On the making of a nerd girl
Today I want to discuss the process by which girls become math and cs nerds.
(the comments is where most of the "fun" is at)
http://mathbabe.org/2012/04/08/on-the-making-of-a-girl-nerd/
(the comments is where most of the "fun" is at)
http://mathbabe.org/2012/04/08/on-the-making-of-a-girl-nerd/
Newly calculated: maths anxiety triggers pain in the brai
So we have a problem for you. Take a moment to steady yourself, maybe sharpen your pencil. Don’t unpack your calculator, and leave your phone to one side. This one will be purely mental – a spot of addition, long division and some basic trigonometry.
Are you sweating yet? Feeling anxious? And if so, does that anxiety feel like physical pain?
http://theconversation.edu.au/newly-calculated-maths-anxiety-triggers-pain-in-the-brain-10453
Are you sweating yet? Feeling anxious? And if so, does that anxiety feel like physical pain?
http://theconversation.edu.au/newly-calculated-maths-anxiety-triggers-pain-in-the-brain-10453
Amusements in Mathematics
PREFACE
In issuing this volume of my Mathematical Puzzles, of which some have appeared in periodicals and others are given here for the first time, I must acknowledge the encouragement that I have received from many unknown correspondents, at home and abroad, who have expressed a desire to have the problems in a collected form, with some of the solutions given at greater length than is possible in magazines and newspapers. Though I have included a few old puzzles that have interested the world for generations, where I felt that there was something new to be said about them, the problems are in the main original. It is true that some of these have become widely known through the press, and it is possible that the reader may be glad to know their source.
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/Amusements_in_Mathematics_by_Henry_Ernest_Dudeney
In issuing this volume of my Mathematical Puzzles, of which some have appeared in periodicals and others are given here for the first time, I must acknowledge the encouragement that I have received from many unknown correspondents, at home and abroad, who have expressed a desire to have the problems in a collected form, with some of the solutions given at greater length than is possible in magazines and newspapers. Though I have included a few old puzzles that have interested the world for generations, where I felt that there was something new to be said about them, the problems are in the main original. It is true that some of these have become widely known through the press, and it is possible that the reader may be glad to know their source.
http://www.booksshouldbefree.com/book/Amusements_in_Mathematics_by_Henry_Ernest_Dudeney
The Unreasonable Beauty of Mathematics [Slide Show]
Why Math Works [Preview]
Is math invented or discovered? A leading astrophysicist suggests that the answer to the millennia-old question is both
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-math-works
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-math-works
Florence Nightingale: The passionate statistician
She pioneered the use of applied statistics to develop policy and developed novel ways of displaying them.
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/38937/title/Math_Trek__Florence_Nightingale_The_passionate_statistician
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/38937/title/Math_Trek__Florence_Nightingale_The_passionate_statistician
Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's journey through symmetry
Symmetry is all around us. Our eyes and minds are drawn to symmetrical objects, from the sphere to the swastika, from the pyramid to the pentagon. Of fundamental significance to the way we interpret the world around us, this unique, all-pervasive phenomenon indicates a dynamic relationship between objects. In chemistry and physics the concept of symmetry explains the structure of crystals or the theory of fundamental particles; in evolutionary biology, the natural world exploits symmetry in the fight for survival; and symmetry - and the breaking of it - are central to ideas in art, architecture, and music.
Read the rest of the article:
http://royalsociety.org/Event.aspx?id=1925&gclid=CMWJzdaflKsCFcG8KgodPTG8uw
Read the rest of the article:
http://royalsociety.org/Event.aspx?id=1925&gclid=CMWJzdaflKsCFcG8KgodPTG8uw