Math Potpourri Served Up

End-of-week mishmash of math miscellany:

1)  Medical tests... false positives and negatives:

http://blogs.ams.org/mathgradblog/2016/08/06/false-positive-vs-false-negative/#sthash.756wTxbW.dpbs

2)  Exploring Mersenne numbers a bit:

http://math-blog.com/playing-with-mersenne-numbers/

3)  Donald Knuth wins the John von Neumann Lecture Prize:

https://sinews.siam.org/DetailsPage/TabId/900/ArtMID/2243/ArticleID/819/Donald-E-Knuth-Awarded-SIAM’s-Highest-Honor-Delivers-The-John-von-Neumann-Lecture.aspx

4)  Evelyn Lamb lists a few keen educational math blogs (for different levels) here:

http://blogs.ams.org/blogonmathblogs/2016/08/09/back-to-school-blogs/#sthash.PwL5k4DF.dpbs

5)  Deborah Mayo on Popperian falsification etc.:

https://errorstatistics.com/2016/08/09/if-you-think-its-a-scandal-to-be-without-statistical-falsification-you-will-need-statistical-tests/

6)  A review (pdf) of the latest volume from Raymond Smullyan, "Reflections: the magic, music, and mathematics of Raymond Smullyan":
https://andrescaicedo.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/smullyan-review.pdf

7)  Speaking of books, I wrote this week about an older volume from Keith Devlin that, if you can find it, is worth having:

https://mathtango.blogspot.com/2016/08/making-invisible-visible.html

8)  And of course if you need more math for your weekly fix, you can always visit "Mike's Math Page":

https://mikesmathpage.wordpress.com

Potpourri BONUS! (extra NON-mathematical links of interest):

1)  One physicist's interesting take on the LHC results:

http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-lhc-nightmare-scenario-has-come-true.html?spref=tw

2)  ICYMI, "60 Minutes" Anderson Cooper met playful Bonobos in the Congo last weekend:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bonobos-60-minutes-primate-cousin-anderson-cooper/

...and lastly, perhaps my favorite tweet from the week (from @AdamSacks):

"The party of Lincoln is now the party of John Wilkes Booth."