Showing posts with label Mathematics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mathematics. Show all posts
16 November 2018
06 April 2015
I Don't Do STEM ~ MIT's Calandrelli @ TEDxOSU
MIT alumna and host of space exploration TV show Emily Calandrelli at TEDxOregonStateUniversity on STEM outlook!
15 January 2015
17 Equations ~ World Changing Mathematics!
Andy Kiersz at BusinessInsider spots The 17 Equations That Changed The Course Of History by science author Ian Stewart and math tutor Larry Phillips... 
12 September 2014
Math In Your Feet ~ Learning #'s by Dancing!
Thanks to MIT friend Birago Jones for spotting Math in your Feet...
"An integration of two separate but highly complementary paths of inquiry. Percussive dance is a sophisticated, precise, and physical expression of time and space using foot-based dance patterns. Mathematics has been called the ‘science of patterns’ initially developed to understand, describe, and manipulate the physical world. Math in Your Feet leads students through the problem solving process of creating their own dance patterns. Along the way, they increase their understanding of mathematical topics."
28 October 2012
Hexaflexamexagon ~ Vi Hart's Food Mathemagic!
Building upon her previous Hexaflexagon demo, we now can taste the goodness with Vi Hart sharing Hexaflexamexagon tortilla treats;-) Thanks to MissC for spotting this food mathemagic!
03 October 2012
17 September 2012
11 August 2012
16 February 2012
Inventing on Principle ~ Bret Victor on Creativity!
Thanks to MIT's one-and-only Star Simpson for spotting this delighter!
29 December 2011
08 August 2011
27 July 2011
Urban Maths ~ Geoffrey West on Cities at TED
Physicist Geoffrey West at TED describes how complex systems such as cities are governed by simple laws... 
"We desperately need a scientific theory of cities. This means quantifiable, relying on underlying generic principles, which can be put into a predictive framework. That is the quest."
23 March 2011
04 January 2011
Nature by Numbers ~ Vila on Math & Geometry...
Paul @ GeekPress spotlights Nature by Numbers by Cristóbal Vila!
28 November 2010
Doodling in Math ~ Snakes, Graphs, and Humor
Richard Barbalace writes "I ♥ math" pointing at Vi Hart's doodles...
16 October 2010
R.I.P. Benoît Mandelbrot ~ Fractal Mathematics...
Alas, Benoît Mandelbrot, creator of fractal mathematics has passed away at age 85. Writes Jascha Hoffman in the NYTimes... 
And here's a wonderful Zoom!
"In a seminal book, “The Fractal Geometry of Nature,” published in 1982, Dr. MandelbrotThere are endless fractal images, but the Mandelbrot Set remains among the most epic. Here's just one select sampling...defended mathematical objects that he said others had dismissed as “monstrous” and “pathological.” Using fractal geometry, he argued, the complex outlines of clouds and coastlines, once considered unmeasurable, could now “be approached in rigorous and vigorous quantitative fashion.” For most of his career, Dr. Mandelbrot had a reputation as an outsider to the mathematical establishment. [...] Dr. Mandelbrot traced his work on fractals to a question he first encountered as a young researcher: how long is the coast of Britain? The answer, he was surprised to discover, depends on how closely one looks. On a map an island may appear smooth, but zooming in will reveal jagged edges that add up to a longer coast. Zooming in further will reveal even more coastline. “Here is a question, a staple of grade-school geometry that, if you think about it, is impossible,” Dr. Mandelbrot told The New York Times earlier this year in an interview. “The length of the coastline, in a sense, is infinite.”
And here's a wonderful Zoom!
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