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Ananyo Bhattacharya

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Ananyo Bhattacharya

@Ananyo

Chief science writer @London_Inst. 'The Man from the Future', on the unparalleled influence of John von Neumann, available everywhere. For my substack see link.

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Joined February 2009

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Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Jun 8
Our @Nature comment this week on the use of AI in maths and theoretical physics - and why the community should embrace it! Authors @London_Inst & @GoogleDeepMind. First draft 8 months ago but edited many times as the field steamed ahead! Free-to-read link at the end of 🧵1/
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Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Oct 8, 2024
In case you're still confused, today's Nobel in physics is actually for mathematics and was awarded to a molecular biologist and cognitive psychologist. Hope that's all clear now.
The Nobel Prize
@NobelPrize
Oct 8, 2024
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”
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Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Oct 8, 2024
Totally serves physicists right. For years they've been saying, "You know, deep down everything is physics'"...
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Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Mar 5, 2025
33-year old mathematician Wang Hong of @NYU_Courant has proved the century-old Kakeya conjecture in in three dimensions, with collaborator Joshua Zahl! The problem is rooted in the question: what's the smallest area that an infinitely thin needle can sweep out if it has to be
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Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Mar 27, 2018
Researchers claim to have discovered a new organ in the human body. "More astonishingly, the paper puts forth the idea that this new organ is the largest by volume among all 80 organs" thebea.st/2GuFbdk
Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Oct 8, 2024
Never a bad time to post this.
Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Oct 8, 2024
Totally serves physicists right. For years they've been saying, "You know, deep down everything is physics'"...
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Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Aug 12, 2021
A thread about my book, ‘The Man from the Future’ and why I think you’ll love it even if you’ve never read a scientific biography before. Let me take you on a journey into our future’s past... 1/ penguin.co.uk/books/313705/t…
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Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Apr 26, 2024
Just finished 'Mind at Play' by @jimmyasoni & @GoodmanRob1 A long overdue read on the founder of information theory. Some of my highlights...
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Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Feb 12, 2015
The concern that language is in decline appears to be almost as old as language itself econ.st/19cfQAo
Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Feb 8, 2022
Mathematical genius John von Neumann died 65 years ago today in Washington D.C. Possibly the smartest person who ever lived, he forged a blueprint for the future and changed America--and the world--forever. Find out how on 2.22.22 wwnorton.com/books/the-man-… 1/
Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Oct 8, 2021
The @spectator asked me to explain the extraordinary breadth and impact of John von Neumann's genius in a 1000 words or so. So I gave it a shot
The forgotten Einstein: how John von Neumann shaped the modern world
From spectator.com
Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
May 26, 2025
Marina von Neumann Whitman passed away on 20 May, aged 90. She had an incredibly rich and successful life, was as sharp as a tack and a lovely person to boot. Unable to attend her first-choice Princeton to do her PhD because the university did not admit women at the time, she
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Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
Apr 8, 2020
“It’s really important to ask why the crisis has hit us the way it has and the weaknesses it’s exposed. ... A lot of those people stepping up are responsible for the underlying conditions of weakness.” @AnandWrites bit.ly/3c4P6CK
Ananyo Bhattacharya
@Ananyo
May 21, 2015
Damn. It's nice to see the UK at the top of a table for a change... econ.st/1ShVzvJ