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Showing posts with label math. Show all posts
Showing posts with label math. Show all posts

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Math, Odds and Probability of Winning the Mega Millions Jackpot



Okay, so you didn't win the Mega Millions Jackpot yesterday worth $640 million dollars (neither did I) but don't feel so bad.  The odds were stacked against you by over 175 million to 1.  Sal from Khan Academy explains.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

What if Science or Research Collaborated at the Speed of Twitter? By Michael Nielsen



via TED:


What if every scientist could share their data as easily as they tweet about their lunch? Michael Nielsen calls for scientists to embrace new tools for collaboration that will enable discoveries to happen at the speed of Twitter.