Topics

Topics group entries loosely. The connections between them cross every boundary.

• Computing

  Machines, models of computation, and the methods that let them process information.

  5 entries

  • Information theory
  • Algorithm
  • Neural network
  • Alan Turing
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• Mathematics

  Structures, proofs, and the formal languages used to describe everything else.

  5 entries

  • Probability theory
  • Gödel’s incompleteness theorems
  • Graph theory
  • Leonhard Euler
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• Physics

  Energy, matter, and the laws that govern how systems change over time.

  5 entries

  • Statistical mechanics
  • Entropy
  • Quantum mechanics
  • Thermodynamics
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• Biology

  Living systems, from molecules that store heredity to the cells that think.

  5 entries

  • DNA
  • Evolution
  • Genetic code
  • Natural selection
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• Philosophy

  Questions about knowledge, reasoning, and the nature of the mind.

  5 entries

  • Philosophy of mind
  • Consciousness
  • Logic
  • Chinese room
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