Magic, Mystery and Mathematics in the Mundane – Mahadevan Natural Philosophy

Jan 2021

Science for the Public: Contemporary Science Issues & Innovations.

Dr. Mahadevan shares his extraordinary gift for revealing the underlying mathematics of familiar objects, systems and processes in Nature. No need to be a mathematician to appreciate the properties of what seems ordinary when Dr. Mahadevan demonstrates how to look and think in a whole new way.

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Related Publications

Probability, geometry and dynamics in the toss of a thick coin. E-H. Yong, L. Mahadevan, American Journal of Physics 79(12):1195-1201, 2011. [View PDF] [Download PDF]

Probability, physics, and the coin toss
L. Mahadevan and E-H. Yong, Physics Today July 2011 66-67. [View PDF] [Download PDF]

Fluid-flow induced flutter of a flag M. Argentina and L. Mahadevan, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), 102, 1829-34, 2005. [View PDF] [Download PDF]

Geometry and physics of wrinkling, Cerda, E. and L. Mahadevan, Physical Review Letters , 90 (7) 074302, 2003 (Physical Review Focus Article). [View PDF] [Download PDF]

Hydrodynamics of writing with ink
J. Kim, M-W. Moon, K-R. Lee, L. Mahadevan, and H-Y. Kim, Physical Review Letters, 107, 264502, 2011. [View PDF] [Download PDF]