Archive for March, 2007

Why are Singaporean teachers visiting the US on a study tour, when Singapore's education standards are already so high?

Hokusai included some intriguing geometry in his painting, The Wave.

Monoface is a cool example of combinatorial analysis.

Google Trends shows a peak in the references to pi in March each year, coinciding with Pi Day.

Boxing should be banned. It has no place in the modern world. Actually, did it ever have a place?

In this newsletter:
1. This month’s math tips
2. Pi Day
3. What’s new
4. From the math blog

A taxi driver uses a trick to make it look like his safety belt is on, when it isn't.

Lenna's photo has been used since the 1970's as a test image for compression techniques. And there is a spicey background to Lenna...

Tomorrow we celebrate Pi Day and Einstein's birthday.

Universal Leonardo is a virtual museum of da Vinci's contribution.