Math Mutation 78 And You Thought Those Mice Were Smart
If mice can do probability theory, why can't worms do calculus? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Aug 03, 2008•4 min
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Episodes
Math Mutation 77 Are You Smarter Than A Mouse?
According to some experiments, mice can be better at math than humans. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jul 27, 2008•3 min
Math Mutation 76 Grue and Bleen
How do you know your lawn is green, and not bleen? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jul 19, 2008•3 min
Math Mutation 75 Giving You The Fingers
Can you count up to 589,824 on your fingers? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jul 13, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 74 A Competitor for Flatland
Charles H. Hinton's 'realistic' two-dimensional world of Astria. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jul 06, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 73 The Future That Never Arrived
What's the deal with geodesic domes? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jun 22, 2008•5 min
Math Mutation 72 Shuttle Butt
Are Space Shuttle parts really based on the width of an ancient Roman horse's rear end? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jun 07, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 71 What Goes Around, Comes Around
On a number line, are positive and negative infinity really the same point? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jun 01, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 70 Number Nonsense
How calculator-based education almost cost me a hamburger. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
May 25, 2008•3 min
Math Mutation 69 Interesting Numbers
The unusual story of the Indian mathematician Ramanujan. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
May 18, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 68 The Bogus Bang?
A recent theory may replace the Big Bang with a collision of multidimensional membranes. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
May 11, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 67 Chaos
What appears to be random is not always random. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
May 04, 2008•5 min
Math Mutation 66 Fuzzy Dice
What is the connection between dice and driving? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Apr 20, 2008•3 min
Math Mutation 65 Sacrificing a Goat To Calculus
Is the line between math and religion always clear-cut? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Apr 14, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 64 Exponents Squared
What comes next in this sequence addition, multiplication, exponentiation, ...? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Apr 06, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 63 Turning Around In Time
Can you make a U-turn in the 4th dimension? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Mar 31, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 62 Names of God
In memory of Arthur C. Clarke. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Mar 23, 2008•3 min
Math Mutation 61 Observing The Universe
Calculating what we can see in the universe isn't as simple as counting light-years. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Mar 16, 2008•3 min
Math Mutation 60 Drop That Number Or We'll Shoot
Sometimes, math can be illegal. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Mar 09, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 59 Fun With Infinities
Can we draw infinity on a number line? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Mar 02, 2008•5 min
Math Mutation 58 On Average, Things Are Average
The Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx explained. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Feb 24, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 57 Really Old Math
How ancient Egyptian math may be the source of an 18th-century poem. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Feb 17, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 56 My Brain Hurts
If you separate your brain into indiividual neurons, is it still a brain? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Feb 12, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 55 The Painter's Paradox
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)
Feb 03, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 54 Mozart Rolls The Dice
The randomly-created-music fad of the late 18th century. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jan 27, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 53 Is Flatland Doomed?
How would chemistry and physics change in a two-dimensional universe? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jan 20, 2008•5 min
Math Mutation 52 Sparklines
Tiny graphs that look like words of text can be surprisingly useful. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jan 08, 2008•5 min
Math Mutation 51 Why The Week?
What's so special about the number 7 in our calendar? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Dec 30, 2007•4 min
Math Mutation 50 A True Holiday Celebration
Breathe in an actual molecule shared with Baby Jesus. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Dec 23, 2007•2 min
Math Mutation 49 What Is Math Anyway?
After 50 episodes, I finally figure out what I'm talking about. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Dec 16, 2007•4 min
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