Pop tuzzles by the spizard of woonerisms Frank Paul theguardian.com/science/2024/m…

Today!

Later today in Berkeley 👇 please come!

Tomorrow from 5.45pm PST Alex Bellos, Ben Brubaker and I are talking about communicating hard science at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. We'll also find time to talk about getting in to science writing/communication careers. Register to attend! simons.berkeley.edu/events/communi…

Bay Area friends - please come!

The PCP theorem is one of the most important results in theoretical computer science, among other things providing the underlying tech for blockchain unicorn StarkWare. And it is essentially a word puzzle
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I've just started a stint as Science Communicator in Residence at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley. Currently it's hosting a program for the world's top experts in error correcting codes. One of them, Sivakanth Gopi, told me this 🧩 over tea theguardian.com/science/2024/f…

Today is the 15th #birthday of calcudoku.org !

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Everything you wanted to know about one of the most iconic shapes in maths. Fantastic, definitive piece by Jordana Cepelewicz quantamagazine.org/the-quest-to-d…

Lovers of wordplay, is this not a wonderful, awesome achievement? Dave Gorman Frank Paul Gyles Brandreth Susie Dent Tim Key
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Is this the cleverest wordplay puzzle of all time?

The clues are made from the 100 tiles in a Scrabble set. The answers are too!

Background and discussion here: theguardian.com/science/2024/j…

A model piece of science writing by a model mathematician

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This puzzle will determine whether or not you have a brain like Bill Gates. 🧠👓

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