While King's influence on the civil rights movement was overall a Good Thing, I found the King Papers Project interesting, considering he was quite a plagiariser. Stanford's own King Encyclopedia gives some background but there is no mention of plagiarism. Wikipedia has more on King's authorship issues. Was his plagiarism sloppy academic writing or dishonesty? […]
A recent article (no longer available) by Sean Mitchell, New York Times News Service, gives insight into the success of the TV show Numb3rs. It also describes the mathematically passionate lead character Eppes, played by David Krumholtz. I liked this bit: "I'm no mathematician," Krumholtz said. "I think it's more important that I learn who […]
There's rarely much joy in mathematics for those who are artistically-minded, and this study tries to bridge the gap.
This article goes into the analysis of proportions of people alive today.
Reasoning Mind was developed by a Russian mathematician because "he had a dismal opinion of American education, from kindergarten through high school." (TMC.net) His method is Web-based and uses artificial intelligence to move the student through the learning. Some things that caught my eye: "Learning how to think and reason". Great - too much of […]
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