A friendly tour of manifolds: how zooming in reveals flat space, how charts and transition maps stitch patches on curved spaces like the Earth, and how tangent spaces and metrics let us do calculus and physics on curved spacetime. From circles to spheres to general relativity, this episode unpacks one of math’s most powerful ideas. Brought to you by Embersilk (embersilk.com). Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes AI can make mistakes. Please double-check any critical information....
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A friendly tour of manifolds: how zooming in reveals flat space, how charts and transition maps stitch patches on curved spaces like the Earth, and how tangent spaces and metrics let us do calculus and physics on curved spacetime. From circles to spheres to general relativity, this episode unpacks one of math’s most powerful ideas. Brought to you by Embersilk (embersilk.com). Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes AI can make mistakes. Please double-check any critical information....
Halloween by the Numbers: From Trick-or-Treat Optimization to Zombie Doomsdays
Intellectually Curious
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Halloween by the Numbers: From Trick-or-Treat Optimization to Zombie Doomsdays
A Halloween math tour—from optimizing trick-or-treat routes and predicting candy haul to the cognitive biases that inflate fear and the doomsday forecasts of zombie epidemics. We link suspense in film to real-world risk, show how simple counting underpins sharing candy, and explain why fast, decisive action often wins in these dynamic systems. Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes AI can make mistakes. Please double-check any critical information. Sponsored by Embersilk LLC
Intellectually Curious
A friendly tour of manifolds: how zooming in reveals flat space, how charts and transition maps stitch patches on curved spaces like the Earth, and how tangent spaces and metrics let us do calculus and physics on curved spacetime. From circles to spheres to general relativity, this episode unpacks one of math’s most powerful ideas. Brought to you by Embersilk (embersilk.com). Note: This podcast was AI-generated, and sometimes AI can make mistakes. Please double-check any critical information....
