Proud of Autism’s Mathematical Gifts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR36jrx_L44 Jake Barnett will graduate this year with a Master’s degree from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, …
Category Archives: Mathematical Literacy
STEM toys and Maker Workshops for Christmas
This Christmas toys that promote skills in science, technology, math, and engineering (a category in the toy industry known as …
What Students Know and Can Do in Mathematics, Reading and Science
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a triennial international survey which aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by …
The Beauty of Math
http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/29/5041636/watch-this-beauty-of-mathematics
Large Subways grow in similar ways
Bob Yirka reports on an article by British and French researches in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, that all of the …
Why do rumours spread so fast on Twitter?
Benjamin Doerr, Mahmoud Fouz and Tobias Friedrich explain using a mathematical model why Rumours Spread Fast in Social Networks. An interesting question …
Create an infographic
Mathematical things to do on a rainy day Infographics are hot stuff these days. It is possible to tell a …
Amalie Noether: Helped shape modern physics
New York Times article on Amalie Noether. This amazing woman, little known in her own time and even now, published Noether’s theorem …
The Story of Maths
You can still find this wonderful hour-long BBC documentary about the history of mathematics up on You Tube. This is …
What part of the population does the most gambling?
Acccording to Stats Canada (2010) people earning less than 20,000 per year (the poorest people in our society) spend the most …
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