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Pythagoras Won’t Balance Your Books
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Pythagoras won???t balance your books
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (568+ words) Every year, thousands of Arts students struggle with mathematics. Some fail it repeatedly. Some lose university opportunities because of it. Others leave school convinced that they are simply “bad at maths.” Perhaps the problem is not always the student. Perhaps,…...
There are just five perfect shapes in math—here's why
6+ day, 33+ min ago (592+ words) Admittedly, their names offer no special aesthetic appeal. But their forms are unique. Platonic solids are polyhedrons with the highest possible symmetry. Each of their faces is bounded by the same number of edges, and the same number of faces…...
The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (135+ words) Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor -- a girl who knew little but wanted to learn. Posted by retort at 03:45 PM | 0 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | Read the Retort…...
Heisuke Hironaka obituary: mathematician who smoothed out geometry’s complexities
2+ week, 3+ day ago (217+ words) His awe-inspiring proof for the resolution of singularities — such as peaks, edges and self-crossings — revolutionized algebraic geometry....
Finding Zero: Odyssey to Uncover the Origin of Numbers
2+ week, 4+ day ago (889+ words) Book Review | Finding Zero: A Mathematician’s Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers organiser.org Book Review | Finding Zero: A Mathematician’s Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers One of the most interesting features of Finding Zero is the way…...
Simons Center Exhibition Brings Altgeld Math Models into Focus
3+ week, 4+ day ago (309+ words) In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mathematical models were created — primarily in Germany — to visualize complex geometric forms and abstract mathematical concepts. Crafted from plaster, wood, metal, string, and even cardboard, these objects were used for research and university instruction....
You Know the Pythagorean Theorem, But Do You Really Understand It?
4+ week, 2+ hour ago (1544+ words) Exploring the Pythagorean Theorem Note: Please switch to dark mode for a more immersive experience. 1.1 Introduction As arguably the most famous single theorem in mathematics due to its simplicity …...
Here’s How Albert Einstein Proved Pythagoras Theorem When He Was 11
4+ week, 1+ day ago (31+ words) When looking through the book Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise by Manfred R. Schroeder, I came …...