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Steven Strogatz

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Mathematician, writer, Cornell professor. All cards on the table, face up, all the time.
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How Can Math Protect Our Data?

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By Steven Strogatz
| Quanta Magazine Verified
Every time data travels — from smartphones to the cloud, or across the vacuum of space — it relies on a silent but vigilant guardian in the form of error-correcting codes. These codes, baked into nearly every digital system, are designed to detect and repair any errors that noise, interference or cosmic rays might inflict. In this episode of The Joy of Why, Stanford computer scientist Mary Wootters joins co-host Steven Strogatz to explain how these codes work, and why they matter more than ever.
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How Much of Our ‘Math, Revealed’ Series Did You Retain? Try This Quiz.

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By Steven Strogatz
| The New York Times Verified
Jens Mortensen for The New York Times 1. In taxicab geometry, circles don’t look round — they form sharp, angular shapes. What shape do they resemble? Jens Mortensen for The New York Times 3. Mathematicians have long been fascinated by a special number that describes self-similar proportions. What is the approximate value of this “golden ratio”? Jens Mortensen for The New York Times 4. Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man” has been analyzed endlessly for hidden patterns.
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How a Puzzle About Fractions Got Brain Scans Rolling

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By Steven Strogatz, Jens Mortensen
| The New York Times Verified
The same 10 bowling pins, seen from a higher angle, are arranged in a triangular formation on a yellow background. I was particularly fascinated by how the 10 pins were placed at the start of each frame, neatly arranged in an equilateral triangle with rows of one, two, three and four pins. Ten is called a triangular number for this reason. Animation of more rows added to the six-pins triangle formation, creating an ever-growing triangle, on a yellow background.
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