Mathsplainer
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Mathematics. Clearly put.
'the butterfly effect' this water wheel is a simple system that demonstrates chaos theory. As it spins seemingly randomly left and right, its center of mass (orange) traces out a butterfly wing pattern
How did I get this poll with almost 29k responses to balance perfectly? A thread. 👇
How incredibly annoyed would Pythagoras have been if he'd found someone had discovered his triples 1000 years previously.... theguardian.com/science/2021/a…
My daughter was asked to evaluate 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 7 x 8 ------------------- 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 7 and did so by evaluating the top and the bottom, getting 20160/5040, and doing the division. It led to a long conversation ... Her approach illustrated a very common error, 1/
Happy Valentine's day!
It can be both a compliment and an insult. They'll never know which one you mean. 🤫
Good news is that this year might not be really happening as we are all likely simulated, according to Oxford professor. Bad news: If true, professor simulated. As is Oxford. theconversation.com/curious-kids-c… via @ConversationEDU
Common statistical misconceptions in #DataAnalysis and #DataInterpretation. #DataScience
And whilst we were all distracted by other news, the sneaky government *redefined the metre and kilogram* on 13th June. I thought something was funny on Saturday. Did they think we wouldn't notice? legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/586/…
Social distancing mathematically: how many infinitely small children can we *safely* fit in a school? mathsplainer.com/?p=111
