Where's the best place to go for a night walk near San Francisco? Many thoughtful, generous replies:https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1162554181346942976 …
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@wtgowers's thread-of-threads exploring some fun observations about small sets of real numbers:https://twitter.com/wtgowers/status/1170687268702556164 …michael_nielsen added,
Timothy Gowers @wtgowersFollowing the example of@michael_nielsen I want to try to organize certain of my tweets. This is the start of a super-thread of threads about small sets of real numbers, and I'm adding the tag#gowersmathstweets, which I'll try to do with all such tweets from now on.Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 10 likesShow this thread -
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If all you knew was the roman numerals, how could you invent a better way of representing numbers?https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1174420006907473920 …
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michael_nielsen @michael_nielsenImagine you're a designer or mathematician living in ancient Rome. Being a curious & imaginative sort, used to exploring wild ideas, you ask yourself: is there some way you can improve on the roman numeral system? Might it be possible to find a better way of representing number?Show this thread2 replies 3 retweets 10 likesShow this thread -
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Where does Newton's second law of motion come from, or "Why does F = ma?"https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1198406575586627584 …
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My working notes on direct air carbon capture (DAC), and the implications for climate changehttps://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1197597270415269888 …
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A thread on the historical origins and political economy of open science: https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1197254585339002881 … I wrote this one accidentally, piecemeal, but people seemed to enjoy it. The linked pieces by David, Hall, and Ostrom are superb.
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A thread in which I ask people how they personally have decided to act to address climate change. Many fascinating responses:https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1204129299369877504 …
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Following that up, a tonne of systems-level observations about climate (renewables, nuclear, capitalism, negative emissions tech, and more!):https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1211394469133570049 …
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Which artist or musician most reliably evokes the numinous for you? With 300+ thoughtful replies!https://twitter.com/michael_nielsen/status/1210777243967901701 …
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Andy on the enormous value (& possibilities) of intentionality in crafting people's temporal experiences when you're building any kind of environment:https://twitter.com/andy_matuschak/status/1225960154497077248 …
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Andy MatuschakVerified account @andy_matuschakFilmmakers, composers, and playwrights carefully author the time dimension of their work. The feeling of a pregnant pause and an accelerando comes from viewers' experience of passing time. Those mediums express a few hours’ evolving experience—what about days, months, years?
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this is critical for illuminating the coming reality in an invisible war against viruses
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