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Mathematics
Why Pay More?
Mathematics
Why Is the Natural Logarithm e Called “Natural”?
Mathematics
Why Beehive Honeycombs Have a Hexagonal Shape
Why Beehive Honeycombs Have a Hexagonal Shape
Mathematics
Who Do You Know? The Theory Behind Social Networking
Who Do You Know? The Theory Behind Social Networking
Mathematics
<p><strong>Abby Horn </strong>is a PhD student in the Engineering Systems Division at MIT. Her research focuses on decreasing the time it takes to trace back outbreaks of foodborne (and milk-borne!) diseases to their sources.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Maite Pe&ntilde;a-Alcaraz </strong>is a PhD student in the Engineering Systems Division at MIT. She works on strategic planning of railway transportation systems.&nbsp;</p>
Tragedy of the Commons
Mathematics
Picture of Professor Richard Larson holding a stick
The Towers of Hanoi: Experiential Recursive Thinking
Mathematics
The Quadratic Equation: It’s Hip to Be Squared
Mathematics
The Pythagorean Theorem: Geometry’s Most Elegant Theorem
The Pythagorean Theorem: Geometry’s Most Elegant Theorem
Mathematics
The Pythagorean Theorem: Application and Proof
Mathematics
The Power of Exponentials, Big and Small
The Power of Exponentials, Big and Small
Mathematics
The Parallax Activity: Measuring the Distances to Nearby Stars
Mathematics
The Monty Hall Problem or How to Outsmart a Game Show and Win a Car
The Monty Hall Problem or How to Outsmart a Game Show and Win a Car
Mathematics
The Mathematics of Voting
Mathematics
The Mathematics of Cryptography
Mathematics
The Mailman and the Five Packages: Data Packets and Data Transfer Speed
Mathematics
The Geometry of Parabolic Sand Dunes
Mathematics
The Friendship Paradox: Why We Can’t All Be Popular
The Friendship Paradox: Why We Can’t All Be Popular
Mathematics
The Broken Stick Experiment: Triangles and Probability
Mathematics
The Art of Approximation in Science and Engineering: How to Whip Out Answers Quickly
Mathematics
Taking Walks, Delivering Mail: An Introduction to Graph Theory
Mathematics
Successive Approximations as a Tool to Measure Distances
Successive Approximations as a Tool to Measure Distances
Mathematics
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Sorting Algorithms
Mathematics
Selfish Drivers: The Braess Paradox and Traffic Planning
Mathematics
Rational versus Irrational Numbers
Mathematics
Pythagoras and the Juice Seller
Mathematics
Probability Theory
Mathematics
Optimizing Your Diet: What Linear Programming Can Tell You!
Mathematics
Mathematics in Every Day Life: Trigonometric Functions; Linear Functions; and Linear Systems Solutions
Mathematics in Every Day Life

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