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Primate brains grew larger because of vision, not higher reasoning
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1002+ words) Brains rot within days. The bony case that held them can last 33 million years, which is why primate brain evolution has been so hard to read from fossils. A new study led by scientists at Duke University filled those empty…...
Simons Center Exhibition Brings Altgeld Math Models into Focus
3+ week, 4+ day ago (309+ words) plaster, wood, metal, string, and even cardboard, these objects were used for research and university instruction...The models transformed abstract mathematical principles into visual teaching tools, reflecting an era...them at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, inspiring American universities to purchase…...
What Is a Manifold?
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (706+ words) This new perspective allowed mathematicians to rigorously explore higher-dimensional spaces — leading...In 1854, Riemann was required to deliver a lecture to secure a teaching position at the University of...
Monkeys are surprisingly good at geometry
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (343+ words) it can be difficult to untangle whether their ability is developmental or something learned from education...understand how children learn geometry, we need to understand what they bring to the table before formal instruction...
Pythagoras didn’t discover Pythagorean Theorem. Baudhayana did centuries earlier
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1036+ words) the familiar formula a + b = c, a theorem repeated in every mathematics classroom and carried into higher...
Geometry shapes life
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (525+ words) From one cell to many Geometry – the instruction manual This collaborative research tested a largely...Think of the zygote’s geometry as an instruction manual that the embryo must read and follow as it patterns...
An American President’s Proof of The Pythagorean Theorem
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (106+ words) His proof of this well-known theorem was later published in the New England Journal of Education Without...
Tetrahedral analog of the Pythagorean theorem
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (216+ words) A natural question is whether De Gua’s theorem generalizes to higher dimensions, and indeed it does....You can extend the theorem to even higher dimensions analogously....
Mathematicians Just Discovered Two New Types of Infinity, and They May Break the Rules of Math
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (704+ words) On a higher rung, the infinite set of real numbers, which includes decimals and negatives, dwarfs it....Climbing higher reveals infinities of increasing size and complexity: measurable cardinals, supercompact...
The Mathematical and Musical Harmony of the Cosmic Spheres According to Pythagoras
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (313+ words) music, and astronomy into a single discipline—the quadrivium—forming the foundation of classical education...