# Archive for August, 2011

## Math e-Books for $0 Here's a collection of free, mostly good quality math text books in PDF format. ## Friday math movie: Trial, error and the God complex How can we cope with the 10 billion-odd bits of data that assault us every day? Tim Harford shows how we learn by trial and error. ## IntMath Newsletter: Math for plumbing, MS Math 4, SGD In this Newsletter: 1. Learn math for plumbing? 2. Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 - now for$0
3. Singapore dollar - backed by gold
4. Friday math movies
5. Poll results
6. Puzzles
7. Final thought: Shaping our lives

## Friday math movie: Wireless data from every light bulb

Here's a great idea - get your wireless data more efficiently and safely.

## Microsoft Mathematics 4.0 - now for \$0

MS Math 4.0 is a complimentary offering from Microsoft - and it's not bad.

## Learn math for plumbing?

Who says you don't need math? Here are several math concepts needed for welding, plumbing and piping.

## Friday math movie: How algorithms shape our world

Done a Google search today? You've used an algorithm that is helping to change the world.

## Singapore dollar - backed by gold

Once debt starts to spiral out of control, there's not much you can do. Here's one country that is in a healthy position.

## The signs used in arithmetic

Where do our math symbols come from? Here's a short background on the common ones.

## Friday math movie: The Rice Show

Using the scale of one grain of rice to one person, The Rice Show represents population statistics in a way you've never seen before.

## Full archive

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