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Category Archives: Mathematics
Pi, and why we don’t melt
I got involved in a discussion the other day, initiated by the science writer Natalie Wolchover, about the geometry of the Earth and our intuitive understanding of it.
Posted in Mathematics, Physics, Science, Travel, Writing
Tagged BBC, Natalie Wolchover, Science Focus
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Maxwell’s equations: 150 years of light
At the Guardian.
Posted in Arts, Mathematics, Particle Physics, Physics, Science, Technology
Tagged Relativity, Royal Society, video
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Given a multiverse, does astrology work somewhere?
At the Guardian.
Posted in Astrophysics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Science
Tagged Health, quantum mechanics, Sixty Symbols, video
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