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The (Math) Problem With Pentagons

By Patrick Honner
December 11, 2017
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Triangles fit effortlessly together, as do squares. When it comes to pentagons, what gives?

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The Math Behind Gerrymandering and Wasted Votes

By Patrick Honner
October 12, 2017
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Simple math can help scheming politicians manipulate district maps and cruise to victory. But it can also help identify and fix the problem.

Rebecca Goldin
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Why Math Is the Best Way to Make Sense of the World

By Ariel Bleicher
September 11, 2017
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To tell truth from fiction, start with quantitative thinking, argues the mathematician Rebecca Goldin.

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Symmetry, Algebra and the Monster

By Patrick Honner
August 17, 2017
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To begin to understand what mathematicians and physicists see in the abstract structures of symmetries, let’s start with a familiar shape.

Pencils Down: Experiments in Education

Do You Love or Hate Math and Science?

By Thomas Lin
October 20, 2016
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Quanta Magazine invites readers to share about their early math and science learning experiences and to explore the interactive survey results.

Pencils Down: Experiments in Education

A Wormhole Between Physics and Education

By Thomas Lin
October 18, 2016
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The theoretical particle physicist Helen Quinn has blazed a singular path from the early days of the Standard Model to the latest overhaul of science education in the United States.

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Science Evolves. Will Science Education?

By Thomas Lin
October 12, 2016
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Science is a constantly changing, self-correcting process. Why do we teach it as a collection of old, settled facts?

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The Art of Teaching Math and Science

By Thomas Lin +3 authors
Siobhan Roberts
Natalie Wolchover
Emily Singer
October 11, 2016
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The impasse in math and science instruction runs deeper than test scores or the latest educational theory. What can we learn from the best teachers on the front lines?

Pencils Down: Experiments in Education

Meet the New Math, Unlike the Old Math

By Kevin Hartnett
October 5, 2016
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The latest effort to overhaul math and science education offers a fundamental rethinking of the basic structure of knowledge. But will it be given time to work?


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