Math Mutation
Latest Episodes
Math Mutation 256: Crazy Eyed Fish
How symmetry and asymmetry naturally evolve in living creatures. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Math Mutation 255: Mountain Climbing with Dawkins
How Richard Dawkins' metaphor of "Mount Improbable" explains the evolution of the human eye. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Math Mutation 254: How To Annoy Your Cat
The mathematics of falling cats. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Math Mutation 253: Making Jewelry With Fermat
We discuss Fermat's Little Theorem, along with an elegant visual proof. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Math Mutation 252: A Mathematician Translating Pushkin?
Why did a famous math author translate a classic Russian epic poem? (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Math Mutation 251: Paradoxes, Mathematical Oddities, and Formal Verification
Audio of a recent conference talk relating Math Mutation topics to the verification of processor designs. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Math Mutation 250: Life on the Long Tail
How the Long Tail theory enables Math Mutation to exist. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Math Mutation 249: The Other Half of the Battle
How poor communication of accurate math destroyed a space shuttle. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Math Mutation 248: A Safe Bet
How the Base Rate Fallacy can help us find out if the sun has exploded. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)
Math Mutation 247: Wombat Geometry
Exploring the secrets of the only animals with cubic dung. (Send feeback to erik@mathmutation.com)