Math Mutation

By Erik Seligman

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@m... more

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Math Mutation episodes:

February 12, 2008 Math Mutation 56 My Brain Hurts
If you separate your brain into indiividual neurons, is it still a brain?
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February 03, 2008 Math Mutation 55 The Painter's Paradox
We describe a figure whose surface can never be painted, though its interior can be filled using a finite volume of paint,
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January 27, 2008 Math Mutation 54 Mozart Rolls The Dice
The randomly-created-music fad of the late 18th century.
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January 20, 2008 Math Mutation 53 Is Flatland Doomed?
How would chemistry and physics change in a two-dimensional universe?
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January 08, 2008 Math Mutation 52 Sparklines
Tiny graphs that look like words of text can be surprisingly useful.
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December 30, 2007 Math Mutation 51 Why The Week?
What's so special about the number 7 in our calendar?
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December 23, 2007 Math Mutation 50 A True Holiday Celebration
Breathe in an actual molecule shared with Baby Jesus.
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December 16, 2007 Math Mutation 49 What Is Math Anyway?
After 50 episodes, I finally figure out what I'm talking about.
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December 09, 2007 Math Mutation 48 Computers On The Brain
Some engineers have their brains cross-wired to see circuit schematic AND, OR, and NOT gates as particular colors.
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December 02, 2007 Math Mutation 47 An Unusual Lottery
A strange lottery run by Douglas Hofstadter in the early 1980s, with interesting implications for human society.
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FAQs about Math Mutation:

How many episodes does Math Mutation have?

The podcast currently has 287 episodes available.