Category Archives: Blogs

Math on the Dynamic Ecology Blog

Posted on May 7, 2020 by racheljcrowell

Dynamic Ecology is a group blog by Jeremy Fox, an ecologist and evolutionary biologist at the University of Calgary, Brian McGill, a macroecologist at the University of Maine. and Meghan Duffy, an aquatic and disease ecologist at the University of … Continue reading →

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Matt Baker’s Math Blog: A Tour

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Vanessa Rivera-Quinones

This week I dived into the math blogosphere and found this cool blog Matt Baker’s Math Blog by Dr. Matt Baker,  a professor, and Associate Dean at Georgia Tech School of Mathematics.  This blog was featured back in 2013 in Evelyn’s … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Burns’s Math Blog: A Tour

Posted on April 28, 2020 by racheljcrowell

Marilyn Burns’s math blog has been around since 2015. Her posts cover a wide range of topics, including math games (some of which appeal to kids and adults alike), teacher resources, math and children’s literature, and more. Please join me … Continue reading →

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Math in the time of COVID-19

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Vanessa Rivera-Quinones

In the past few posts, I’ve been avoiding writing about the current Coronavirus outbreak. Honestly, I’ve been having a hard time coping with the uncertainty and worry about how we are going to survive and move forward from this. Around … Continue reading →

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Logic ForAll: A Tour

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Vanessa Rivera-Quinones

While touring the math blogosphere I was very excited to find ‘Logic ForAll’, a blog dedicated to making math accessible by mathematician and computer scientist Dr. Valeria de Paiva. She also writes in another great blog Women in Logic, which is … Continue reading →

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ThatsMaths: A Tour

Posted on February 20, 2020 by racheljcrowell

ThatsMaths is a blog by Peter Lynch, an emeritus professor of the University College Dublin’s School of Mathematics and Statistics. Many of the posts on the blog are articles that Lynch has written for the Irish Times. Please join me … Continue reading →

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In honor of Black History Month

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Vanessa Rivera-Quinones

February 1 marked the beginning of Black History Month. Its origin trace back to 1926, when the historian Carter G. Woodson pioneered “Negro History Week” in the second week of February because it coincided with the birthdays of former US president … Continue reading →

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Mathematical Enchantments: A Tour

Posted on February 7, 2020 by racheljcrowell

Mathematical Enchantments, or “Jim Propp’s math blog” is about “adventures in fantastic realms you can build inside your head.” The blog has been discussed a few times on this blog in recent years. Welcome to my tour of a few … Continue reading →

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Flygskam, Textbooks in Braille and More

Posted on January 28, 2020 by racheljcrowell

This year’s JMM have come and gone, but many related posts are still available. Here are just a few that I recommend. “To be or not to be there: Conferencing in the age of flygskam” In this piece for the … Continue reading →

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Math for Crime Fighting

Posted on January 16, 2020 by racheljcrowell

  On New Year’s Eve 2019, abc13 News posted a story about using mathematics to tease out the details of a crash that killed a father and two young boys. The driver who hit them was sentenced to 60 years … Continue reading →

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