What Random Walks in Multiple Dimensions Teach You About Life

Published: April 11, 2018, 7:12 a.m.

b"The last time I looked at random walks, I used them to calculate the value of Pi for Pi Day. But what is a random walk, really? A mathematician will tell you that it's a stochastic process\\u2014a path defined by a series of random steps. It's a pretty abstract concept, but I want to show you how it can reveal something fundamental about life itself\\u2014the proteins that make up you and me and everything around us. So let's start with the simplest random walk, in one dimension.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"