46 The World's Simplest Computer 25.11.2007 4:02 ↓

A new theorem by a British undergraduate has just established the simplest possible computer. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 45 The Aliens Among Us 18.11.2007 3:41 ↓

Can we calcuate the number of intelligent life forms in our galaxy with one simple equation? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 44 Friends in Mathematical Places 11.11.2007 3:52 ↓

Story of a 19th-century Frenchwoman who pretended to be male for her career in mathematics, and how she revealed her identity to save Gauss. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 43 A Theorem Made Real 04.11.2007 3:52 ↓

Strangely enough, pure math can tell us interesting things about global weather patterns. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 42 Solving Burma's Problems 28.10.2007 4:29 ↓

The Burmese military junta's numerological failures. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 41: Action, Drama, and Geometry Lessons 21.10.2007 4:44 ↓

Review of Flatland The Movie (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 40 Death By Theorem 14.10.2007 3:59 ↓

How do we know that irrational numbers exist? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)

Math Mutation 39 A Statistical Legend 07.10.2007 3:36 ↓

The surprising story of how George Dantzig, the father of linear programming, earned his Ph. D. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)