Steven Strogatz — the acclaimed mathematician and author — hosts the new Quanta Magazine podcast “The Joy of Why.” On March 18, 2022, he joined Quanta editor Thomas Lin for a Simons Foundation ...

Struggling with tough math problems? Just like π, math can seem never-ending, but with the right approach, you can conquer even the trickiest equations. If channelling Jeff Goldblum doesn’t do the ...

For more than a century, Srinivasa Ramanujan’s uncanny formulas for the number pi have looked like pure mathematical fireworks, dazzling but detached from the physical world. Now a new wave of ...

Introduction to ciphers and substitution. Alice and Bob and Carl and Julius: terminology and Caesar Cipher ; The key to the matter: generalizing the Caesar Cipher ; Multiplicative ciphers ; Affine ...

I think of an AI as a script kiddie. A very good script kiddie, but never the less a basic script kiddie, If it hasnt seen the script for the answer, then it can't give the answer. In other words, an ...

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EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) While literacy is often seen as a cornerstone to scholastic achievement, and many parents devote a lot of time and ...