Science

nitro · Mar 20, 2012

I know this is not a video, but it is well worth reading:

http://www.ams.org/notices/200503/fea-weil.pdf

nitro · Jan 6, 2013

A wonderful illustration of biology. Must read for every high school student.

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0072886161/323275/samplech04.pdf

377OHMS · Jan 6, 2013

Quote from AlpineTrout:

Good idea. I'll have to dig up something on the Double Slot (or Slit) experiment. That freaks me out every time I think about.

Well here's a cartoon video, but it gives the basic idea well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc

I think the double slit result captures the weirdness of particle/wave duality the best. It is just so non-intuitive.

Banjo · Jan 6, 2013

http://news.yahoo.com/neural-pointillism-lighting-brain-psychedelic-relief-224500795.html

nitro · Mar 18, 2013

nitro · Apr 8, 2013

This set of videos give a real glimpse of what mathematics looks like at the professional level. It is rough going, but if you go through all six videos at least you can understand the statement of the Hodge Conjecture:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIi92JSZ9J4

nitro · May 14, 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWZ2Bz0tS-s

Videos like this make learning fun, and they gently introduce some very deep ideas.

I challenge even the most dull person to view this entire series and not come away buying "Godel Escher Bach"

http://www.amazon.com/Godel-Escher-...=1368574816&sr=8-1&keywords=godel+escher+bach

nitro · Jul 12, 2013

You can be hot and a mathematician

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nitro · Oct 9, 2013

Lisa Randall never dissapoints. Very soft science, more on the sociology of science, but well worth listening to.

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nitro · Nov 19, 2013

I have become a big fan of Khovanov Homology:

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It is really interesting how he used "Categorification"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorification

and extremely important concept in modern mathematics where we go from set theory to categories. Khovanocv abstracts relatively simple invariant, the Jones Plolynomial, in order to get a far more general invariant using Categorification. It also shows in a crystal clear the power of Grothendieck's methods. Really, imo it is also one of the most accessible abstract forms of mathematics since much of the math is constructive (algorithmic) and aided by simple diagrams.

My interest in this is the interesting applications it has to quantum computers, and the ties to quantum mechanics in general:

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