Favorites – The Math Factor Podcast http://mathfactor.uark.edu The Math Factor Podcast Site Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:06:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 2006-2007 strauss@uark.edu (The Math Factor Podcast) strauss@uark.edu (The Math Factor Podcast) The Math Factor Podcast Site The Math Factor Podcast The Math Factor Podcast strauss@uark.edu no no HA! Conway on Gardner http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/06/ha-conway-on-gardner/ http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/06/ha-conway-on-gardner/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:38:38 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/?p=1100 In this special segment, John H. Conway reminisces on his long friendship and collaboration with Martin Gardner. 

]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/06/ha-conway-on-gardner/feed/ 1 0:57:24 In this special segment, John H. Conway reminisces on his long friendship and collaboration with Martin Gardner.  In this special segment, John H. Conway reminisces on his long friendship and collaboration with Martin Gardner.  Favorites, guests, Podcasts strauss@uark.edu no no GY. Chaitin on the Ubiquity of Undecidability http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/05/gy-chaitin-on-the-ubiquity-of-undecidability/ http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/05/gy-chaitin-on-the-ubiquity-of-undecidability/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 16:57:34 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/?p=1068 Greg Chaitin, author most recently of MetaMath!,  discusses the ubiquity of undecidability: incredibly all kinds of mathematical and physical systems exhibit utterly unpredictable, baffling behavior– and it’s possible to prove we can never fully understand why!

]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/05/gy-chaitin-on-the-ubiquity-of-undecidability/feed/ 4 1:02:19 Greg Chaitin, author most recently of MetaMath!,  discusses the ubiquity of undecidability: incredibly all kinds of mathematical and physical systems exhibit utterly unpredictable, baffling behavior– and it’s possible to prove we ca[...] Greg Chaitin, author most recently of MetaMath!,  discusses the ubiquity of undecidability: incredibly all kinds of mathematical and physical systems exhibit utterly unpredictable, baffling behavior– and it’s possible to prove we can never fully understand why! Favorites, guests, logic, paradoxes, Podcasts strauss@uark.edu no no G4G9: Report From the Festivities! http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/03/g4g9-report-from-the-festivities/ http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/03/g4g9-report-from-the-festivities/#comments Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:02:19 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/?p=1058 Quick interviews with folks here at the Gathering For Gardner, including Stephen Wolfram, Will Shortz,  Dale Seymour, John Conway and many others. 

]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/03/g4g9-report-from-the-festivities/feed/ 1 0:18:58 Quick interviews with folks here at the Gathering For Gardner, including Stephen Wolfram, Will Shortz,  Dale Seymour, John Conway and many others.  Quick interviews with folks here at the Gathering For Gardner, including Stephen Wolfram, Will Shortz,  Dale Seymour, John Conway and many others.  Favorites, guests, infinity, logic, numbers, paradoxes, Podcasts strauss@uark.edu no no GT. The Largest Escher Exhibit Ever http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/02/gt-the-largest-escher-exhibit-ever/ http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2010/02/gt-the-largest-escher-exhibit-ever/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:48:16 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/?p=1020 The world’s largest ever exhibit of Escher’s works is on display, right now, at the Boca Raton Musuem of Art If you can, this is a must see event! We talk with the collector, Rock J. Walker about his fascination with this amazing work.

 

And of course we answer last week’s puzzle, and hear from listeners!

 

 

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]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2009/09/ge-clock-confusion-redux/feed/ 0 0:10:33 Kyle and Chaim get into trouble with their wives and Mathfactor correspondent, Stephen Morris, discusses the Kate Bush Conjecture and And The Clocks Struck Thirteen     Oh by the way, would you like a cool Math Factor Poster? Cl[...] Kyle and Chaim get into trouble with their wives and Mathfactor correspondent, Stephen Morris, discusses the Kate Bush Conjecture and And The Clocks Struck Thirteen     Oh by the way, would you like a cool Math Factor Poster? Click on this to download:   Favorites, guests, Morris strauss@uark.edu no no ET. Your Holiday Shopping Guide http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/12/et-your-holiday-shopping-guide/ http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/12/et-your-holiday-shopping-guide/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:16:28 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/?p=280 Our favorite new and not-so-new products of 2008!

Check out these great gifts!

Hope this helps and have fun!! Let us know how it works out!

Happy Holidays from the Math Factor!

]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/12/et-your-holiday-shopping-guide/feed/ 1 0:17:14 Our favorite new and not-so-new products of 2008! Check out these great gifts! Zome is an incredibly powerful construction system! the great puzzles of Puzzellation (available at Barnes and Nobles) The terrific puzzle computer game DROD The Magic [...] Our favorite new and not-so-new products of 2008! Check out these great gifts! Zome is an incredibly powerful construction system! the great puzzles of Puzzellation (available at Barnes and Nobles) The terrific puzzle computer game DROD The Magic Mirror Image Coloring Book The Riddles of the Sphinx by David J Bodycombe, an amazing compendium of puzzles, of hundreds of kinds, at all levels of difficulty, with historical essays to boot! Which leads us to Nikoli, the great Japanese puzzle co! (Rules can be found here) The Princeton Companion to Mathematics is a landmark classic. A must-have for every serious student, researcher or amateur. How Round is Your Circle just one of the many fantastic titles out on Princeton University Press AK Peters is another fantastic press, with a wide range of interesting math and CS titles, including, ahem, the Symmetries of Things. Binary Arts/ThinkFun is another source of great puzzles! And the authors Martin Gardner and Ivan Moscovitch are always fantastic! Hope this helps and have fun!! Let us know how it works out! Happy Holidays from the Math Factor! Favorites, logic strauss@uark.edu no no EG. The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/08/eg-the-colossal-book-of-short-puzzles-and-problems/ http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/08/eg-the-colossal-book-of-short-puzzles-and-problems/#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:47:00 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/?p=244

Dana Richards, editor of The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems discusses the amazing Martin Gardner and his legacy!

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M.C. Escher expert Doris Schattschneider, author of Visions of Symmetry, sits down with us in Leeuwarden Friesland, Escher’s boyhood hometown, to discuss his life and work.

]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/07/ef-visions-of-symmetry/feed/ 1 0:11:06 M.C. Escher expert Doris Schattschneider, author of Visions of Symmetry, sits down with us in Leeuwarden Friesland, Escher’s boyhood hometown, to discuss his life and work. M.C. Escher expert Doris Schattschneider, author of Visions of Symmetry, sits down with us in Leeuwarden Friesland, Escher’s boyhood hometown, to discuss his life and work. Favorites, guests strauss@uark.edu no no ED. Mathemagican Art Benjamin http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/07/ed-mathemagican-art-benjamin/ http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/07/ed-mathemagican-art-benjamin/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:39:16 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/07/09/ed-mathemagican-art-benjamin/

Art Benjamin, mathemagician at Harvey Mudd, staggers, astounds and entertains!

]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/07/ed-mathemagican-art-benjamin/feed/ 3 0:06:49 Art Benjamin, mathemagician at Harvey Mudd, staggers, astounds and entertains! Art Benjamin, mathemagician at Harvey Mudd, staggers, astounds and entertains! Favorites, guests, numbers strauss@uark.edu no no DZ. Mind Control Across Time and Space! http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/05/dz-mind-control-across-time-and-space/ http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/05/dz-mind-control-across-time-and-space/#respond Thu, 29 May 2008 15:17:31 +0000 http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/05/29/dz-mind-control-across-time-and-space/ Eric Demaine of MIT will control your minds across all time and all space!

Not surprisingly, we suppose, this trick is closely related to an important mathematical tool of the telecommunications industry:

Gray Codes are tremendously useful; a great, very readable discussion is in Chapter 2 of Martin Gardner’s Knotted Donuts and Other Mathematical Entertainments.

]]> http://mathfactor.uark.edu/2008/05/dz-mind-control-across-time-and-space/feed/ 0 0:09:31 Eric Demaine of MIT will control your minds across all time and all space! Not surprisingly, we suppose, this trick is closely related to an important mathematical tool of the telecommunications industry: Gray Codes are tremendously useful; a gr[...] Eric Demaine of MIT will control your minds across all time and all space! Not surprisingly, we suppose, this trick is closely related to an important mathematical tool of the telecommunications industry: Gray Codes are tremendously useful; a great, very readable discussion is in Chapter 2 of Martin Gardner’s Knotted Donuts and Other Mathematical Entertainments. Favorites, guests strauss@uark.edu no no