Alan Turing, the man who taught computers to think
Posted July 5th, 2010 by admin<p>Information Pioneers: Alan Turing from Information Pioneers on Vimeo.</p>
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WSJ - Gathering for Gardner
Posted April 4th, 2010 by adminHomage to the iconic author of Scientific American's "Mathematical Games" column
Last Saturday afternoon, on a Japanese-landscaped hillside at the outskirts of Atlanta, several clusters of people were constructing mathematically inspired sculptures of metal, bamboo and balloons. Nearby, a magician showed a mathematician how to "throw" a knot. Others had their photographs taken in an [...]
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Read more >>>Shaking Up Foundations of Math: Roger Penrose on Kurt Gödel’s Groundbreaking Work
Posted November 22nd, 2009 by adminBest known for his Incompleteness Theorem, Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) is considered one of the most important mathematicians and logicians of the 20th century. By showing that the establishment of a set of axioms encompassing all of mathematics would never succeed, he revolutionized the world of mathematics, logic and philosophy. Read more…
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