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Does the Speed of Light Ever Change?
The slowing down of light in a material is due to the interaction of the light wave with…
Bending Light (And All of Its Intricacies)
The video involves the concept of refraction, where light slows down as it enters a medium like glass,…
Springs and Prisms Are Apparently Related
You’d think that a prism and a spring wouldn’t have much in common, but a thread traverses through…
The Problem With Subdividing Circles
Moser’s Circle Problem is a mathematical geometry problem that asks how many distinct areas a circle is divided…
Five ‘Modern Sciences’ Math Marvels For the Mind
Yes, I’m fully aware: mathematics isn’t exactly the easiest subject to breach to people out there. I have…
The Mathematical Approach to Wordle
Grant Sanderson’s 3blue1brown returns with quite a timely piece about the mathematically-guided best way to open up your…
Pi Hides In the Strangest of Places
Grant Sanderson, from 3blue1brown, returns with a remarkable video—this time showing that, sometimes, the parts of math that…
Cryptocurrencies: the Primer
Grant Sanderson, of YouTube’s 3blue1brown, gives a concise video showing the underlying principles of the blockchain, a topic…