Archive for the 'Mathematics' Category

What does a mathematician have for Thanksgiving dinner?

Thursday, November 22nd, 2012

A Turduckenen-duckenen with mathed potatoes and green bean matherole topped with Borromean onion rings, of course. And π for dessert. At least if you’re Vi Hart, a self-described full-time recreational mathemusician. She’s the daughter of George W. Hart, freelance mathematical sculptor/designer and famous for his geometric sculptures.

And if traditional Thanksgiving food is not your thing, have a Hexaflexamexigon!

Some links via MetaFilter: Potatoes and Math.

For lazy math teachers

Sunday, September 23rd, 2012

Philipp Albert has written an online triangle calculator that will calculate the missing sides, angles, area etc. for a triangle with three known values. It will also draw the triangle.

Philipp Albert hat einen Dreieck-Rechner entwickelt und online gestellt. Aus drei gegebenen Größen werden die fehlenden Seiten und Winkel sowie Flächenninhalte und In- und Umkreisradien berechnet. Außerdem wird das Dreieck gezeichnet.

Science links

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Trailblazing – three and a half centuries of Royal Society publishing.

“Welcome to Trailblazing, an interactive timeline for everybody with an interest in science. Compiled by scientists, science communicators and historians – and co-ordinated by Professor Michael Thompson FRS – it celebrates three and a half centuries of scientific endeavour and has been launched to commemorate the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary in 2010.
Trailblazing is a user-friendly, ‘explore-at-your-own-pace’, virtual journey through science. It showcases sixty fascinating and inspiring articles selected from an archive of more than 60,000 published by the Royal Society between 1665 and 2010.”

Link via MetaFilter: Selected Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

More science links in this MetaFilter thread: Math education – how should math be taught?