Today's Math behind the News with Larry Shiller show

Today's Math behind the News with Larry Shiller

Summary: A light-hearted and unique perspective on today's top news stories with Larry Shiller, America's math expert.

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 October 5, 2007: Uniformly different | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 0:56

Uniformity is a complex mathematical - and human - phenomenon

 October 4, 2007: The mathematics of competition | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 0:59

Can competition revive our space program?

 October 3, 2007: Reciprocity | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 0:54

Reciprocity is a product one game, unless it's politics or zero

 October 2, 2007: What's the frequency Kenneth? | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 0:52

A frequently used term has its roots in math

 October 1, 2007: Concave comes back | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 0:58

Concave finds it way into shoes and buildings

 September 28, 2007: Associative rights | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 1:34

A court rules against associative rights for a fraternity

 September 27, 2007: The Halo Effect | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 1:22

Microsoft's halo takes advantage of aliens

 September 26, 2007: Acute or obtuse? | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 1:25
 September 25, 2007: Not perfect: an abundance of deficiency | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 1:31

Not perfect: an abundance of deficiency

 September 24, 2007: The ambiguity of absolute value | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 1:40

A common math term is commonly misused

 September 21, 2007: No specter for Spector | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 1:32

Spears, Lohan, Hilton, and Simpson keep Spector from having his day in the press

 September 20, 2007: Skill or luck? | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 1:36

Why don't we give credit where credit is due? Or is it all just luck?

 September 19, 2007: A meteorite makes quite an impact | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 1:09

A meteorite that crashed in southern Peru is affecting locals' health

 September 18, 2007: What would we do without O.J. Simpson? | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 1:12

His approval ratings may be low, but he's as newsworthy as ever

 September 17, 2007: Google and googol | File Type: audio/x-mp3 | Duration: 1:28

What's in a name? A very big number.

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