Math Mutation
Science Podcasts
Welcome to Math Mutation, a podcast for people of all ages where we discuss fun, interesting, or just plain weird corners of mathematics that you would not have heard in school.(Feedback email erik@mathmutation.com).
Location:
United States
Genres:
Science Podcasts
Description:
Welcome to Math Mutation, a podcast for people of all ages where we discuss fun, interesting, or just plain weird corners of mathematics that you would not have heard in school.(Feedback email erik@mathmutation.com).
Language:
English
Episodes
Math Mutation 288: One Stone To Rule Them All
12/27/2023
Earlier this year, after half a century of searching by many talented mathematicians, an amateur finally discovered an aperiodic monotile. (Send feedback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:05:10
Math Mutation 287: The Grim State of Modern Pizza
9/9/2023
The surprisingly simple GRIM test, and how it helped to debunk the famous Cornell Pizza Studies. (Send feedback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:04:43
Math Mutation 286: Adventures In Translation
8/27/2023
I discuss my experiences translating "The Revolution of Promises" by Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:05:44
Math Mutation 285: Believe My Proofs Or Else
6/29/2023
Have you used the logical method known as "proof by intimidation"? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:04:43
Math Mutation 284: Don't Square Numbers, Triangle Them
4/30/2023
We discuss Buckminster Fuller's focus on triangles in his Synergetics. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:04:51
Math Mutation 283: Escape From Infinity
2/27/2023
If we deny the existence of infinity, does math still work? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:05:54
Math Mutation 282: The Man With The Map
12/20/2022
In memory of Maurice Karnaugh, we discuss the "K-Map", a nice shortcut for desinging electronic circuits. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:05:18
Math Mutation 281: Pascal vs Mathematics
10/30/2022
Discussing the final decade of Blaise Pascal's life, when he decided math and physics were unworthy of study. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:04:42
Math Mutation 280: Rubik's Resurgence
8/25/2022
Thanks to social media, Rubik's Cube is popular again. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:05:49
Math Mutation 279: Improbable Envelopes
6/30/2022
We discuss the famous Two Envelopes paradox, along with an unconventional solution. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:05:04
Math Mutation 278: Bicycle Repair Man
5/22/2022
Alan Turing's adventures in bicycle repair. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:03:47
Math Mutation 277: Bad Career Advice
3/31/2022
Should you aim for a maximally "scalable" profession in order to become rich? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:06:20
Math Mutation 276: Don't Believe the Math
2/20/2022
We discuss Nassim Taleb's "Ludic Fallacy", the incorrect belief that simple mathematical models accurately predict the real world. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:06:43
Math Mutation 275: Demanding Fair Dice
1/22/2022
What does it take to create fair dice for an online game? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:04:57
Math Mutation 274: The Gomboc
11/30/2021
A strange self-righting 3-D shape was only discovered in the 21st century. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:04:28
Math Mutation 273: A Maze Of Labyrinths
10/31/2021
Why are literary and visual labyrinths from ancient and medieval times so different? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:05:33
Math Mutation 272: The Mathematics of Jackie Mason
9/20/2021
How Jackie Mason derived jokes from Talmudic logic. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:05:14
Math Mutation 271: Too Much Testing
7/31/2021
Think about the math before getting tested for a rare disease. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:05:25
Math Mutation 270: Which Way To Turn
6/15/2021
Why are screw threads always right-handed? Or are they? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:02:53
Math Mutation 269: A Good Use of Downtime
4/25/2021
We discuss a strange mathematical experiment conducted in a World War II prison camp. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Duration:00:04:44