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The Joy of x

The Joy of x

27 Episodes • By Steven Strogatz and Quanta Magazine • www.quantamagazine.org/tag/the-j...
The acclaimed mathematician and author Steven Strogatz interviews some of the world's leading scientists about their lives and work.
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The Joy of x
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Deep Curiosity Inspires The Joy of Why Podcast
An introduction to the new Quanta Magazine podcast T... more
Mar 17 2022 2m
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Eve Marder on the Crucial Resilience of Neurons
Eve Marder’s research into the plasticity and resili... more
May 17 2021 40m
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Charlie Marcus Knows That Quantum Facts Aren’t Complicated
The secret to making a qubit for future quantum comp... more
May 10 2021 49m
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Amie Wilkinson Sees the Dynamic Chaos in Puff Pastry
To a dynamicist like Amie Wilkinson, understanding t... more
May 3 2021 42m
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Emery Brown and the Truth About Anesthesia
Anesthesia is very different from sleep — which is w... more
Apr 26 2021 40m
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Melanie Mitchell Takes AI Research Back to Its Roots
To build a general artificial intelligence, we may n... more
Apr 19 2021 40m
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Trachette Jackson Fights Cancer With Math
Quantitative models built by the mathematical biolog... more
Apr 12 2021 42m
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Rediet Abebe on Using Algorithms for Social Justice
The computer scientist Rediet Abebe’s passion for ap... more
Apr 5 2021 43m
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Federico Ardila on Math, Music and the Space of Possibilities
The mathematician Federico Ardila takes a creative a... more
Mar 29 2021 50m
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Sharon Glotzer’s Deep Curiosity About Order From Chaos
The computational physicist Sharon Glotzer finds uni... more
Mar 22 2021 48m
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Frank Wilczek on the Strong Force, Quarks and Dark Matter
The theoretical physicist Frank Wilczek explained wh... more
Mar 15 2021 48m
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Bonnie Bassler on Talkative Bacteria and Eavesdropping Viruses
Bonnie Bassler, a molecular biologist at Princeton U... more
Mar 8 2021 39m
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Neil Shubin on Tiktaalik, Ballistic Tongues and Evolution
Neil Shubin, a paleontologist and evolutionary biolo... more
Mar 2 2021 47m
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Podcast Preview: The Joy of x, Season Two
Hosted by Steven Strogatz, a mathematician and autho... more
Feb 23 2021 2m
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Moon Duchin on Fair Voting and Random Walks
Moon Duchin, a professor of mathematics at Tufts Uni... more
Apr 7 2020 50m
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Brian Keating’s Quest for the Origin of the Universe
Imagine knowing that a discovery you’ve made will br... more
Mar 31 2020 41m
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Rebecca Goldin and Brian Nosek on Hard Truths in Math and Psychology
This week host Steven Strogatz speaks with two scien... more
Mar 24 2020 46m
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Cori Bargmann on the Genetics of Transparent Worms, Supertasters and Cancer
Cori Bargmann is a professor of genetics and genomic... more
Mar 17 2020 53m
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Tadashi Tokieda’s Special Kind of Magic
The mathematician Tadashi Tokieda loves to explore t... more
Mar 10 2020 51m
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Janna Levin on Seeing and Hearing Black Holes
Black holes have always fascinated Janna Levin. In t... more
Mar 3 2020 54m
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John Urschel: From NFL Player to Mathematician
John Urschel is a doctoral student in mathematics at... more
Feb 25 2020 45m
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Corina Tarnita and the Deep Mathematics of Social Insects
Corina Tarnita, professor of ecology and theoretical... more
Feb 18 2020 51m
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Robbert Dijkgraaf on Exploring Quantum Reality
Robbert Dijkgraaf, a mathematical physicist and dire... more
Feb 11 2020 49m
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Leslie Vosshall on Designer Mosquitoes and Dude Walls
Leslie Vosshall, professor of neurogenetics and beha... more
Feb 4 2020 58m
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Alex Kontorovich on the Absolute Truth of Pure Math
Alex Kontorovich, professor of mathematics at Rutger... more
Jan 28 2020 57m
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