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Steven Strogatz, an applied mathematician at Cornell, is a prominent figure in the field of nonlinear dynamics and chaos, and a widely beloved popularizer of math.Episode sponsor: https://brilliant.org/3b1bBrilliant is a great site/app for being more active in learning math.--- Books by Strogatz which we discussed ---Chaos and Nonlinear dynamicshttps://amzn.to/3lFQjrUInfinite powershttps://amzn.to/3AnvXIgUnpublished appendix about Newton's letters to Leibniz: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436e695e4b07f1e91b30155/t/5dd434fb9d105d031ded69de/1574188283323/Appendix+2+-+Newton+on+infinite+series+and+the+Epistola+Posterior+v4.pdf--- Other things which came up ---Strogatz's senior thesis:https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5436e695e4b07f1e91b30155/t/5dca1c993141bb5946c54b45/1573526688118/The-mathematics-of-supercoiled-DNA.pdfHis first published paper:https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/78/3/1461.full.pdfCrick’s paper about linking numbers and nucleosomes with the memorable comment that inspired his experiment with the ribbon:https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/73/8/2639.full.pdfThe 4-dog chase problem and its solution.https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/03/can-you-solve-it-dogs-in-pursuithttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/03/did-you-solve-it-dogs-in-pursuitFor a full solution with calculus, see Strogatz's book "The Calculus of Friendship"https://amzn.to/3CyVe48Survey for kids on their desired occupation:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lego-group-kicks-off-global-program-to-inspire-the-next-generation-of-space-explorers-as-nasa-celebrates-50-years-of-moon-landing-300885423.html A radical approach to real analysishttps://amzn.to/2VwtgF3Twitter thread on what, morally, a normal subgroup is.https://mobile.twitter.com/sbagley/status/1296211024534622208Leibniz formula via patterns from primeshttps://youtu.be/NaL_Cb42WyY--- Table of contents ---
