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November 29, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
The Cow in the Classroom There is a difference between mathematical exercises disguised as episodes of everyday life and real mathematics applied in the real world. It's a distinction that's not always apparent in the mathematics classroom.   |
Popular Mechanics
November 19, 2008
Kate Schweitzer |
Fringe's Music to Math Connection Contains as Much Fact as Fiction Is there really a connection between mathematics and music? |
T.H.E. Journal
February 17, 2010
Patricia Deubel |
Web 2.0 in Instruction: Adding Spice to Math Education Mathematics lags behind other subjects in class-centered web 2.0 communities for children, and an even larger lag in informal, recreational communities. |
Salon.com
September 5, 2002
David Appell |
Math = beauty + truth / (really hard) Explaining what the winners of the world's top awards in mathematics actually do isn't as easy as adding 2+2. But we'll give it a try. |
Science News
March 4, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
The Limits of Mathematics No matter what the system of axioms or rules is, there will always be some assertion that can be neither proved nor invalidated within the system. |
Science News
March 30, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Rainbow Randomness The branch of pure mathematics known as Ramsey theory concerns the existence of highly regular patterns in sufficiently large sets of randomly selected objects. Patterns can arise out of randomness in a variety of ways... |
Science News
March 31, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Circles Inspire Students Programs outside of school are helping students discover math on their own. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2009 |
K-2 Math by Dreambox Learning Dreambox Learning introduces K-2 Math, an online learning product for students in kindergarten through second grade that combines standards-based mathematics with interactive games. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2012
Robert W. Lucky |
Is Math Still Relevant? The queen of the sciences may someday lose its royal status |
Science News
April 30, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Works in Progress Part of a mathematical education should include some sense of what is known and what is not yet known (and may never be known) and what progress is being made in creating new mathematics. |
Scientific American
June 20, 2005
Philip E. Ross |
Math without Words Numerical reasoning seems independent of language. |
Science News
January 28, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Math Plus Crime, TV Style More than 12 million people have been tuning in to see the latest episode of the CBS TV series Numb3rs, a crime series that features a mathematician as its superhero, incorporates genuine mathematical vocabulary, and displays the varied trappings of a mathematical life. |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2007
Robert W. Lucky |
Math Blues Has mathematics disappeared behind the screens of our monitors, as have so many other subjects since engineering began to center increasingly on writing software? |
Science News
July 1, 2006 |
Science Safari: Mathematical Imagery This set of web pages features albums of math-inspired and mathematically-generated artworks. |
Chemistry World
April 29, 2015
Derek Lowe |
Missing mathematics? `Whether you use it or not, the ability to learn mathematics may be a good proxy for scientific proficiency. But in drug discovery, at least in my end of it, mathematics just doesn't seem to figure in very much. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2009
Prachi Patel |
Math and Gender Women do best in math wherever women do best in everything else |
Science News
August 23, 2003
Ivars Peterson |
SET Math The card game known as SET is deceptively simple. Invented in 1974 by population geneticist Marsha Jean Falco, the game has become a popular, even addictive pastime for both children and adults. It has also attracted mathematical attention. |
Science News
May 27, 2000
Ivars Peterson |
Math Trails in Ottawa ...math teacher Ron Lancaster of Hamilton, Ontario, has been creating "math trails" for both students and teachers as a way to demonstrate that mathematics can be found anywhere and everywhere... |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2005
Ben Klemens |
Software Patents Don't Compute How the U.S. patent system attempts to draw a dividing line between patentable machines and unpatentable mathematics- and why the system is failing. |
