All posts by Lê Nguyên Hoang
What Makes a Published Result Believable?
This article discusses the validity of scientific results.
The Triangle of Power
Notations do not matter to the essence of mathematics. But poor notations can be misleading. Notations based on exponents, radicals and logarithms definitely are. They are very distinct, even though they are supposed to describe very similar relations between numbers. The triangle of power is a recently proposed alternative. In short, I am convinced!
Minkowski’s Spacetime | Relativity 23
What does E=mc² really mean? Relativity 22
The Poincaré conjecture | Relativité 21
Albert Einstein, the iconic figure of science | Genius 2
Twin & Grandfather Paradox | Science4All 20
Can’t you “see” the Big Bang? Relativity 19
Einstein’s biggest blunder | Relativity 18
Einstein’s heart palpitations | Relativity 17
Is gravity acceleration or curvature? Relativity 16
General relativity explained! Relativity 15
Einstein’s happiest thought | Relativity 14
How did Newton figure out gravity? Relativity 13
Don’t heavier objects fall faster? Relativity 12
Hyperbolic Geometry | Relativity 11
Curved-space geometry | Relativity 10
What’s wrong with that map? Relativity 9
The shapes of soccer balls | Relativity 8
MIT Glimpse Bonus Episode (Best Advice)
This is a bonus episode by MIT Glimpse Podcast I was quoted in. It’s a pretty cool episode that features advices given by MIT postdocs.