Science

Discussion in 'Science and Technology' started by nitro, Jan 23, 2010.

  1. nitro

    nitro

    #51     Mar 20, 2012
  2. nitro

    nitro

    #52     Jan 6, 2013
  3. 377OHMS

    377OHMS

    I think the double slit result captures the weirdness of particle/wave duality the best. It is just so non-intuitive.
     
    #53     Jan 6, 2013
  4. Banjo

    Banjo

  5. nitro

    nitro

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    #55     Mar 18, 2013
  6. nitro

    nitro

    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
     
    #56     Apr 8, 2013
  7. nitro

    nitro

    #57     May 14, 2013
  8. nitro

    nitro

    You can be hot and a mathematician

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    #58     Jul 12, 2013
  9. nitro

    nitro

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

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    #59     Oct 9, 2013
  10. nitro

    nitro

    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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    #60     Nov 19, 2013