Archive for May, 2012

This is the story how an Archimedes manuscript was recovered from a document that was erased, cut up, written on and painted over.

In this Newsletter:

1. Modeling fish stocks
2. National Geographic - memory game and brain interactive
3. Scope of the IntMath Newsletter
4. Math puzzles
5. Friday math movies
6. Final thought - Try!

How can we use math to save collapsing fish stocks? Mathematical modeling is the key.

Does religion have an impact on human fertility? Hans Rosling, in his typical enthusiastic way, gives us some answers to the question of how religion affects baby production.

In this Newsletter:

1. Your math secret
2. TED-ED - Flip your lesson
3. Image conversion project - thank you!
4. Twitter update
5. Math puzzle
6. Friday math movie - The $8 billion iPod
7. Final thought - Apply yourself

Rob Reid gets us to think about how silly the music and movie industries have been regarding copyright. He explains Copyright Math.

Do you have a secret about math? Share yours here.