Particle Physics
The Discovery of Spontaneous Radioactivity
Sweety, let me see what you got inside.
History
Poincaré
Poincaré’s Philosophy of Mathematics
Was his philosophy of mathematics underrated?
History
You Can (Literally) Count On Me
The History of the Abacus
Chess
Chess and Mathematics
At first glance, these two disciplines may seem unrelated. However, mathematics and chess have a large amount of unexpected connections.
Philosophy
Wittgenstein Didn't Absolutely Agree with Gödel’s Theorems and Russell’s Paradox
(and he was right)
Computer Science
Babbage, Lovelace, and The First Computer
Long before Alan Turing revolutionized the field of computation, there was Charles Babbage and his difference engine. Babbage was a man of many skills, most notably in machinery and in economics, even briefly attempting to begin a political career. He grew frustrated with many of the practices used in England
Quantum Electrodynamics
How Richard Feynman Reinvented Quantum Theory
The Space-Time Approach to Quantum Mechanics
Hardy
On Four Quotes By G.H. Hardy
occasionally let slip that I am an academic great-grandchild of G.H. Hardy, whose non-technical writings about mathematics, in particular A Mathematician’s Apology are often quoted in general discussions of the nature of mathematics. Here I give my personal thoughts related to four of these well known quotations. These
Gödel
Gödel’s Constitutional Quarrel
“The examiner was intelligent enough to quickly quieten Gödel and say ‘Oh god, let’s not go into this’ and broke off the examination at this point, greatly to our relief” — Oskar Morgenstern Kurt Gödel (1906–1978) was the greatest logician who ever lived. At the age of 24, he
Relativity
A Gentle Explanation of E= mc²
Deriving Einstein’s Famous Mass-Energy Equivalence Formula
Einstein
Length Contraction in Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
Why Moving Objects are Shortened
Euler
Infinity in Numbers — Leonhard Euler
This is a story about one of the greatest minds in history, and about the mysteries and beauty surrounding his legacy. The story is about Leonhard Euler (1707–1783).