Ludwig Boltzmann: Entropy, Atoms, and Mental Health

Ludwig Boltzmann: Entropy, Atoms, and Mental Health

In the sci­ences, we cel­e­brate big ideas. We cel­e­brate equa­tions that stitch the invis­i­ble world of atoms to the world we touch. We cel­e­brate the peo­ple who see pat­terns the rest of us miss. But we rarely cel­e­brate some­thing more fun­da­men­tal: the whole human mind that car­ries those ideas, with its strengths, its lim­its, and its storms. Today, we are

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Pride Month Stats: Facts speak louder than fear

Pride Month Stats: Facts speak louder than fear

It’s Flash­card Fri­days at Math! Sci­ence! His­to­ry!, the pod­cast where num­bers aren’t just facts, they’re frame­works for under­stand­ing our world. It is June, and we are kick­ing off Pride Month.  So let’s get our rain­bow flags and cel­e­brate our loved ones who are part of the LGBTQ com­mu­ni­ty. Though it is offi­cial­ly rec­og­nized in June in the Unit­ed States and

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