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The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice
6+ day, 23+ 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…...
Pythagoras won???t balance your books
3+ 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,…...
Heisuke Hironaka obituary: mathematician who smoothed out geometry’s complexities
2+ week, 2+ day ago (217+ words) His awe-inspiring proof for the resolution of singularities — such as peaks, edges and self-crossings — revolutionized algebraic geometry....
Announcing the winners: Maths Tales competition
1+ week, 4+ day ago (103+ words) Scottish Book Trust Announcing the winners: Maths Tales competition During Maths Week Scotland in September, the Maths Tales writing competition was launched. Maths Week Scotland and Read Write Count with the First Minister teamed up to challenge young authors in…...
Simons Center Exhibition Brings Altgeld Math Models into Focus
3+ week, 3+ 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....
The Monkey Series: Learning to See Beyond the Subject
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (21+ words) Explore the Monkey Series through wildlife photography, observation, composition, and the art of seeing beyond the subject to find meaningful photographs....
Pythagoras won’t balance your books
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (61+ words) GhanaWeb - You are only allowed to submit content which you have created yourself. - No nudity, pornography and any unlawful content is permitted. - You grant GhanaWeb the right to publish and use your content. - You allow GhanaWeb to communicate with you…...
What the mathematics of billiards can tell us about loving and letting go
4+ week, 2+ day ago (479+ words) As the saying goes, "If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it is yours. If it doesn't, it never was." What most people don't tell you is that if you let that something go from exactly…...
Here’s How Albert Einstein Proved Pythagoras Theorem When He Was 11
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (31+ words) When looking through the book Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise by Manfred R. Schroeder, I came …...
Pastor’s Corner: Monkey physics!
3+ week, 2+ day ago (288+ words) Tama-Toledo News Chronicle Pastor’s Corner: Monkey physics! Pastor Mike Nodland of the Christian Fellowship Church in Vining, IA. I recall my college statistics professor telling the class that you can prove anything with statistics, meaning also that statistics can lie!...