Monthly Archives: May 2014

Fermi Estimation with Liquid Mercury Splash Fights

Posted on May 30, 2014 by evelynjlamb

The semester is over (sorry, quarter system folks, but you can get your revenge in August and September), and you just want to put your feet up and surf the Internet. Of course, there are lots of ways you might accidentally learn … Continue reading →

Posted in Math Education, Recreational Mathematics | Tagged engineering, estimation, fermi problems, fun math, math, mathematics, physics, Randall Munroe, xkcd | Leave a comment

Crowd-Funded Mathematics

Posted on May 24, 2014 by bfinegold

What if your research was funded by 100 strangers who had read your research proposal online and clicked “donate”? You’d feel responsible to write about your research in a more widely accessible way. You might pledge to provide monthly updates … Continue reading →

Posted in Applied Math, Math Education, Theoretical Mathematics | 16 Comments

Discovering Proofs

Posted on May 12, 2014 by evelynjlamb

Patrick Stevens is an undergraduate mathematics student at the University of Cambridge, and I’ve really been enjoying his blog recently. He’s been doing a series of posts about discovering proofs of standard real analysis theorems. He writes that the series … Continue reading →

Posted in Math Education, Theoretical Mathematics | Tagged analysis, Patrick Stevens, real analysis, teaching analysis | 3 Comments

Narrowing The Gender Gap

Posted on May 10, 2014 by bfinegold

This 3-minute clip of Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson is the kind of thing that might provide just the right bit of encouragement to someone struggling to express their passion for STEM. Neil DeGrasse Tyson Said What He Thinks About Race … Continue reading →