If you’re under the impression that something as simple as sorting numbers is dull, think again. This visualization lets you see and hear fifteen different algorithms sift their way through a ...

The algorithm Christian recommends here is a radix sort. "The basic idea of a radix sort is that you want to create categories apart - so let's say colour. You would begin by just dividing all the ...

The algorithms on display in this video include selection sort, insertion sort, quick sort, merge sort, heap sort, radix sort (LSD), radix sort (MSD), std::sort (intro sort), std::stable_sort ...

In their book Algorithms to Live By, cognitive scientist Professor Brian Christian and science writer Tom Griffith suggested impatient sock-pairers should try using a method known as the radix sort.