The magic of Vedic math

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There is more than one way to reach a correct answer in mathematics. Vedic math, an ancient...

Is math discovered or invented?

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Would mathematics exist if people didn't? Did we create mathematical concepts to help us...

Pixar: The math behind the movies

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The folks at Pixar are widely known as some of the world's best storytellers and animators. They...

Why do people get so anxious about math?

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Have you ever sat down to take a math test and immediately felt your heart beat faster and your...

The beautiful math of coral - Margaret Wertheim

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Science writer Margaret Wertheim re-creates the creatures of the coral reefs using a technique...

How to defeat a dragon with math

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Having trouble remembering the order of operations? Let's raise the stakes a little bit. What if...

Where do math symbols come from?

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Math is full of symbols: lines, dots, arrows, English letters, Greek letters, superscripts, ...

How does math guide our ships at sea?

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Without math, would our seafaring ancestors ever have seen the world? Great mathematical thinkers...

The math behind Michael Jordan’s legendary hang time

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Michael Jordan’s legendary slam dunk from the free throw line has been calculated at 0.92...

Math is the hidden secret to understanding the world - Roger Antonsen

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Unlock the mysteries and inner workings of the world through one of the most imaginative art...

The satisfying math of folding origami

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Origami, which literally translates to “folding paper,” is a Japanese practice dating back to at...

Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man of math

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What's so special about Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man? With arms outstretched, the man fills...

The unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night"

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Physicist Werner Heisenberg said, “When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: why...

Inside OKCupid: The math of online dating

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When two people join a dating website, they are matched according to shared interests and how...

Does math have a major flaw?

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A mathematician with a knife and ball begins slicing and distributing the ball into an infinite...

A performance of "Mathemagic" - Arthur Benjamin

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The mathematics of history - Jean-Baptiste Michel

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What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a...

The mathematics of sidewalk illusions

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Have you ever come across an oddly stretched image on the sidewalk, only to find that it looks...

The mathematical secrets of Pascal’s triangle

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Pascal’s triangle, which at first may just look like a neatly arranged stack of numbers, is...

How the Königsberg bridge problem changed mathematics

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You’d have a hard time finding the medieval city Königsberg on any modern maps, but one...

An introduction to mathematical theorems

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Euclid of Alexandria revolutionized the way that mathematics is written, presented or thought...

The paradox at the heart of mathematics: Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem

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Consider the following sentence: “This statement is false.” Is that true? If so, that would make...

The greatest mathematician that never lived

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When Nicolas Bourbaki applied to the American Mathematical Society in the 1950s, he was already...

How fast is the speed of thought?

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Your mortal enemy has captured you and hooked you up to a bizarre experiment. He’s extended your...