Steven Strogatz

"Evolution and Tinkering" by Francois Jacob is a masterpiece worth reading and re-reading. I was reminded of Jacob's article yesterday when Simon Levin (shown below) displayed a quote from it about predictability, complexity, and emergence.

Today, after telling my chaos class about the late Mitchell Feigenbaum, I stumbled across this affectionate tribute to him by @stephen_wolfram. It contains lots of wonderful (and often funny) inside stories about Mitchell's life and work. [link] cc @chaaosbook

If you like books, check out this new website called Shepherd. They have good recommendations from experts on many topics.

Today I started my class on the butterfly effect in the Lorenz equations by having everyone watch this video by @veritasium. It's so good! Very motivating to the students, and it allowed me to focus more on the nitty-gritty math.

How a theoretical physicist’s passionate approach to simple math got him the Padma Bhushan and the Boltzmann Medal -- great piece about Deepak Dhar via @theprintindia

An interesting new paper in @PNASNexus, "Complex Systems of Secrecy: The Offshore Networks of Oligarchs", uses data from leaked documents to examine the network structure of wealth managers and the oligarchs they serve. [link] Press:

An important thread: how to design scientific figures so they are accessible to color-blind individuals

The key is being open to learning, says @JonMalesic in this terrific essay. Hear, hear!

Students can learn the basics very efficiently from Farlow (great pedagogy, plus it's an inexpensive Dover book)

Nice lecture!!

Thanks for the great reference! It’s a very charming and informative paper

The full video is even better. Just 3 1/2 minutes of beautiful teaching from the 1960s at AT&T.