Math Mutation
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 23:13:43
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Synopsis
Welcome to Math Mutation, a podcast for people of all ages where we discuss fun, interesting, or just plain weird corners of mathematics that you would not have heard in school.(Feedback email erik@mathmutation.com).
Episodes
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Math Mutation 88 More Than A Cartoon Cat
23/11/2008 Duration: 03minA mathematical contribution from President James Garfield. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 87 Unlistenable But Fun
09/11/2008 Duration: 03minThe bizarre mathematical methods John Cage used to produce some of his music. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 86 The Shape of the Universe
26/10/2008 Duration: 04minWas Homer Simpson's theory of a donut-shaped universe correct? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 85 Florence Nightingale, Math Geek
19/10/2008 Duration: 03minThe connections between mathematics and the founding of modern nursing. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 84 How To Bankrupt Your Boss And Get Rich
05/10/2008 Duration: 04minIf a stock has a 90% chance of going up, should you buy it? Maybe not! (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 83 Candide's Calculus
21/09/2008 Duration: 03minThe surprising connection between mathematics and Voltaire's satirical novel. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 82 How Not To Decorate Your Bathroom
07/09/2008 Duration: 04minCan you tile your bathroom floor without ever repeating the pattern? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 81 A Billion Frenchmen Can Be Wrong
31/08/2008 Duration: 03minWhy does the word billion sometimes mean 10 to the 9th, and other times mean 10 to the 12th? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 80 Possible-Worlds Accounting
24/08/2008 Duration: 03minYou need to think about more than one universe when judging risky decisions. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 79 Chinese Pen Pals
17/08/2008 Duration: 04minDoes the Chinese Room Paradox show that artificial intelligence is impossible? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 78 And You Thought Those Mice Were Smart
03/08/2008 Duration: 03minIf mice can do probability theory, why can't worms do calculus? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 77 Are You Smarter Than A Mouse?
27/07/2008 Duration: 03minAccording to some experiments, mice can be better at math than humans. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 76 Grue and Bleen
19/07/2008 Duration: 03minHow do you know your lawn is green, and not bleen? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 75 Giving You The Fingers
13/07/2008 Duration: 04minCan you count up to 589,824 on your fingers? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 74 A Competitor for Flatland
06/07/2008 Duration: 03minCharles H. Hinton's 'realistic' two-dimensional world of Astria. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 73 The Future That Never Arrived
22/06/2008 Duration: 05minWhat's the deal with geodesic domes? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 72 Shuttle Butt
07/06/2008 Duration: 03minAre Space Shuttle parts really based on the width of an ancient Roman horse's rear end? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 71 What Goes Around, Comes Around
01/06/2008 Duration: 03minOn a number line, are positive and negative infinity really the same point? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 70 Number Nonsense
25/05/2008 Duration: 03minHow calculator-based education almost cost me a hamburger. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
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Math Mutation 69 Interesting Numbers
18/05/2008 Duration: 03minThe unusual story of the Indian mathematician Ramanujan. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)