Masks and Emasculation: Why Some Men Refuse to Take Safety Precautions
They think it makes them look weak, and avoiding that is evidently more important to them than demonstrating responsible behavior
They think it makes them look weak, and avoiding that is evidently more important to them than demonstrating responsible behavior
Phil Anderson’s article “More Is Different” describes how different levels of complexity require new ways of thinking. And as the virus multiplies and spreads, that’s just what the human race desperately needs...
The pandemic is no excuse to abandon chronic disease management and prevention
Any two rings are disconnected from one another, but together they cannot be separated
A roundup of my posts about mathematical art—#loveyourmath
Hiking my way to a new appreciation of a classic mathematical paradox
Save money and be the life of the next party with this one weird trick
The power of logarithms, zero and the word or
In an important new book, Cathy O'Neil warns us that algorithms can and do perpetuate inequality
The mathematics of the Olympic rings
The mathematics that is most important to society is the province of the exceptional few—and that's always been true
The discoverer of the quaternions gets Lin Manuel-ized
Sphere packing—it's not just for oranges anymore