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Category Archives: public awareness of mathematics
The mathematics of democracy
With only a few days left until the U.S. presidential elections, I thought it would be appropriate to write about some of the mathematical and teaching opportunities an event like this provides. Especially because this has such a high profile … Continue reading
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Rapunzel: The new math heroine?
Yesterday, the Women in Film Foundation announced the recipients of the 2012 Film Finishing grant. There were two narrative films and seven documentaries awarded the grant, but the film that caught my attention is an animated short called “The Etymology … Continue reading
A mathematician reads the newspaper
For this edition of the blog, I just wanted to share some of the news stories and blogs that have caught my attention in the past few months, making this more of a meta-blog post. I borrowed the title of … Continue reading