#steven strogatz

[beautyandtheuniverse]

Math swaggers with an intimidating air of certainty. Like a Mafia capo, it comes across as decisive, unyielding, and strong. It'll make you an argument you can't refuse. But in private, math is occasionally insecure. It has doubts. It questions itself and isn't always sure it's right. Especially where infinity is concerned. Infinity can keep math up at night, worrying, fidgeting, feeling existential dread.

Steven Strogatz, The Joy of X: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity

[kirjastokirjavinkit]

Ihana X on matematiikka-aiheinen aika yleistajuinen kirja, ihan peruskoulumatikalla ymmärrettävissä.

Suosittelen, jos matematiikka kiinnostaa, ja muistaakseni tämä kirja opetti mulle myös miksi yleensä itsemurha ei ole paras vaihtoehto.

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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Can Calculus Solve Quantum Physics? (w/ Steven Strogatz), Full Moon Behavior, and Why You Complain About “Kids These Days”

Learn about why if you complain about “kids these days,” your memory may be to blame; whether a full moon really leads to strange behavior; and whether calculus can help us solve the mysteries of quantum mechanics, with special guest Steven Strogatz.

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In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following story from Curiosity.com about complaining about “kids these days” might be because of your memory: https://curiosity.im/2NWKbcf

Additional resources from Steven Strogatz:

“Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe” on Amazon — https://amzn.to/36bLz3d

Additional publications — https://amzn.to/2MT4d8j 

Steven Strogatz official website — http://www.stevenstrogatz.com/

Cornell University profile — https://math.cornell.edu/steven-strogatz

Google Scholar profile — https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FxyRWlcAAAAJ

Follow @stevenstrogatz on Twitter — https://twitter.com/stevenstrogatz

Other sources discussed:

Lunacy and the Full Moon | Scientific American — https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lunacy-and-the-full-moon/ 

It's Just a Phase: The Supermoon Won't Drive You Mad | Live Science — https://www.livescience.com/7899-moon-myths-truth-lunar-effects.html

Does crime increase when the moon is full? | EurekaAlert! — https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/nyu-dci102919.php

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steven strogatz's mind is so big

[mintish]

A dynamical system is anything that changes from moment to moment according to definite rules. [...] All along, the implicit assumption was that the moment-to-moment predictability of dynamical systems meant they should also be predictable forever, at least in principle. Now we know that's not true. Some dynamical systems can be chaotic.

The Calculus of Friendship, by Steven Strogatz

[mnemehoshiko]

Teaching Math to People Who Think They Hate It

A popular Cornell professor tries to help language-arts types learn how to "make math" instead of just studying it.

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