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Author: Ben Orlin

The Three-Body Problem for Dishes

Totally intractable.

Ben Orlin Math 6 Comments March 13, 2019February 8, 2019 1 Minute

A Biography of Archimedes, Written Entirely in Anagrams for “Archimedes”

Not featured: "MASHED RICE."

Ben Orlin Math 14 Comments March 6, 2019March 7, 2019 1 Minute

If Dr. Seuss Knew Calculus

What's not to love?

Ben Orlin Math 1 Comment February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 1 Minute

Truly the Natural Base

In the Homeric epic that is mathematics, e gets a choice epithet. It is "the natural base."

Ben Orlin Math 6 Comments February 20, 2019March 4, 2019 1 Minute

The Strange Sympathies of the Teacher

I am become teacher, destroyer of fun.

Ben Orlin Math 8 Comments February 13, 2019February 8, 2019 1 Minute

The Serious Truth About Silly Mistakes

How deep does a mistake go?

Ben Orlin Math 6 Comments February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 1 Minute

The Carnival of Mathematics

How do pizzas scale? What is Thirdsday? And should mathematics become a cult again?

Ben Orlin Math 4 Comments February 4, 2019February 4, 2019 5 Minutes

When Does Insurance Fail?

Answer: when the stakes are too low, and when they're too high.

Ben Orlin Math 7 Comments January 30, 2019February 3, 2019 1 Minute

The Persistent Pedantry of the Mathematical Mind

With apologies.

Ben Orlin Math 7 Comments January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 1 Minute

Choose Your Superpower

Choose wisely.

Ben Orlin Math 16 Comments January 16, 2019January 15, 2019 1 Minute

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