Season 1 · Episode 9
The Mysterious Math of Turbulence
Last year, mathematicians proved for the first time that particles dropped in a simplified turbulent fluid exhibit “superdiffusion” — they spread out in a predictable but anomalously fast way.
June 24, 202526m 12s
Show Notes
Turbulence is a notoriously difficult phenomenon to study. Mathematicians are now starting to untangle it at its smallest scales.
This is the sixth episode of The Quanta Podcast. In each episode, Quanta Magazine editor in chief Samir Patel speaks with the minds behind the award-winning publication to navigate through some of the most important and mind-expanding questions in science and math.
Audio coda provided by Mount Washington Observatory