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The Fascinating Story Of The Three-Body Problem — A sketch of three celestial bodies seen eclipsing each other with the text “3-body” problem written to the right of the sketch.

The Fascinating Story Of The Three-Body Problem

A journey through centuries of scientific progress!

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Variance: The Reason Why Rich Get Richer And Poor Get Poorer — An illustration showing a see-saw, where a stick figure is anxious on the higher end and another stick figure is happy on the lower end. Money from the anxious stick figure rolls down the see-saw into the seat of the happy stick figure. This metaphorically depcits how the rich get richer and poor get poorer.

Variance: The Reason Why Rich Get Richer And Poor Get Poorer

The math and psychology behind long term…

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Rock-Paper-Scissors Game Diagram — A triangle with the three elements written at each vertex.

How To Use Science To Win At Rock-Paper-Scissors?

Mathematics + Decision Theory + Psychology = Win

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Why Do We Really Use Euler’s Number For Growth? An image that asks “Why e^(rt) and not 2^(rt)?

Why Do We Really Use Euler’s Number For Growth?

Why use ‘e’ (2.71828…) instead of ‘2’ or ‘3’ or any…

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How To Really Understand The Raven Paradox? — An image of a sketched-raven (black outlines used) with the following question underneath: “Are all ravens black?”

How To Really Understand The Raven Paradox?

A paradox that rocks the foundations of scientific…

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The staircase paradox: A staircase with a base of 4 centimetres (cm) and height of 3 cm. There are two stairs, each with a length of 2 cm and height of 1.5 cm. Is the total staircase length equal to 5 cm or 7 cm?

Can You Really Solve The Staircase Paradox?

What appears to be 7 Cm long is actually 5 Cm long! Or is…

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A picture of Newton’s personal copy of “Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica” — to illustrate the thrilling story of calculus

The Thrilling Story Of Calculus

Starring Isaac Newton, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and Abraham…

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How To Really Treat Percentages With Negative Numbers — A table listing the following information: Product A → Return: 600 ; Product B → Return: 400 ; Product C → Return: -400; Total Return: 600. Below the table the following question is written: “What is A’s contribution to the total return?”

How To Really Treat Percentages With Negative Numbers

This type of calculation is trickier than you…

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Image asking if a number raised to the power zero = 1? It starts with the analogy that 5⁰=1, 99⁰=1, and 100,000⁰=. From these results, can we say for sure that it holds for any number x⁰=1?

Why Is A Number Raised To The Power Zero = One?

This fundamental question questions your fundamentals!

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How To Really Eliminate The Staircase Paradox?

You are likely underestimating the mathematical finesse behind this paradox!

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