Chad Giusti
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​Required Reading
  • Elementary Applied Topology, by Robert Ghrist
  • An investigation of the false discovery rate and the misinterpretation of p-values, by David Colquhoun
  • Academic Research in the 21st Century: Maintaining Scientific Integrity in a Climate of Perverse Incentives and Hypercompetition, by Marc A. Edwards and Siddhartha Roy
  • Statistical proof? The problem of irreproducibility, by Susan Holmes
Useful programming languages
  • Julia -- high performance technical computing, and my Matlab replacement of choice
  • Sage -- open source mathematics software package
Algebraic topology resources
  • Algebraic Topology conference list
  • The Knot Atlas
  • Allen Hatcher's home page
Math resources
  • MIT Open Courseware in Mathematics
  • WeBWorK -- open source online homework package
  • Wolfram Alpha -- browser based "knowledge engine"
  • Math Overflow -- a research forum for mathematicians
  • TeX the World -- browser plugin for embedding TeX in documents
  • Mathematics on the ArXiv
Math visualization
  • Roots of polynomials with integer coefficients
  • Jeff Weeks' Topology and Geometry Software -- "Curved Spaces" is must-see.
  • KnotPlot
  • Mobius Transformations Revealed
  • Dynamical Systems and Technology Project
  • "The Optiverse" and Other Sphere Eversions
  • Thomas Banchoff's Home Page -- check out online projects and artwork
Cool science things
  • Waves in a Large Free Sphere of Water
  • Things, but very slowly
Math (and science) culture
  • XKCD
  • Jonathan Coulton
  • Klein Four Group -- page seems abandoned
  • Andrew Lipson's Mathematical LEGO Sculptures
  • ACME Klein Bottles
Math/Science blogs I (sometimes) read
  • This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics
  • The n-Category Cafe
  • The Secret Blogging Seminar
  • Physical Thought
Math community
  • The American Mathematical Society
  • The Mathematical Association of America
  • Pacific Northwest Section of the MAA
  • Project NExT
  • The Association for Women in Mathematics
  • The Young Mathematicians' Network
  • The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Non-Math/Science links
  • Board Game Geek
Useful programming languages
  • Julia -- high performance technical computing, and my Matlab replacement of choice
  • Sage -- open source mathematics software package
Algebraic topology resources
  • Algebraic Topology conference list
  • The Knot Atlas
  • Allen Hatcher's home page