Thank to Dustin from @SmarterYouTube aka "Smarter Every Day" for putting together this mind-shattering explanation of the mysterious Prince Rupert's Drop.
Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Math. Show all posts
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Richard Feynman lectures at Cornell 1964
Big thanks to fellow blogger Jennifer Ouellette for sharing this wonderful lecture on gravity by Richard Feynman at Cornell University recorded in 1964. The preservation of the spirit of great teaching displayed by Feynman is, in my opinion, a testament to the archival value of YouTube.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
7 minutes of terror happening NOW!
The Curiosity Mars rover will land tonight at 1:30 AM Eastern Time. Watch this primer to get pumped!
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Perspective
A scientific understanding of the cosmos begins by gaining a sense of perspective. Thanks to Mary and Claudia for digging this out of their memory banks.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Holy Wolfram Alpha!
The idea is to take all the math that has ever been conjured by humanity and build it into a search engine such that any person out there on the world wide web can type in any question and have this search engine send back a "search results" page with that question analyzed by all relevant mathematical tools.
In the introduction you can see and be mesmerized by some of the complex functions wolfram alpha is capable of. Brilliant! To say the least.
It seems this is an attempt by Stephen Wolfram to answer Hans Rosling's call to action made at TED in 2006.
It seems this is an attempt by Stephen Wolfram to answer Hans Rosling's call to action made at TED in 2006.
Why didn't this exist when I took P-Chem?
Thanks Nate for the heads up!
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