Beer, Student, and t-Distribution
Perhaps contrary to Gosset’s expectations, the t-distribution has become one of the most famous statistical distributions.
Prions: A Mysterious Infectious Agent
What could possibly link a sheep illness called scrapie, a disease associated with cannibalism called Kuru, and a neurodegenerative disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?
How Atomic Clocks Keep Almost Perfect Time
At its core, cesium-beam atomic clocks do not “tick” atoms but count the cycles of a microwave signal precisely locked to an atomic reference.
The Magic of Euler’s Number e
Surprisingly, this number was first uncovered not in a science lab but in a puzzle about money.
