{"id":24652,"date":"2014-04-04T10:27:10","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T15:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/?p=24652"},"modified":"2014-06-17T16:20:28","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T21:20:28","slug":"mathematics-awareness-month-mam-april-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2014\/04\/04\/mathematics-awareness-month-mam-april-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Mathematics Awareness Month (MAM) &#8211; April 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24656\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/files\/2014\/04\/oNthumb04.png\" alt=\"oNthumb04\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>Are you participating in Mathematics Awareness Month (MAM) this year? Today&#8217;s topic pertains to mental math. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.math.hmc.edu\/~benjamin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arthur Benjamin<\/a> truly is impressive at his Ted Talk. Watch it below or visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/on.ted.com\/smcF\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/on.ted.com\/smcF<\/a>. Dr. Benjamin&#8217;s website says<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dr. Arthur Benjamin is both a professor of mathematics and a magician. He has combined his two loves to create a dynamic presentation called &#8220;Mathemagics,&#8221; suitable for all audiences, where he demonstrates and explains his secrets for performing rapid mental calculations faster than a calculator. He has presented his high energy talk for thousands of groups throughout the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>MAM has listed some challenges from Dr. Benjamin. Check them out at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathaware.org\/mam\/2014\/calendar\/mentalmath.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mathaware.org\/mam\/2014\/calendar\/mentalmath.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How would you stand in a mental math competition against Dr. Benjamin?<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arthur Benjamin: A performance of &quot;Mathemagic&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/arthur_benjamin_a_performance_of_mathemagic\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"479\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you participating in Mathematics Awareness Month (MAM) this year? Today&#8217;s topic pertains to mental math. Arthur Benjamin truly is impressive at his Ted Talk. 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