{"id":24508,"date":"2014-02-14T11:04:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T16:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/?p=24508"},"modified":"2014-02-14T11:04:59","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T16:04:59","slug":"mathematics-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2014\/02\/14\/mathematics-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematics Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/files\/2014\/02\/mam2014LargeSize.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24510 alignleft\" alt=\"mam2014LargeSize\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/files\/2014\/02\/mam2014LargeSize.jpg\" width=\"132\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/files\/2014\/02\/mam2014LargeSize.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/files\/2014\/02\/mam2014LargeSize-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 132px) 100vw, 132px\" \/><\/a>April 2014 is Mathematics Awareness Month. The organizing committee will be releasing a different activity related to the 30 smaller images on the poster to the left.\u00a0It is a great way to spread the joy of mathematics. What will you do to participate in math awareness month?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The theme of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MathAware?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MathAware<\/a>-ness Month 2014 is inspired by this classic book from mid-1956: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HfuNq2t0GD\">http:\/\/t.co\/HfuNq2t0GD<\/a> (predating MG&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sciam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sciam<\/a> days)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Math Awareness Month (@MathAware) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MathAware\/status\/425743216332136448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite images is the T-rex (row 5, column 5). I wondered to myself, what is this about? Upon a Google search, I found that it was an optical illusion. As you move, the dragon appears to be moving its head and watching you. Check out the video below to see it in action and see how it works. I cannot wait to see the activity they have planned for this one.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amazing T-Rex Illusion!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A4QcyW-qTUg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 2014 is Mathematics Awareness Month. The organizing committee will be releasing a different activity related to the 30 smaller images on the poster to the left.\u00a0It is a great way to spread the joy of mathematics. What will you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2014\/02\/14\/mathematics-awareness-month\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" data-url=https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2014\/02\/14\/mathematics-awareness-month\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,12,13,15,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement","category-general","category-math","category-math-games","category-mathematics-in-society","category-mathematics-online"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3gbww-6ni","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24508"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24514,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24508\/revisions\/24514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}