Math Mutation 108 Where Am I?
Before GPS, how could you know your longitude? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Aug 09, 2009•6 min
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Episodes
Math Mutation 107 A Twisted Take on Turing
Changing a test of artificiall intelligence into one of natural nonintelligence. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jul 23, 2009•5 min
Math Mutation 106 Pre-Newton Nonsense
The struggle for a theory of physics that would enable cats to jump onto chandeliers. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jul 12, 2009•5 min
Math Mutation 105 A Universe Made of Math
Are we all simply mathematical objects? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jun 30, 2009•4 min
Math Mutation 104 Fortunes, Debts, Ursa Major, and Cow Urine
Looking at the contributions of the Indian mathematician Brahmagupta. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jun 13, 2009•4 min
Math Mutation 103 Missed It By That Much
Elections and the Law of Large Numbers. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
May 31, 2009•4 min
Math Mutation 102 A Brush With Evil
Exploring the pentagram. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
May 10, 2009•4 min
Math Mutation 101 Don't Panic
If you test positive for a rare disease, should you be worried? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Apr 19, 2009•3 min
Math Mutation 100 100th Episode Spectacular
Why Math Mutation exists, winners of the Math Day Madness contest, and a correction. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Apr 05, 2009•4 min
Math Mutation 99 The Uninihibited Brain
Daniel Tammet's view of the root cause of his savant abilities. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Mar 22, 2009•5 min
Math Mutation 98 Math Day Madness
After E Day and Pi Day, how many other math-related holidays are there? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Mar 08, 2009•4 min
Math Mutation 97 Savants Are People Too
Can Rain Men really instantly count 100 fallen matches? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Mar 01, 2009•4 min
Math Mutation 96 Tally Folly
English tally sticks, and how they destroyed Parliament. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Feb 17, 2009•4 min
Math Mutation 95 Happy e Day!
Celebrating the constant 'e'. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Feb 08, 2009•4 min
Math Mutation 94 Yes, You Can Cross The Road
Why Zeno didn't prove that motion is impossible. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jan 25, 2009•5 min
Math Mutation 93 A Math Teacher To Remember
Mathermatics and the life of Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jan 11, 2009•4 min
Math Mutation 92 Hollow Days
The ill-omened days at the end of the year. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Jan 04, 2009•3 min
Math Mutation 91 Fractals in the Hat
How Dr. Seuss's 'The Cat In The Hat Comes Back' introduces fractals. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Dec 28, 2008•5 min
Math Mutation 90 The Long Now
What are we leaving behind for our descendants in the year 12000? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Dec 14, 2008•5 min
Math Mutation 89 Improbable Probabilities
Do a few statistically significant studies prove a strange phenomenon is true? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Dec 07, 2008•6 min
Math Mutation 88 More Than A Cartoon Cat
A mathematical contribution from President James Garfield. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Nov 23, 2008•3 min
Math Mutation 87 Unlistenable But Fun
The bizarre mathematical methods John Cage used to produce some of his music. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Nov 09, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 86 The Shape of the Universe
Was Homer Simpson's theory of a donut-shaped universe correct? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Oct 26, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 85 Florence Nightingale, Math Geek
The connections between mathematics and the founding of modern nursing. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Oct 19, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 84 How To Bankrupt Your Boss And Get Rich
If a stock has a 90% chance of going up, should you buy it? Maybe not! (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Oct 05, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 83 Candide's Calculus
The surprising connection between mathematics and Voltaire's satirical novel. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Sep 21, 2008•3 min
Math Mutation 82 How Not To Decorate Your Bathroom
Can you tile your bathroom floor without ever repeating the pattern? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Sep 07, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 81 A Billion Frenchmen Can Be Wrong
Why does the word billion sometimes mean 10 to the 9th, and other times mean 10 to the 12th? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Aug 31, 2008•4 min
Math Mutation 80 Possible-Worlds Accounting
You need to think about more than one universe when judging risky decisions. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Aug 24, 2008•3 min
Math Mutation 79 Chinese Pen Pals
Does the Chinese Room Paradox show that artificial intelligence is impossible? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Aug 17, 2008•5 min
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