Maths You Can Feel
The big ideas of mathematics, each one with something to play with.
For: anyone who was told they're "not a maths person".
14readings
1.1 hoursof reading
3stages
6 quick reads · 8 reads
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Stage 1
Start
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01Quick readQuiz4 min
Math Is Not Arithmetic
Maths is not arithmetic.
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02Quick readInteractiveQuiz3 min
Why Exponential Growth Rules Everything
Exponential growth.
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03ReadInteractiveQuiz5 min
Game Theory: Cooperation & Conflict
Game theory: when to cooperate.
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04ReadInteractiveQuiz5 min
Chaos Theory & the Butterfly Effect
Chaos and the butterfly effect.
Stage 2
Understand
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05ReadInteractiveQuiz6 min
From Königsberg to GPS
From Königsberg's bridges to GPS.
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06Quick readInteractiveQuiz4 min
Fractals: Self-Similarity, The Mandelbrot Set, and Infinite Complexity
Fractals.
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07ReadQuiz5 min
Topology: The Shape of Space
Topology: the shape of space.
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08Quick readInteractiveQuiz3 min
Vectors and Matrices: The Geometry of Linear Transformations
Vectors and matrices.
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09Quick readInteractiveQuiz3 min
Markov Chains: Random Walks, PageRank, and the Next Step
Markov chains and the next step.
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10ReadInteractiveQuiz6 min
Benford's Law
Benford's law: catching fraud with first digits.
Stage 3
Go deep
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11Quick readInteractiveQuiz4 min
The Fourier Transform: Unweaving the Spectrum of Sound, Light, and Data
The Fourier transform.
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12ReadInteractiveQuiz6 min
Euler's Identity, Step by Step
Euler's identity, step by step.
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13ReadInteractiveQuiz7 min
Infinity Comes in Sizes
Infinity comes in sizes.
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14ReadQuiz6 min
Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems: The Limits of Certainty
Gödel's incompleteness.
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