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Thinking Places

Yitang Zhang’s Santa Barbara Beach Walk

By Thomas Lin +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
June 15, 2017
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An obscure number theorist who became an overnight sensation with a major proof about the gaps between prime numbers now finds quiet inspiration walking along the Pacific Coast.

Journey to the Birth of the Solar System
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Journey to the Birth of the Solar System

By Natalie Wolchover
May 25, 2017
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Join David Kaplan on a virtual-reality tour showing how the sun, the Earth and the other planets came to be.

Pencils Down: Experiments in Education

Do You Love or Hate Math and Science?

By Thomas Lin
October 20, 2016
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Quanta Magazine invites readers to share about their early math and science learning experiences and to explore the interactive survey results.

Mathematics

Theorists Draw Closer to Perfect Coloring

By Natalie Wolchover
October 20, 2015
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A theorem for coloring a large class of “perfect” mathematical networks could ease the way for a long-sought general coloring proof.

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Theories of Everything, Mapped

By Natalie Wolchover
August 3, 2015
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Explore the deepest mysteries at the frontier of fundamental physics, and the most promising ideas put forth to solve them.

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The Nine Schoolgirls Challenge

By Thomas Lin
June 9, 2015
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Solve this variation of Thomas Kirkman’s famous 1850 puzzle by arranging girls in walking groups. And think fast — the clock is ticking.

The Quantum Fabric of Space-Time

Interactive: What Is Space?

By Thomas Lin
April 30, 2015
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Imagine the fabric of space-time peeled back layer by layer.


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