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ED. Mathemagican Art Benjamin
Art Benjamin, mathemagician at Harvey Mudd, staggers, astounds and entertains!
DZ. Mind Control Across Time and Space!
Eric Demaine of MIT will control your minds across all time and all space!
Not surprisingly, we suppose, this trick is closely related to an important mathematical tool of the telecommunications industry:
Gray Codes are tremendously useful; a great, very readable discussion is in Chapter 2 of Martin Gardner’s Knotted Donuts and Other Mathematical Entertainments.
DY. The Symmetries of Things
Now, really, tell me, what good is a podcast if you can’t promote your beautiful new book?
We are very very pleased to announce the publication of The Symmetries of Things, a comprehensive, modern account of the mathematics of symmetry, complete with over 1000 illustrations!
DW. The Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences!
Neil Sloane of ATT Labs shares some his favorite integer sequences from his online encyclopedia!
Recaman’s Sequence is especially perplexing! Sloane asks: does every number eventually appear?
(No one yet knows the answer!)
DU. Chaos at the Card Table
Mathematics writer Barry Cipra shows us Tag Deal, a simple but perplexing puzzle with cards.
Follow Up: Smullyan’s Paradoxes!
We present a recording of Raymond Smullyan’s lecture at the Gathering for Gardner, March 30, 2008; Newcomb’s paradox really is a stumper.
DT. Speaking of Self-reference
We catch up with Raymond Smullyan, author of many fantastic books on logic, puzzles and paradoxes at this year’s Gathering for Gardner!
DS. Math Chat With Frank Morgan
Frank Morgan chats about math and gives us the solution to his bubble puzzle. If you’re in the area, don’t miss his lecture, Thursday April 10, at 7:30 pm in POSC 211!
DR. Double Bubble
Frank Morgan of Williams College asks “What is the shape of a double bubble?”
photo: Jeff Bauer
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