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New Math Revives Geometry’s Oldest Problems
...to understand,” said Sheldon Katz, a mathematician at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. As mathematics advanced, the objects that mathematicians wanted to count got more complicated. It became a field...
What Makes for ‘Good’ Mathematics?
...phenomenon that occurs. So it’s not just that mathematics, that [what] mathematicians find intellectually interesting end up being physically important. But even within mathematics, subjects that mathematicians find elegant also...
Corina Tarnita and the Deep Mathematics of Social Insects
...hear her on, on math, but she’s made this amazing transition from being an all-out high-power mathematician to now becoming an all-out high-power biologist. She goes to Africa, she’s mucking...
In Mathematics, ‘You Cannot Be Lied To’
...first. Born and raised in Paris, Serfaty first became intrigued by mathematics in high school. Ultimately she gravitated toward physics problems, constructing mathematical tools to forecast what should happen in...
Science Evolves. Will Science Education?
...New Math, Unlike the Old Math,” about new math and science standards working their way into America’s schools, and writing about Channa Comer, one of four extraordinary teachers profiled in...
After Prime Proof, an Unlikely Star Rises
...of a mathematician? Intuition. Your feelings in math. What is that? It’s difficult to tell other people. That’s your personal stuff. Some of the big awards in math, particularly the...
Mathematical Thinking Isn’t What You Think It Is
The mathematician David Bessis claims that everyone is capable of, and can benefit greatly from, mathematical thinking. David Bessis was drawn to mathematics for the same reason that many people...
To Live Your Best Life, Do Mathematics
...Mathematical Association of America (MAA), delivered an emotional farewell address at the Joint Mathematics Meetings of the MAA and the American Mathematical Society in which he challenged the mathematical community...
The ‘Accidental Activist’ Who Changed the Face of Mathematics
...features of different mathematical theories derived from the same underlying assumptions. Blum received her doctorate at age 25 for developing a new way to apply this high-level perspective to mathematical...