magazines
The Electron Microscope, Quantum Puzzles, and AI-made Lesson Plans: What to read along books
See through electrons, think quantumly, but be human in education. Three articles that sparked my interest recently.
Adrian Manea
Mathematician, approx. writer, pro learner, chief curiosity officer
math
The Crest of the Peacock: Enumerable, Uncountable, and Infinite in Ancient India
Ancient Western spirituality and popular wisdom contain many numbers that have magical or symbolic meaning, such as 3, 5, 7, or 9. Indian scriptures of antiquity, however, are much more daring and precise. Would you believe in precisely 8,400,000 reincarnations?
books
Benjamín Labatut: When we cease to understand the world of a MANIAC
Fictionalized biographies of great researchers explain through metaphors and symbols the amplitude of their work. Chilean writer Benjamín Labatut’s novels argue that the most powerful impact is on the minds of those luminaries.
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Math to the Power of Nibs: Researchers’ Fountain Pens
Among pencils preferred by artists and ballpoint pens that just do their job, fountain pens have a special place in history. We may not know how many theorems were written with them, but there are some well documented connections between mathematicians and their fountain pens.
magazines
The Memory Palace, The Mist of History, and The Phenomenal Quantum World: What to read along books
Put your memories in order but try to think correctly about history. Plus, the role of the observer in physics is made clear with the help of philosophy. Here are three articles that sparked my interest recently.
culture
Circle or Rectangle? The Abstract Through the Eyes of Culture
Along with education and experience, culture creates our entire worldview. Cultural nuances also induce biases, and sometimes, they could influence the way we see geometry or numbers.
books
Five Books on Mathematical Thinking and Its Beauty
Mathematics is largely the history of mathematical problems, but it also has a story that avoids equations, formulas, or theorems.
math
Between Etymology and Jokes: The Origins of Mathematical Keywords
Sometimes, curiosity about the origin of a mathematical term becomes a search that spans centuries. Or it just ends with a joke. Either way, it could be more memorable than the equations it was meant to explain.
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