Beyond Euclid #188
Welcome to Beyond Euclid #188, the newsletter for the best mathematics and science stuff of the week. I am Ali, and I curate cool math and science stuff every week to help you have a better week.
Some things don’t just exist—they perform. Think of a pencil. It’s not just graphite in wood. The way it rolls off a table, leaves a shadow on grid paper, or shortens with every sharpen—it’s all choreography. Even when it’s down to a stub, it insists on leaving a mark. That stubborn elegance in the everyday is what I love.
This newsletter tries to bottle that same spirit each week. Tiny pieces of elegance hiding in math, tech, and design—things that don’t just function, but gesture. In this issue you’ll find: AI farms that grow mushrooms on your countertop, the mathematically optimal way to dice an onion, and a map of the Mandelbrot set drawn like a 17th-century treasure chart.
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