SYSK Selects: Fractals - Whoa

Mangroves are incredible survivors and adapters. They're also amazing at lessening the impact of tropical storms and climate change. And heck, they're cool looking. So jump into the brackish waters and have a listen to this classic episode all about these beauts.See omnystudio.co ...  Show more

From the 1970s to the early 1990s a patch of land in Hong Kong the size of just a few football fields was the most densely-populated area in the world – and by a longshot. Even more remarkable, it was an outlaw land that somehow formed a tight community.See omnystudio.com/listene ...  Show more

Le principe de la géométrie fractale est né du cerveau fertile du mathématicien Benoît Mandelbrot. Sa théorie, qui a reçu de nombreuses applications pratiques, a permis d'identifier des structures géométriques présentes dans la nature...

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This is a "return to regular format" episode in one respect - readings from and reflections upon "The Fabric of Reality" but also a departure from regular formatting in another respect: I teach a bunch of simple mathematics. This is for those who might think "quantum computation" ...  Show more

Roger Penrose is physicist, mathematician, and philosopher at University of Oxford. He has made fundamental contributions in many disciplines from the mathematical physics of general relativity and cosmology to the limitations of a computational view of consciousness. Support thi ...  Show more

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How can mathematical models inform our understanding of the world? And how can we expl ...