Piecewise, some of the mysteries about stacking blocks reveal themselves (or get revealed). This study looks at some of the stochastic stability of some kinds of heaping of blocks: “Stochastic Stability of Random Stacking of Blocks,” V. Denoël, International Journal of Solids and Structures, vol. 305, 2024, article 113094. The author, at the University of […]
Yes, if you really love numbers—and love surprises—savor this video review of the book A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates:
An experiment looked at whether harmony, in its many meanings, might emerge from a tossing together of musicians. This study tells what happened: “Musical Coordination in a Large Group Without Plans Nor Leaders,” Louise Goupil, Pierre Saint-Germier, Gaëlle Rouvier, Diemo Schwarz, and Clément Canonne, Scientific Reports, vol. 10, no. 20377, 2020. (Thanks to Tony Tweedale […]
The book A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates is appreciated in the article “A Million Random Digits,” which is one of the articles in the special Numbers issue of the Annals of Improbable Research, which is one of the 142 issues published so far! The original, digit-laden study was published by the Rand Corporation in […]
