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wonder behind things like cars and heck, thermostats. Again, very interesting how important Math is, especially how even higher level math originated from practical problems. Also very cool how Math can help is figure things out we didn’t even know existed. Just so so so very cool

I just finished the book. Though math seems very abstract, its purpose is clear: to provide structure. It allows us to take things in the world and organize them in ways we can better understand it, as well as how its parts interact. From numbers, to stats, to calculus, and to graph theory, just knowing a little about these areas can help you think more critically about networks, averages, and just appreciate the

Very very cool stuff. However, whats not so cool is the neural networks that some of these sites use (facebook) which use data to predict what people like, and what they’re going to do. These networks and the large amounts of data that they use can be used to affect polls for elections, and can be used for even more harm. Thus, its so very important that I understand graph theory, and how it relates to the world.

I just learned some more about Graph theory and its applications. I honestly would’ve never expected that the way Google works is through websites and links all linked together on a graph; it makes a lot of sense though, and is really cool. Its also interesting again how Its used in Movie recommendations(Netflix) but also in figuring out the most important genes that affect cancer, helping fight Cancer! Very

I just learned about graph theory. Its so interesting how math can be used to solve everyday problems, like if a road network is connected, or the shortest route between 2 points. Its also interesting how simple givens and efficiency tricks can speed this process up like crazy, showing just how powerful but interesting this field is. As always, very interesting and valuable information!

Overall, now im very intrigued into learning more about statistics AND calculus. Very wild how much they affect our lives.

I even started to learn the use of graphs and binomial distribution by De Moivre. Honestly, im having a hard time trying to understand these concepts! But thats why Im doing them in the first place. Hope I get to learn more

I learned about the beginnings of statistics and probability, and why theyre so useful, but also why theyre often inaccurate. For example, poll estimations can be super innacurate, and so can cancer tests. This stems from the fact that we need a predicted outcome in order to get to its probability. However, individuals like bayes created formulas which helped us calculate probabilies without sm given info, and

amount they would bend. Heck, its even used in thermostats and coffee machines, to calculate how much it needs to change the temp to match the desired. Though the creator of these ideas is debating (Newton vs Leibniz), and though it can be hard to understand them, its quite remarkable how much simpler they make life, the technology they make, and the fundamental idea of rate of change and amount changed behind it.

Is used in so many ways in the modern world. Its used in our cruise control, to calculate how much the car needs to accelerate in order to keep a certain speed. Its used in car crash tests to check how fast the head moves in certain timeframes, as well as how many times it goes back and forth. It was used in building the golden gate bridge in order to calculate the rate at which the girders bent, and the total