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发表于 2020-09-21 tutorials sal 2009

In 2009, Sal Khan walked away from a high-paying job to start a business that had no way of making money. His idea to launch a non-profit teaching platform was …

The rise and fall of Long Term Capital Management

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There's this cautionary tale, in the finance world, that nearly any trader can tell you. It's about placing too much confidence in math and models. It's the sto…

Diane Ravitch on Education

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Diane Ravitch of NYU talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in her new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing …

Cathy O'Neil on Weapons of Math Destruction

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Cathy O'Neil, data scientist and author of Weapons of Math Destruction talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas in her book. O'Neil argues that the…

Sabine Hossenfelder on Physics, Reality, and Lost in Math

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Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder talks about her book Lost in Math with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Hossenfelder argues that the latest theories in physics have fa…

A Mind-Blowing Way of Looking at Math (with David Bessis)

发表于 2025-10-28 mathematicians isn blowing

What if math isn't about grinding through equations, but about training your intuition and changing how your brain works? Mathematician and author David Bessis …