Category: Mathematics
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Make the Circle Constant Bigger
It’s almost Tau day Again! Get up to speed on it!
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The Chances of Anyone Getting to Mars …
” … are a million to one,” he said.
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A Likelihood IS TOO a probability
Why is there a dispute here?
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What are the odds?
Anyone who’s even contemplated betting on sports events will have heard of ‘odds’. The way it’s used, you can be forgiven if you’re not sure whether it means something statistically specific, to do with probabilities, or some sort of contractual offer, which captures something visceral, like: I’ll give you 10 to 1 odds that you…
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Reflections on reflections, part 2: Through the looking glass
And the watch is on which hand?
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Reflections on Reflections, Part One
If I wear my watch on my left arm, my reflection in a mirror wears his on his right arm – right? Not so fast!
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Scale, from a different angle
Ever wonder how many units of angle measurement would make a full rotation if a year were NOT approximately 360 days? (For Pia)
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Day Zero Vulnerability
Capetownians live in the shadow of ‘Day Zero’, the mythical day on which the taps will stop running. There’s more to learn from day zero than just the importance of using water wisely.
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April Fool: All Models are Wrong!
Did George Box miss a trick with his famous “All models are wrong (but some are useful)”?
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