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Predicting Eclipses: The Three Body Problem

Solar eclipse prediction has driven innovation across the history of science and mathematics, from the Saros cycle to Greek geometry to Newton’s calculus to the three-body problem.


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Minhyong Kim: Connecting Number Theory to Physics

December 20, 2017

Minhyong Kim wanted to make sure he had concrete results in number theory before he admitted that his ideas were inspired by physics.

Federico Ardila: A Mathematician Who Dances to the Joys and Sorrows of Discovery

November 15, 2017

Federico Ardila on the joys and challenges of teaching math and helping students find their mathematical voice.

Michael Assis: The Atomic Theory of Origami

October 31, 2017

Michael Assis demonstrates how defects can be used to tune the properties of Miura-ori origami.

Nigel Goldenfeld: Seeing Emergent Physics Behind Evolution

August 31, 2017

Nigel Goldenfeld explains how condensed matter physics provides insights into the collective state of early life on Earth.

Svitlana Mayboroda: Taming Rogue Waves

August 22, 2017

Svitlana Mayboroda describes how the landscape function helps solve the mystery of wave localization.

Andrea Ghez: Black-Hole Hunter Takes Aim at Einstein

August 9, 2017

In this 2017 interview, the UCLA astrophysicist Andrea Ghez explains how tracking the movement of stars revealed the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.