Beyond Euclid - Issue #39
Welcome to issue #39 of Beyond Euclid, the newsletter for the best mathematics and science stuff of the week. I am Ali, and every week I curate cool articles, videos, movies, and resources to help you have a better week! Here is the good stuff for the last week of July 2022.
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Watch
Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity might be the best creative and visually striking space film ever. The cinematography of Earth and space is stunningly breathtaking, and the visual effects are utterly brilliant because they made me think if the movie was taken in space. Moreover, Gravity is not just a space survival film! It beautifully depicts what it means to be human and alone and why interactions with other humans are crucial for us! I can't recommend this film enough.
Whale Forming Spiral While Bubble Feeding
This is the mesmerizing moment a group of humpback whales uses the bubble feeding technique to make a spiral to hunt for krill. The whales use a technique called bubble-net feeding, where the krill become trapped near the surface of the water in a net of air bubbles. It is one of the few surface-feeding behaviors that humpback whales are known to engage in.
During a research project in Antarctica, conservation and adventure filmmaker Richard Sidey of Wanaka, New Zealand, captured amazing aerial footage.
If you are interested in whales, I have some good news. The scientist made a website, Pattern Radio: Whale Songs, that lets you explore thousands of hours of humpback whale songs and make your discoveries using AI.
Read
99 Variations on a Proof by Philip Ording
This math book is one of the coolest books ever for math people! It shows the 99 ways of doing the same thing. Moreover, it is also a good book on proof writing.
“Should you just be an algebraist or a geometer?” is like saying, “Would you rather be deaf or blind?” — Sir Michael Atiyah
The solution developed by Sir Michael Atiyah for the Riemann Hypothesis may not be correct, and it doesn’t matter. The important thing is that this world has made progress thanks to such men as Atiyah. At the age of 90, Sir Michael Atiyah has spent years working on one of the world’s most difficult problems. It’s impossible not to admire her passion.
7 Utterly Useful Free Tools to Improve Your Writing
Although I started my career as an amateur writer, I have gained a few levels since my humble beginnings. After all, writing, as with any other thing, improves over time. I spend tremendous effort to produce the highest quality of writing I can. Furthermore, I try to always give something to the reader in the form of productive information.
Here I have listed the tools I believe have increased my productivity in writing by a countless margin. Each has its own toolset, and they are wonderfully useful for those who know how to use them properly. I hope all of you can benefit as I have from them. You can use all of them for free, but of course, your access will be limited.
You can read the rest of my latest article here...
10+ Remarkable Documentaries About Honeybees
Every time I see a honeybee or watch documentaries about honeybees, I feel mesmerized because I have many reasons. For instance, a honeybee is a hardworking craftsman, a brilliant engineer, a genius mathematician, an expert economist, and one of God’s beloved creations. That’s why the first book that I purchased for my daughter was “The Honeybee.”
I am pretty sure that you are also interested in honeybees. To learn more about these remarkable creatures, you should watch documentaries about honeybees. I have curated more than ten of my favorite documentaries about honeybees.
Good News of the Week
Crop One Holdings and Emirates Flight Catering Celebrate Opening of ECO 1, the World’s Largest Vertical Farm
Crop One Holdings, an industry leader in technology-driven indoor vertical farming, and Emirates Flight Catering announced the completion and official opening of Emirates Crop One (ECO 1), the world’s largest vertical farm. Located in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, the more than 330,000-square-foot facility, which spans 175 yards in length, will produce over 2 million pounds of high-quality leafy greens annually.
Fancy Gadget
Do you want to watch the hypnotic light show and listen to a satisfying sound that keeps changing? Euler’s Disk was made by Joseph Bendik between 1987 and 1990. It is a mesmerizing science and math toy. And it shows and studies how spinning and rolling disks on a flat or curved surface work as a dynamic system. So far, several scientific papers have been written about it.
Projects
Quick, Draw!
Quick, Draw! is a beautiful online game developed by Google that challenges players to draw a picture of an object or idea and then uses a neural network of artificial intelligence to guess what the drawings represent. The AI learns from each drawing, increasing its ability to guess correctly in the future. It also enhances kids' creativity.
Pretty Interesting...
If you write the first 651 digits of e, you will get a 649-digit prime number! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
Solve the Riddle.
What’s the ratio between the areas of the two triangles?
Please share your answers with me. [ali@abakcus.com] Last week, only Davide Del Vecchio solved the riddle! Thank you so much for the solution!