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The Man Who Stole Infinity

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FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICSALL TOPICS
 

The Man Who Stole Infinity

By JOSEPH HOWLETT

In an 1874 paper, Georg Cantor proved that there are different sizes of infinity and changed math forever. A trove of newly unearthed letters shows that it was also an act of plagiarism.

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DEVELOPMENT
 

Break It To Make It: How Fracturing Sculpts Tissues and Organs

By CLARE WATSON

Growing tissues can crack, break, and dissociate to form structures that can later withstand immense forces.

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EXPLAINERS
 

How Can Infinity Come in Many Sizes?

By MARK BELAN and JORDANA CEPELEWICZ

Intuition breaks down once we're dealing with the endless. To begin with: Some infinities are bigger than others.

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THE QUANTA PODCAST
 

Decoding the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics

Podcast hosted by SAMIR PATEL
with PHILIP BALL

At the subatomic scale, things only make sense from a quantum perspective. How do those non-intuitive rules make the leap to classical physics, the macro language of everyday life?

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