This site should expand it's scope to include life science related topics

The format of this site is fantastic, but it seems to currently lack much content in the areas of pharmacology, biological chemistry, cell biology, human physiology etc that would greatly benefit students of these disciplines. There's a great deal of concepts that could be reinforced through this site, such as the Michaelis-Menten equation and Lineweaver-Burke plots, important ways of quantifying enzyme rate of action that many life sciences students struggle to grasp as their mathematical background may be lacking compared to students of other disciplines.

Note by Jon Maxted
3 years ago

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  Easy Math Editor

This discussion board is a place to discuss our Daily Challenges and the math and science related to those challenges. Explanations are more than just a solution — they should explain the steps and thinking strategies that you used to obtain the solution. Comments should further the discussion of math and science.

When posting on Brilliant:

  • Use the emojis to react to an explanation, whether you're congratulating a job well done , or just really confused .
  • Ask specific questions about the challenge or the steps in somebody's explanation. Well-posed questions can add a lot to the discussion, but posting "I don't understand!" doesn't help anyone.
  • Try to contribute something new to the discussion, whether it is an extension, generalization or other idea related to the challenge.
  • Stay on topic — we're all here to learn more about math and science, not to hear about your favorite get-rich-quick scheme or current world events.

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2^{34} 234 2^{34}
a_{i-1} ai−1 a_{i-1}
\frac{2}{3} 23 \frac{2}{3}
\sqrt{2} 2 \sqrt{2}
\sum_{i=1}^3 ∑i=13 \sum_{i=1}^3
\sin \theta sin⁡θ \sin \theta
\boxed{123} 123 \boxed{123}

Comments

Hey Jon

You make a great point! Brilliant began as a place for people interested in math to come together to solve tough problems. We have now built up an incredible community of users who are passionate about math and physics. But we're not going to stop here.

You might be surprised to learn that the majority of the science team at Brilliant has done biology research, and every one of us has some background in one kind of biophysics or another. Biology is near and dear to our hearts, and we're expanding Brilliant's content as we speak.

I just released Brilliant's first biology course: Computational Biology. There are only two chapters out right now which focus on teaching the central dogma, but over the next few weeks I'll be releasing chapters on protein and RNA folding mechanisms (and algorithms), phylogeny, evolution, and genomics. At the same time I'm hoping to seed the community with more biology-flavored problems, like the one I contributed to the problems of the week this week.

We'd love to develop more content in quantitative chemistry and biology, including the enzyme kinetics content you've referred to in your note. In the mean time, I encourage you to post problems in fun areas of biochemistry or physiology!

Hope you're enjoying Brilliant.

Blake Farrow Staff - 2 years, 11 months ago
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