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$${Mathematicians} \subset {Artists}$$
Certain equations or concepts strike us as beautiful, stunning even. As she walked amongst the aquatints on the wall of Yale Art Gallery’s latest exhibit entitled “Concinnitas”, Jen Christiansen posed the title question of her blog post: “Math is Beautiful, … Continue reading
Posted in Math Education, Mathematics and the Arts, Uncategorized
Tagged Ampere's Law, Ben Volta, Concinnitas, Daniel Rockmore, David Mumford, Enrico Bombieri, Freeman Dyson, Manjul Bhargava, Math and Art, Math is Beautiful, Michael Atiyah, Murray Gell-Man, Peter Lax, Richard Karp, Simon Donaldson, STEAM, Stephen Smale, Steven Weinberg
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Job Security Calculus: Reasoning about our futures
Most academics have a love/hate relationship to teaching, and especially teaching Calculus. Prior to the first exam of the semester, it seems that everyone in the class is there for learning’s sake, discussing ideas, engaging in problem-solving. But we worry … Continue reading
Posted in Applied Math, Issues in Higher Education, Math Education, people in math, Theoretical Mathematics
Tagged calculus, Future of Mathematics Research, Jobs for Matheamticians, MOOCs, Research Funding
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