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Francesco Macrì
@pcsofmath.bsky.social
I am a passionate, self-taught, and self-directed learner of mathematics.

Website: https://www.francescomacri.com
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The Geometry of Julia Child's Greatest Apple Tart

The perfect recipe for the holidays -- made even better with math!

By Manil Suri

manilsuri.substack.com/p/julia-chil...

#MathSky
The Geometry of Julia Child's Greatest Apple Tart
The perfect recipe for the holidays made even better with math!
manilsuri.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The Biggest Breakthroughs in Mathematics: 2025 (Quanta Magazine):

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The Biggest Breakthroughs in Mathematics: 2025
YouTube video by Quanta Magazine
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December 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Reaching the Masses: Six Authors on Public Outreach
[about Mathematics]

A Zoom conversation with:

Keith Devlin
Marcus du Sautoy
Jordan Ellenberg
Sarah Hart
John Allen Paulos
Steven Strogatz

ams.org/journals/not...

PDF: ams.org/journals/not...
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Is there any university that has made a thoughtful, ethical and critical approach to AI one of their core values? That is deliberately not falling for the hype, and instead placing a premium on human creativity and thought? I feel like this could be a real USP these days, and also please hire me!
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 AM
In den 1960er-Jahren arbeitet Margaret Hamilton als Softwareentwicklerin für die NASA. Anfangs wird sie belächelt. Doch sie ist es, die die Software entwickelt, die 1969 die Mondlandung ermöglicht.

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Geschichten aus der Mathematik
Mathematics Podcast · Every two weeks · Mathematik anders erzählt. Wir stellen die Menschen hinter der Mathematik in den Mittelpunkt und erzählen ihre Geschichte. Es geht um Pistolenduelle, um die Rev...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Multilingualism protects against accelerated aging in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of 27 European countries

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Multilingualism protects against accelerated aging in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of 27 European countries - Nature Aging
In cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of 86,149 participants across 27 European countries, Amoruso, Hernandez and colleagues identify multilingualism as a protective factor against accelerated ...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task

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Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task
www.brainonllm.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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A little thread on how the crisis around GenAI in academia is also a crisis of confidence, and it makes me quite sad. [1/n]
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM