It might sound strange to think about physics (which often involves a lot of theory and hypotheticals) helping people solve mathematics problems. However, physics follows many math patterns very ...

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As in previous volumes, Susskind walks you through the basics of each topic and builds the necessary math from scratch. It helps if you’ve read the earlier books (especially the first, which focuses ...

Mathematics is full of weird number systems that most people have never heard of and would have trouble even conceptualizing. But rational numbers are familiar. They’re the counting numbers and the ...

I was actually asked this question yesterday by one of my physics students. He was surprised to see a figure of 32 in his pre-calculus book associated with the acceleration due to gravity on earth, ...

Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college ...

The Simons Foundation’s Mathematics and Physical Sciences division invites nominations for Simons Investigators in Mathematics, Physics, Astrophysics and Computer Science. Within the Physics program, ...

In this video, I explain the importance of having a basic understanding of Math and Physics for aspiring airline pilots.

Stories about someone beating a traffic ticket by using an imaginative defense always seem to strike a chord. That probably explains why this tale from California has slowly gained attention over the ...