Using laws of physics to untangle traffic jams, stock markets, and other complex systems
Friday, March 22, 2019 - 09:00
in Mathematics & Economics
In 1998 former tech consultant Hank Eskin launched a campaign to track dollar bills. Through the “Where’s George?” initiative, dollars were stamped with messages about the currency tracking project, and people were instructed to enter their zip codes and the serial number found on the stamped bills into a database, before handing over the currency. […]