Week #28 of the Trumpocalypse came and went, and so far not a single nuclear exchange has transpired… so on with some math:
1) Explaining Gödel to lay folks:
2) From Will Gervais one of the more fun, entertaining, and thoughtful reads I’ve come across since the whole psychology-replication issue hit the fan:
3) If you love baseball… and Paul Erdös, you’ll love this Numberphile episode from a few days back:
4) Kevin Hartnett reports on two new ‘rare mathematical jewels’:
5) An interview with always-exuberant James Grime:
(…it reminded me of one of my earliest interviews which was also with James:
6) A rough year for a math teacher:
…I wish I felt more confident that the next 3 will be any better :(
7) Slate reports on the p-value debate:
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/08/how_will_changing_the_p_value_threshold_affect_the_reproducibility_crisis.html
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/08/how_will_changing_the_p_value_threshold_affect_the_reproducibility_crisis.html
8) I offered up a quick list of my favorite books for a desert isle… or, more likely a Trump-induced exile:
Potpourri BONUS! (extra NON-mathematical links of interest):
1) Last weekend, NPR’s RadioLab re-ran their incredible story of Lucy… the chimp… but by the end have some kleenex ready:
2) Peter Woit worries over the current state of physics/cosmology/science:
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