The Science Of Randomness, One Penny At A Time
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 10:40
in Psychology & Sociology
The concept of randomness has intrigued great minds for as long as history of great thinkers has been recorded. From the nature of wind to drunks running into lampposts on their way home, scholars have been intrigued with making random predictable. A group of chemists say they have challenged traditional interpretations of randomness by computationally generating random and mechanically rigid arrangements of two-dimensional hard disks, think pennies with no thickness, for the first time. read more