Happy publication day to Terry Tao @teorth.bsky.social!

Quanta Books@quantabooks.org · 23h ago

Terence Tao introduces readers to six core ideas that have shaped mathematics. Welcoming, wise, and “full of piercing insight” (Ben Orlin), SIX MATH ESSENTIALS is available today, wherever books are sold: www.quantabooks.org/terence-taos...

The one and only Brady Haran @bradyharan.bsky.social gets Terence Tao @teorth.bsky.social to open up about his writing process, math analogies, favorite books, and meat pies in Adelaide in his latest Numberphile video: youtube.com/watch?v=p2AA...

Meat Pies and Math Essentials (with Terence Tao) - Numberphile

YouTube video by Numberphile

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Yesterday, teaching my class a bit about quantum computing, I mentioned that there’s a lot we don’t know about just how much a quantum algorithm can provide speedup over the best classical algorithm. Later that day: we know more. psi.inc/research/aar...

A proof of the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture

A proof of the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture about quantum speedups on random inputs, with a complete formalization in Lean.

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The great Barry Blitt, everyone.

Michael Luo@michaelluo.bsky.social · 5d ago

Next week’s @newyorker.com cover by Barry Blitt. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...

Speaking of talented communicators, Brady Haran (@bradyharan.bsky.social), the mastermind behind the Numberphile YouTube channel and podcast, is a fan of Terence Tao and his new book SIX MATH ESSENTIALS.

The one and only Terence Tao blind ranked some numbers for us...

Another infant has just died from measles, this time in Wisconsin. Yet another tragedy that could have been prevented.

Six days to go until the publication of SIX MATH ESSENTIALS by Terence Tao (@teorth.bsky.social)! @bloomberg.com radio host, author, and investing maven Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz.bsky.social) called the book "beautiful and beautifully written."

Chris Christie on ABC: The Trump era is over. It’s over tonight.

Fascinating read/scroll: “Edward may be the first person to acquire perfect pitch from a brain injury, but it’s not uncommon for people with left-frontal trauma to suddenly show new artistic abilities.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Just voted at our local elementary school. If you think the country has been moving in the wrong direction, time to get off social media and get to a polling station. Exercise your right to vote!

That feeling when you hold Terence Tao’s SIX MATH ESSENTIALS in your hands for the first time! What an amazing journey it’s been working with Terry to bring this book to the world. So grateful to him for trusting @quantabooks.org with his first popular math book. In stores Nov 10!

Wonderful to see @kevinhartnett.bsky.social’s THE PROOF IN THE CODE from @quantabooks.org as one of @wsj.com’s “9 Books to Read: The Best Reviews of October.” www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

9 Books to Read: The Best Reviews of October

How the Gold Rush transformed America, Rod Serling’s television breakthrough, a painter of loneliness and more.

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Terry Tao on @npr.org’s Science Friday discussing SIX MATH ESSENTIALS: “I wanted to convey in my book that [what] research mathematicians do… is tied to the basic concepts that you are exposed to as a child: numbers, shapes, time, change, big and small.” www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ter...

Terence Tao on how AI math solutions miss the point

Terence Tao says mathematics is about understanding, not just right answers, and quick AI solutions are forcing soul-searching in the field.

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New NOVA episode out tonight on how animal bodies evolved, including how cells first teamed up to become multicellular! I show up talking about army ants, which spent the whole take up my shirt biting the hell out of me. If I yelped, we reshot it 🐜 www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vi...

Terence Tao’s SIX MATH ESSENTIALS publishes in two weeks. The UK edition—SIX MATHS ESSENTIALS—is out today! Order your copy: www.quantabooks.org/books/six-ma...

Six Math Essentials - Quanta Books

The “Mozart of mathematics” invites readers on a brief tour of six core ideas—numbers, algebra, geometry, probability, analysis, and dynamics—that capture the beauty and power of mathematical thinking...

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“Since the 1970s, Idaho’s criminal and civil laws have allowed parents who belong to Followers of Christ and the state’s other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care as their children die.”

ProPublica@propublica.org · 4w ago

Newborn baby Malachi, whose parents belong to a faith-healing sect that doesn’t believe in medical care, died of preventable and treatable conditions. Thirteen months later, their next newborn, Liam, died from the same things.

Ed Yong’s new book sounds amazing. Just yesterday I asked my fifth grader to read the first chapter of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES. He wrote this chapter summary: The book “I Contain Multitudes” by Ed Yong explains how every living thing evolved from microbes and how they are always close to us. (1/x)

Ed Yong is offline@edyong209.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/

Learn more about Terence Tao's upcoming events for SIX MATH ESSENTIALS (publishing Nov. 10) in NYC (Pioneer Works), Boston (Harvard Science Center), and Kansas City (The Linda Hall). Read our latest newsletter below and preorder Terry's book here: www.quantabooks.org/books/six-ma...

Six Math Essentials - Quanta Books

The “Mozart of mathematics” invites readers on a brief tour of six core ideas—numbers, algebra, geometry, probability, analysis, and dynamics—that capture the beauty and power of mathematical thinking...

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Quanta Books@quantabooks.org · 4w ago

Terence Tao’s (@teorth.bsky.social) SIX MATH ESSENTIALS publishes on Nov 10, and Terry will be doing book events in NYC, Boston, and Kansas City—read our latest Philomath newsletter to register, and learn more.

Hey, it looks like our The Joy of Why podcast has a serious chance of winning a Signal Award (in the science and education category). if you are a fan of our show, please vote for it – and tell all your friends to do the same! Let's win this thing! 🙏🕺 vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU

I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.

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Amazon book reviewers are not always known for their concision, but this reader captured @kevinhartnett.bsky.social’s THE PROOF IN THE CODE (@quantabooks.org / @fsgbooks.bsky.social) in two sentences:

Out today in @nature.com: our review on how single cells evolve into multicellular organisms. With Ozan Bozdag, @kaitong25.bsky.social, Peter Yunker, and @matthewherron.bsky.social. rdcu.be/9ZuiKow9twKa For an overview, check out the video below.

Great explainer, indeed! Also says something about where we are today that “with no assistance from AI” needs to be said.

Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll.bsky.social · last mo.

Neutrino astrophysicist John Beacom has a lovely explainer of the Francis Halzen/IceCube Nobel Prize. medium.com/@beacom.7/ho...

Unsurprisingly, one of the smartest and most thoughtful essays synthesizing what’s happening in math right now comes from @quantamagazine.org’s math editor @jordanacep.bsky.social. Worth reading every word: www.quantamagazine.org/is-ai-the-en...

Is AI the End of Math As We Know It? | Quanta Magazine

Mathematicians are facing the sudden shift with grief, anger, and a desperate search for fresh ideas: “If we don’t adapt, there’s just no more math in 50 years.”

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For years, Project 2025 architect Russell Vought has set out to erode our system of checks and balances of power and to concentrate power in the hands of one person: President Trump. Now he’s quietly making it all happen. 🔊 Listen to this episode: propub.li/3TzIyaA

Read today’s @wsj.com book review of THE PROOF IN THE CODE, the definitive story of Lean published this summer by @quantabooks.org + @fsgbooks.bsky.social just as things were heating up in computer-aided mathematics. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

‘The Proof in the Code’ Review: Lean, Mean Computing Machine

The program called Lean was built to detect bugs in Microsoft’s products. It ended up revolutionizing mathematics.

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A fifth measles death in Pennsylvania. Entirely preventable.

Pennsylvania reports fifth measles-related death of the year amid outbreak

Measles outbreak in the state has now reached 39 counties, with 943 confirmed cases and 176 hospitalizations

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NEW: California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But that’s not what happened.

A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.

California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...

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Top story on cover of Sunday @nytimes: “Interviews with more than 30 current and former employees reveal the agency is now tightly controlled by Mr. Kennedy and his associates, and its scientists are finding it increasingly difficult to do their jobs effectively.”