Written by: Roxanna Bain
The Chairman of MENSA has chosen the television shows he feels have been the “smartest” over the years.
MENSA is a highly respected International organization for “people from
every walk of life whose IQ is in the top 2 percent population.” Jim
Werdell, Chairman of MENSA International, when asked by Fancast.com
to choose the smartest shows, ... more »
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Monday, February 25
MENSA Names Top Ten Smartest TV Shows of All Time
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Tuesday, February 5
Math 15: Fuzzies' Logic
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on Tue 05 Feb 2008 03:34 AM MST
By Stanford is a place of surprises — even not-so-delightful ones, like when you think you will never have to take another math class after high school, but then those techie “GERs” come along and inform you that unless they are fulfilled, you simply can’t graduate! For all of you out there for whom math isn’t second nature, ... more » Thursday, January 31
Mathematics for the President and Congress
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on Thu 31 Jan 2008 09:43 AM MST
In last month's column, American Mathematics in a Flat World, I examined the implications of globalization for mathematics - how it is used in business, commerce, and society. As promised then, this month I take a look at the implications for how we teach mathematics - what gets taught and how.
As you will gather if you read my ... more » Wednesday, January 2
American Mathematics in a Flat World
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on Wed 02 Jan 2008 01:20 PM MST
If you thought this column was going to be about E. A. Abbott's classic novella, then you probably haven't been keeping up with your "required" reading. The flat world I am talking about is the one Thomas Friedman wrote about in his bestselling clarion-call book The World is Flat.
Why do I say this is "required" of all mathematics ... more » Saturday, November 17
Geek chorus shines on small screen
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on Sat 17 Nov 2007 07:47 AM MST
Monday, October 15
Kinds of Math
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on Mon 15 Oct 2007 04:32 PM MST
Small children learn to understand and produce the language they hear spoken around them rapidly and with no conscious effort, but it takes a lengthy period of struggle to learn to read and write that same language. Yet the written language is merely a symbolic representation on paper (or some other medium) of the structure they hear and speak.
Do ... more » Thursday, October 4
NPR Science Friday - October 4, 2007
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on Thu 04 Oct 2007 10:21 AM MST
Want to catch a criminal? Join Ira Flatow on this hour of Science Friday for an hour of crime fighting. First--the numbers behind the television show "Numb3rs." We'll talk with two mathematicians about how the police use math to fight crime. Then a talk with "Body Farm" founder and forensic anthropologist Bill Bass on what bones can tell police about ... more »
In Celebration of MATHCOUNTS® 25th Anniversary the Foundation Offers Free Tools to Create New Math Clubs for All U.S. Middle Schools
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on Thu 04 Oct 2007 10:08 AM MST
ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Have you noticed brainy is in? Everywhere you look - television, the internet, books, and all forms of media, the message is clear - Math is Cool! Heroes of television shows like “Numb3rs” and the new “The Big Bang Theory” would have once been considered geeks, but are now our newest idols. Role models ... more » Monday, September 17
Mathematical Proof of God Black T-Shirt
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on Mon 17 Sep 2007 11:36 AM MST
From the Designer
NUMB3RS
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on Mon 17 Sep 2007 09:22 AM MST
We have been consultants for the hit television crime drama Numb3rs on CBS. For instance, on January 20, 2005 and shortly thereafter, we suggested that Numb3rs work with the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics to create homework assignments related to the mathematical and scientific topics discussed in each episode. Such a program was created in late September 2005.... more » |
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