One of my favorite scientific figures is this one of the entropy levels of 100 world cities by the orientation of streets. The cities with most ordered streets: Chicago, Miami, & Minneapolis. Most disordered: Charlotte, Sao Paulo, Rome & Singapore. Paper: https://t.co/DTd5JiahmF
Euler's number "e"
In 1683 the Swiss mathematician Jacob Bernoulli found the first approximation of the mathematical constant e while studying continuous compound interest. e is one of the most important numbers in mathematics alongside 0, 1, π and i.
In case you'd like to dive in the realm of Quantum Computing, CERN seems to be releasing a few free lectures on the topic: https://t.co/INYAVo8UOf
knock yourselves out :)
Feynman was born exactly 101 years ago. In the early 1930s Feynman's high school did not offer any courses on calculus. He decided to teach himself calculus and read Calculus for the Practical Man and took meticulous notes. Here is a look inside one of Feynman's notebooks.
Whilst 'Italians' is trending, lets just take a moment to recognise the truly fantastic 1932, Stipa-Caproni...as sleek and majestic a machine of the air as we shall ever see.
Plato, tutored by Theodorus, questioned why Theodorus stopped at √17. The reason is commonly believed to be that the √17 hypotenuse belongs to the last triangle that does not overlap the figure.