I no longer post a weekly math “potpourri” of weblinks but still get an urge to share some favorite bits from the internet each month. So, don’t know if this will become a monthly feature, but at least for this month will end by citing a few favorite items of the last several weeks (these are all things I tweeted out, so if you follow my Twitter feed you’ve likely seen them, though they aren't all mathy):
1) A nice intro to Gödel & his work:
1) A nice intro to Gödel & his work:
2) Sean Carroll hosted Janna Levin for an hour+ on his wonderfully-varied Mindscape podcast:
3) And on his podcast, Joe Rogan talked to mathematical physicist Roger Penrose for an hour-and-a-half:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEw0ePZUMHA
4) Meanwhile, someone please stop Matt Parker before he drives all of us insane:
5) Ughh, student loan debt forebodes ill for the future of the U.S. economy:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-17/u-s-student-loan-debt-sets-record-doubling-since-recession
[seriously, the student loan 'crisis' is just one of a small handful of issues that seem ominous to the American economy for the foreseeable future]
[seriously, the student loan 'crisis' is just one of a small handful of issues that seem ominous to the American economy for the foreseeable future]
6) In biology, a fascinating BBC segment on mega microbes flourishing beneath the Earth’s surface:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswmqg
7) As they occasionally do, an entire podcast of 'lateral thinking puzzles' via Futility Closet recently:
https://www.futilitycloset.com/2018/12/24/podcast-episode-230-lateral-thinking-puzzles/
7) As they occasionally do, an entire podcast of 'lateral thinking puzzles' via Futility Closet recently:
https://www.futilitycloset.com/2018/12/24/podcast-episode-230-lateral-thinking-puzzles/
8) Then there was this engineering ;) tweet that entertained me:
https://twitter.com/_youhadonejob1/status/1073925450345402369
9) Also from Twitter an interesting question & thread (especially if you're looking for reading suggestions!):
https://twitter.com/SarahTheHaider/status/1076323792811671552
9) Also from Twitter an interesting question & thread (especially if you're looking for reading suggestions!):
https://twitter.com/SarahTheHaider/status/1076323792811671552
And lastly, a couple of fave cartoons from the month:
(ohhh, and a reminder that the 1965 best-selling political thriller "Night of Camp David" has now been aptly re-issued)
(ohhh, and a reminder that the 1965 best-selling political thriller "Night of Camp David" has now been aptly re-issued)
Happy New Year folks!... and keep in mind, if Trump & Pence are impeached early on in 2019, we'll then have President Pelosi!
Just sayin'....
Just sayin'....
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