Trafficking in big ideas
Siobhan Roberts’ “unflinchingly honest” biography of John Horton Conway sets Arthur I Miller reflecting on the way mathematical geniuses think
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Revealing the hidden connection between pi and Bohr’s hydrogen model
Pre-Newtonian derivation of pi found while calculating hydrogen atom's energy levels
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Physicists put the arrow of time under a quantum microscope
Entropy caused by quantum fluctuations measured at the molecular level
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Who was Emmy Noether?
Ruth Gregory introduces the life and work of this pioneering German mathematician
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What is Shor’s factoring algorithm?
Peter Shor introduces his eponymous mathematical concept
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Why information grows
César Hidalgo explains why information can help us to understand economics
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The wealth of nations
Physicist César Hidalgo's argument for an information-centric view of economic growth is "wildly fresh and creative", says reviewer Mark Buchanan
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Are Faraday cages less effective than previously thought?
Calculations suggest that electric field does not drop off exponentially
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Do general anaesthetics trigger a phase transition in the brain?
Model suggests tiny change in communication could have large effect on neuron interaction
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Between the lines
Mathematical doodles, the “new space” era and a pocket guide to astronomy, reviewed by Margaret Harris
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