As I delve into the history of mnemotechnics, I suspect that attributes in paintings originally stem from memory techniques that date from Simonides of Ceos (c. 556 – 468 BCE) and potentially earlier through the oral tradition. Continue reading →

In a lecture at Caltech, Brian Swingle reviews the idea that entanglement is the glue which holds spacetime together and shows how Einstein's equations plausibly emerge from this perspective. One ubiquitous feature of these dynamical equations is the formation of black holes, so he concludes by discussing some new ideas about the nature of spacetime inside a black hole. Continue reading →

The polymath Christoph Adami is investigating life’s origins by reimagining living things as self-perpetuating information strings.
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Johns Hopkins mathematician Richard Brown on teaching, theory, and the value of math in a modern world Continue reading →

1. Pick the right platform.
2. Write whatever you want.
3. Write for the sake of writing. Continue reading →

On Veteran's day, a memoriam of writer Millard Kaufman Continue reading →

Michael Miller's Fall UCLA math course has been officially announced and registration is now open. Continue reading →

The author of one of the best math (and cooking) books of the year is on Stephen Colbert's show tonight. Continue reading →

I'm sure we've all heard them many times, but this is what an actual handwaving argument looks like in a mathematical setting. Continue reading →

The philosophy of how to have a fulfilling secretarial position. Continue reading →