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Monday, December 18

Dodecahedral Tilings

by administrator on Mon 18 Dec 2006 12:41 PM MST

Ed Pegg Jr., December 18, 2006

A recent column by Ivars Petersen, Quark Park, showed various pictures of a 4-dimensional sculpture by Marc Pelletier. This sculpture, a 120-cell, was dedicated to mathematician John Conway. Below is a photo from the event. The 120-cell is to the dodecahedron as a tesseract (MathWorld, Wikipedia, Cut the Knot, ... more »

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Thursday, December 14

'Numb3rs' lands Buzz

by administrator on Thu 14 Dec 2006 10:26 AM MST

Man on the moon stars in a cameo role on hit show

BY KATE O'HARE
Zap2it.com

December 15, 2006
Fans of the math-based CBS crime drama "Numb3rs" are very familiar with the outdoor bridge near the show's fictional version of FBI headquarters in Los Angeles, where the FBI agents do many of their expository walk-and-talks.

On this November day of ... more »

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Tuesday, December 12

Family values, math honored

by administrator on Tue 12 Dec 2006 10:13 PM MST

By KEVIN McDONOUGH, United Features Syndicate
First published: Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Stephen Collins and Haylie Duff host the "Eighth Annual Family Television Awards" (9 p.m., WCWB Ch. 45). The Family Friendly Programming Forum, an organization of major advertisers, bestows the honors.This is not a night of suspense. The 2006 honorees have been decided, and they are "Numb3rs" (best ... more »

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Saturday, December 9

Holiday TV isn't just stale leftovers

by administrator on Sat 09 Dec 2006 04:59 PM MST

Sat, Dec. 09, 2006

CHUCK BARNEY: AS SEEN ON TV

It's that time of the year -- as the holidays approach -- when many die-hard TV watchers tend to get a bit cranky.

They turn on the tube only to discover that their favorite show is in rerun mode, or not there at all. The gnashing of teeth can be ... more »

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Friday, December 8

his Week On NUMB3RS - "Traffic"

by administrator on Fri 08 Dec 2006 05:52 PM MST

Friday, December 8, 10PM ET/PT on CBS

Don and his team must determine if a shooting on the freeway was a random act of violence or the work of a serial killer preying on the citizens of Los Angeles. (Originally broadcast 10/13/06)

This Week's New Classroom Activities

Activity: What is Random?

In this activity, the idea of "randomness" will be ... more »

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Friday, December 1

Pop CSI: How Science Conquered TV

by administrator on Fri 01 Dec 2006 09:25 PM MST

On today's hottest shows, the stars wear lab coats instead of bathing suits. We look behind the scenes at Numb3rs to see how it gets the science right—and why it sometimes needs to get it wrongBy Speed Weed December 2006
For more photos from the set of Numb3rs, click 'View Photos' at left
Andy Black doesn’t set an ... more »

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This Week On NUMB3RS - "Provenance"

by administrator on Fri 01 Dec 2006 06:46 PM MST

Friday, December 1, 10PM ET/PT on CBS

When a painting worth millions of dollars is stolen from a museum just before it is to go on tour, Don and his team must track down the thief, believing it is part of an insurance scam. (Originally broadcast 10/06/06)

This Week's New Classroom Activities
Due to the holiday break, the new activity ... more »

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