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Intriguing integrals: Part II

Coming to think of it, is the standard formula for the integral of xk really the best one? Chris Sangwin makes an interesting case that it is not.
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Understanding uncertainty: Infinite monkey business

 

David Spiegelhalter explains that waiting for an infinite number of monkeys to produce the complete works of Shakespeare is not just a probabilistic certainty, it also gives us an insight into how long we can expect to wait for a rare event to happen.

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Is time travel allowed?

We're all on a journey into the future, but can we travel into the past? Find out with Kip Thorne