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Explain Like I'm 5: Advanced Math Edition

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3 months ago 16.8K views 0 shares

Explain Like I'm 5: Advanced Math Edition

When a 5-year-old asks about the Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem and you hit 'em with that "ind P = (Todd(TX ⊗ C) ∪ ϕ⁻¹ ch σ(P))[X]" 😂 It's like asking for directions and getting quantum physics coordinates! This theorem connects topology and analysis in mind-bending ways that even most grad students need therapy after encountering. Meanwhile the kid just wanted to know why the sky is blue!

Eli 5 Hawking Radiation: The Egg-cellent Explanation

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10 months ago 23.4K views 0 shares

Eli 5 Hawking Radiation: The Egg-cellent Explanation

The perfect five-year-old explanation of Hawking radiation! Black holes don't just suck everything in—they actually spit tiny particles back out through quantum weirdness at the event horizon. Pairs of virtual particles pop into existence, one falls in, one escapes... just like when that egg yolk dramatically separated! Theoretical physics has never been so deliciously demonstrated. Stephen Hawking would probably give this demonstration an A+ for creative visualization, minus points for the mess.