| 单词 | mathematics |
| 例句 | In this sense, mathematics is just the opposite of constraining; it is empowering, and at the service of anyone who cares to use it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Although training to become a priest, the courses Kepler was required to attend in his first two years at Tübingen included mathematics, physics and astronomy, in all of which he was an outstanding pupil. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I think the reason was that mathematics leaves no room for argument. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But the word on another bulletin also caught her eye: mathematics. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But pure mathematics had a higher status, with the result that there was a constant hankering after the language and argumentative style of pure mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Greeks were different; they embraced the abstract and the philosophical, and brought mathematics to its highest point in ancient times. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Egyptian mathematics was famed throughout the Mediterranean, and it is likely that the early Greek mathematicians, masters of geometry like Thales and Pythagoras, studied in Egypt. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Alternatively, mathematics is sometimes endowed with a coercive character which is somehow capable of determining our future. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The portrait of Pacioli illustrates the way in which, once perspective had been discovered, mathematics and art went hand in hand. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He also teaches mathematics up to geometry, which he says he never learned because that year was locusts and he was needed on the farm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Perhaps she is not convinced that your skills are sufficiently developed to begin seventh-grade mathematics.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Dr. Calvin masked impatience, “It doesn’t make much sense, I admit, in lay language; but there is no conceivable use in presenting the mathematics of this. I assure you, it is as I say.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z He was summoned to Graz, in Austria, to teach secondary school mathematics, and began a little later to prepare astronomical and meteorological almanacs and to cast horoscopes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, but it did unsettle the matrons of Bethlehem to see the poor thing boosted into a class ahead of their own children, there to become dazzling slick-quick at mathematics. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If mathematics education communicated this playful aspect of the subject, formally at the elementary, secondary, or college level or informally via popular books, I don’t think innumeracy would be as widespread as it is. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Without Euclid, boys, mathematics would be a poor doddering thing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Huygens worked on the mathematics of the pendulum and the design of watches, but he also discovered the rings of Saturn. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Through it all, he continued to read deeply in philosophy, mathematics, and physics as he worked on a sprawling treatise he calls the “CTMU”—the “Cognitive Theoretic Model of the Universe.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I told Archie what I had thought in prison about him; that his brain, which could tape-record hundreds of number combinations a day, should have been put at the service of mathematics or science. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Egyptian civilization’s lack of zero was bad for the calendar and bad for the future of Western mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The conversation ebbed, changed to the mathematics teacher who did not know how to solve simultaneous equations. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His lessons consisted of an endless series of distractions all invented by him so that the subject of mathematics would never have to be discussed. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They won that patronage because they offered new applications of mathematics to the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Did she suggest mathematics club or science club?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Its roots stretch back to the dawn of mathematics, in the time thousands of years before the first civilization, long before humans could read and write. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z An Indian text written the same year that Rome fell—476 AD—shows the influence of Greek, Egyptian, and Babylonian mathematics, brought by Alexander as he penetrated Indian lands. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Philosophy tells us that the universe consists of concentric spheres; the actual patterns made by the planets as they move through the heavens is a subject for astronomy, which is a sub-branch of mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Later, when he was older, he would say that he found mathematics easy because of her summer of torturing him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But then she noticed that in all the things she learned at the Tower—about astronomy and botany and mechanics and mathematics and vulcanology—not once was the Witch mentioned. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Division by zero is forbidden by the logic of mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Every four years, an international group of educators administers a comprehensive mathematics and science test to elementary and junior high students around the world. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Yet another misperception people have of mathematics is that it is limiting, and somehow opposed to human freedom. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In turn, some of the blame for that lies, I think, with schools of education in colleges and universities which place little or no emphasis on mathematics in their teacher-training courses. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then why do you teach mathematics, sir?’ somebody asked him. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z For mathematics, we learned addition, multiplication, and long division. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was while he was at the Military School at Breda that Descartes met the mathematician Isaac Beeckman, of Dordrecht, who introduced him to higher aspects of mathematics and became a long-term friend. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He started doing mathematics and the pain eased. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In a millennium or less, a comparatively short time, they invented their own writing, astronomy, and mathematics, including the zero. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But the axiom of Archimedes rejected zero, which is the bridge between the realms of the finite and the infinite, a bridge that is absolutely necessary for calculus and higher mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Calculus, at its core, defied the logic of mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A simple bit of mathematics, like subtraction, where one taken away from the top line becomes one added on to the bottom. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as the astrolabe embodies the medieval application of mathematics to the heavens, the sector embodies the new technical skills of the mathematician applying himself to the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Medical students were advised to stay away from mathematics and physics and chemistry, and take mostly biology,” John recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Euwe, a doctor of philosophy in mathematics who had taught at the Amsterdam Lyceum, was a former World Champion, having defeated his predecessor in 1935 with a studied and logical approach to the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There just wasn’t sufficient reason to invent, for example, the telescope when you had an astronomical theory which, with extraordinary mathematics, could fit the appearances. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z In this very weak sense, of course, mathematics is constraining, as is all reality, but it has no independent power to coerce. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A more helpful measurement perhaps is that it was four times the salary of the Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge: so let’s say £400,000. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Everything rested upon the brain busters’ mastery of the laws of physics and mathematics. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I’m sorry to say that the subject I most disliked was mathematics. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the typical way of doing mathematics in antiquity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z For the young Napoleon, who was exceptionally good at mathematics, the problems which had defeated the great Torricelli were by the 1780s mere school exercises—the school, of course, being the École Militaire. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z With the introduction of...the infinitely small and infinitely large, mathematics, usually so strictly ethical, fell from grace.... Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Even when companies recruit for jobs that have nothing to do with mathematics, they often encourage math majors to apply, since they know that analytical skills will serve anyone well, whatever the job. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z For all his success, Rutherford was not an especially brilliant man and was actually pretty terrible at mathematics. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As a student, frustrated by the limitations of conventional mathematics, he invented an entirely new form, the calculus, but then told no one about it for twenty-seven years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In addition to some understanding of algebra, geometry, and analytic geometry, high school students should be exposed to some of the most important ideas of so-called finite mathematics. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There the young man—better known as Fibonacci—learned mathematics from the Muslims and soon became a good mathematician in his own right. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Whoever had carved the stela had some knowledge of writing and mathematics. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z One other prejudice people have about mathematics is that its study somehow diminishes one’s feeling for nature and the “big” questions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In mathematics Pascal helped invent a whole new branch of the field: probability theory. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The mathematics to model a trait controlled by five or seven genes, Fisher discovered, was not all that complex. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z His pronounced cranium indicates his future deftness with mathematics and mechanical things. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As well, ingenuity, a feeling for incongruity, and a sense of economical expression are crucial to both mathematics and humor. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime, there was a whole world for Luna to learn—science, mathematics, poetry, philosophy, art. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Zeno’s curse hung over mathematics for two millennia. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “A simple matter of mathematics, Johnny. If the current against you is flowing at—say—ten knots an hour, you have to be making at least eleven knots to move against it.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was finally unmistakable: infinity and zero are inseparable and are essential to mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The papers were covered in swift, spidery handwriting, in black ink, which was hard to read; it seemed to be a sort of long argument about mathematics, all in French. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Another of the Galileo legends introduced by Viviani refers to Galileo’s time as professor of mathematics in Pisa, but is, once again, almost certainly not true. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the old Jansenist antiscience creed that was building up in him, but for whatever the reason, Pascal’s newfound devotion led him to abandon mathematics and science altogether. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z What they had in common was not religion but mathematics and, of course, a need for freedom of expression. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But dividing by zero destroys the entire framework of mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They walked past the mathematics building, where Mr. Sen taught his classes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The Egyptians, who had invented geometry, thought little about mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They can be demonstrated by simple mathematics, mainly first-year algebra and therefore understandable to any educated person. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a reference to a piece of mathematics known as the inverse square law, which Halley was convinced lay at the heart of the explanation, though he wasn’t sure exactly how. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In their settlements of the Tigris and Euphrates valley, they also invented the city-state, formal religion, writing, mathematics, law, and, to a large extent, architecture. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z All her children made up their minds to major in science or mathematics. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A Polish monk and a physician, Copernicus learned mathematics so he could cast astrological tables, the better to cure his patients with. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z There is a puzzle here, because the standard alternative to voluntarism is rationalism, and a rationalist would hold that the laws of nature, like the laws of mathematics, exist because they are necessary. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z You master mathematics if you are willing to try. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z This and related results by logicians Alonzo Church, Alan Turing, and others have deepened our understanding of mathematics and its limitations. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The roots of Indian mathematics are hidden by time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Even when mathematics is at its purest and coldest, its pursuit is often quite hot. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted someday to be a teacher of mathematics. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They had a variety of professional commitments, but they regarded themselves as first and foremost mathematicians, and many of them made major contributions to pure mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Half an hour later Mr. Crane called me to his desk and questioned me closely about my schooling, about how much mathematics I had had. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In mathematics and history he was the smartest boy at Vocational. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Applying old mathematics, in fact, is often more difficult than discovering new mathematics. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Educated Englishmen could read it; by using it, Bruno signalled that he was addressing himself to poets and courtiers, not to professors of mathematics or philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This connection between puzzles and mathematics persists through to graduate and research-level mathematics, and the same may be said of humor. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not when you’re sure of your longitude. Just a simple matter of mathematics. You...” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Waiting until Francis had free time to help me would save me from having to master the mathematics, but only at the penalty of my standing still if Francis was out of the room. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Our Christian charity has come back to us sevenfold,” he declared, taking liberty with mathematics, gleefully slapping the thighs of his khaki pants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I realized I was holding the book he had used to teach himself the mathematics he needed for his job. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Just a simple matter of mathematics, Mr. Bowditch! he told himself grimly. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Galileo’s father, Vincenzio, who had been born in Florence in 1520, was an accomplished professional musician who was keenly interested in mathematics and musical theory. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Apparently, this branch of the cult only traveled in groups of seven or twelve, as per musical mathematics—but they were willing to break the rule and add her to their number. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Simple combinatorial mathematics yielded twenty-seven unique combinations of these six gene variants. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z She was a crazy mathematics major from the Wharton School of Business who could not count to twenty-eight each month without getting into trouble. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In 1843, he attempted an honors exam in mathematics, but suffered a nervous breakdown and returned home to recuperate. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Later that year, he schemed a perfect way out: he applied for a job to teach mathematics, natural sciences, and elementary Greek at the Znaim High School. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z This is how mathematics was taught in the Renaissance and indeed for centuries afterwards. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I didn’t miss any of the questions in mathematics. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A discussion of informal logic is as common in elementary mathematics courses as is a discussion of Icelandic sagas. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, sure. All I need to do is get to love mathematics and rats. Are you coming over this Saturday?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Even students who have a reasonable math background are not always aware of the extent to which other subjects are becoming “mathematicized,” and they, too, take a minimum of mathematics in college. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The dairy man had a Ph.D. in mathematics, and he must have had some training in philosophy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to the mathematics of zero and infinity, Pascal concluded that one should assume that God exists. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Even without a zero, the Egyptians had quickly become masters of mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When she was an upperclassman, one of Dorothy’s professors at Wilberforce recommended her for graduate study in mathematics at Howard University, in what would be the inaugural class for a master’s degree in the subject. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Nowadays the great unsolved problems in mathematics are stated in terms of conjectures that mathematicians are unable to prove. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Using Avogadro’s mathematics, chemists were eventually able to work out, for instance, that a typical atom had a diameter of 0.00000008 centimeters, which is very little indeed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I sat on my bed and turned to the mathematics practice test. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Although styled professor of mathematics, his brief included what we would now call physics and was then called natural philosophy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z His work was so significant that his teacher at Cambridge, Isaac Barrow, resigned his chair of mathematics in favor of Newton five years after the young student returned to college. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Not everyone would agree that the truths of mathematics are necessary. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A proof, at least in mathematics and logic, is an absolute; you either prove something or you do not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We learned about astronomy, about electricity, biology and mathematics, about music and art. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z In formal logic and in mathematics, proof is something absolute. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “This isn’t a punishment, Michael. It’s an opportunity. If we can’t conduct ourselves with decorum during the film, we’ll jump ahead with mathematics, and what can be better than to leap ahead?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Pure mathematics does indeed deal with certainties, but its applications are only as good as the underlying empirical assumptions, simplifications, and estimations that go into them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The claim went back to Pythagoras and Plato, but Renaissance Platonists had been interested in number mysticism rather than real mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Determined to prove she was her brother’s equal, in addition to Greek, Elizabeth began to study Latin and mathematics with a class of older boys at the Johnstown Academy. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Maybe someday I’ll study mathematics at college and become a rocket scientist. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Between times, he copied everything on mathematics he could find in the Cyclopaedia. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Bacon provided labels for this distinction: ‘pure mathematics’ and ‘mixed mathematics’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Adding infinities and dividing by zeros might be a part of mathematics, but it is not the way of nature. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I should be dedicating my life to solving the unsolvable problems of mathematics, like the Riemann hypothesis or the Hodge conjecture. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks understood mathematics better than the Egyptians did; once they mastered the Egyptian art of geometry, Greek mathematicians quickly surpassed their teachers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The reasons, to be a little simplistic, are poor education, psychological blocks, and romantic misconceptions about the nature of mathematics. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was to become the most important tool in mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It would be little comfort to Cantor that his work was the foundation of a whole new branch of mathematics: set theory. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He is a psychologist by training, but he also studied mathematics at MIT, and the rigor and precision of mathematics clearly moves him as much as anything else. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Patrice and Martin have been commandeered by their father to teach French and mathematics respectively, even though this puts Martin in charge of children older than himself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than go away and come back later, Galileo sat in on the lecture and became fascinated by the subject—his first encounter with mathematics proper, rather than mere arithmetic. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z In those days, proving a mathematical theorem was often as simple as drawing an elegant picture; the tools of ancient Greek mathematics weren’t pencil and paper—they were a straightedge and compasses. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Yet dividing by zero destroys the fabric of mathematics and the framework of logic—and threatens to undermine the very basis of science. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As a result, in Greek mathematics there was no significant distinction between shapes and numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a professor of mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He would come at it with a bang, deploying his deep understanding of chemistry, mathematics, and crystallography—but more important, his instinctual grasp of model building. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z What tales of daring and adventure must earlier have been recounted as sailors and navigators, practical men of the world, gambled their lives on the mathematics of a scientist from Alexandria? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At Harvard, a fellow student marveled, “he intellectually looted the place,” drinking deeply of physics and chemistry, of course, but also mathematics, philosophy, and French literature. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A black hole is a zero in the equations of general relativity; the energy of the vacuum is a zero in the mathematics of quantum theory. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Sensible mathematics involves neglecting a quantity when it is small—not neglecting it because it is infinitely great and you do not want it! Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z "Of course you are. You must be aware of that. Look at your reading. Look at your mathematics." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She resigned from Langley and returned to her alma mater, Arkansas AM&N, for a masters degree in mathematics. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I went into the First Building, walked up the stairs where Finny had fallen, and joined my 11:10 class, which was in mathematics. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As mathematicians were uncovering the connection between zero and infinity, physicists began to encounter zeros in the natural world; zero crossed over from mathematics to physics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She wasn’t someone who had been particularly interested in mathematics in the past. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I told her, “I ain’t good at mathematics, ma’am, but I’m real good at rememberizing things. Plus I got me a pencil and some paper in my tote sack and I’m gonna write ’em down.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Worst of all, if you wantonly divide by zero, you can destroy the entire foundation of logic and mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I burrowed myself into caves of facts, and found delight in the logical resolutions of mathematics. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A strong streak of romanticism runs through mathematics, manifesting itself most clearly in the most fundamental areas of mathematics, number theory and logic. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Such activities established a new confidence in the power of mathematics to come to grips with nature, and this chapter follows this process through to Galileo. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Zero was a number that didn’t seem to make any geometric sense, so to include it, the Greeks would have had to revamp their entire way of doing mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And a colored man taught mathematics at the junior high school. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z On the one hand, we use the word to refer to proofs, deductions and demonstrations in mathematics, geometry and logic. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Fortunately, it doesn’t take a PhD in mathematics to solve this puzzle. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In his final years, the old man, a teacher of mathematics in our elementary schools, had kept assiduous track of Bibi’s illness in hopes of determining some logic to her condition. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I wondered, briefly, if Irwin would send his check to the hospital after that, and then I thought, "Of course he will, he's a mathematics professor—he won't want to leave any loose ends." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The rules of mathematics were built around counting sheep and surveying property, yet these very rules govern the way the universe works. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The trouble was that his mathematics never gelled tightly. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Isioma was asking why their son was not yet doing much of mathematics and English. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He had an early interest in mathematics, and though he spent some time in the army, becoming a cavalry captain, he soon turned back to his true love of math. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z For five days, girls in fourth grade through seventh grade from all over Brevard County learned all kinds of neat stuff about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z That lesson has served Asians well in many endeavors but rarely so perfectly as in the case of mathematics. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Astrology developed into a strange combination of observations, mathematics and careful record-keeping with fuzzy thinking and pious fraud. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The post Galileo set out to obtain was the chair of mathematics at the University of Padua. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Here was a community of scholars, exploring physics, literature, medicine, astronomy, geography, philosophy, mathematics, biology and engineering. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Women, in particular, may end up in lower- paying fields because they do everything in their power to avoid a chemistry or an economics course with mathematics or statistics prerequisites. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In Maulbronn, Kepler heard their reverberations, studying, besides theology, Greek and Latin, music and mathematics. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Moral certainty is thus quite different from the sort of absolute certainty one might have in mathematics or in logic. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I will also show how this physical account is to be brought under mathematics and geometry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Dad had little formal education in mathematics but it was impossible to doubt his aptitude: somehow I knew that if I put the equation before my father, he would be able to solve it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z This is an example of what in mathematics is called a geometric progression. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Olmec, Maya, and other Mesoamerican societies were world pioneers in mathematics and astronomy—but they did not use the wheel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Little in mathematics beyond the elementary level of calculus of variations, and nothing at all about Banach algebra or Riemannian manifolds. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He tried studying medicine, but then switched to mathematics at Cambridge. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Besides serving as president, he also taught Greek, Latin, mathematics, geology, English literature, history, grammar, and philosophy. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The question I ask is not ‘Were Regiomontanus and Hobbes right about mathematics?’ but ‘How did their understanding of mathematics help lay the groundwork for reliable scientific knowledge?’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You needed a whole branch of mathematics to tell you that people are unpredictable?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It is here that we have ideas and inspirations, here that we read and write, here that we do mathematics and compose music. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been a brilliant mathematics student, and very popular. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Tell me, you know mathematics? My son tells me you are very good in mathematics.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Martha, at eleven, became the fastest in the family at mental mathematics. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “You say it’s a ‘simple matter of mathematics’ and I’ll brain you!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Growing up in this environment, the young Christiaan Huygens became simultaneously adept in languages, drawing, law, science, engineering, mathematics and music. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though mathematicians knew that calculus was deeply flawed—thanks to the mathematics of zero and infinity—they quickly embraced the new mathematical tools. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But the same mathematics that makes direct pairwise conflict resolution inefficient in large societies makes direct pairwise economic transfers also inefficient. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Ricci realized that Galileo had an aptitude for the subject and supported him when he asked Vincenzio if he could switch his studies from medicine to mathematics. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Sigma is one of the letters of the Greek alphabet which is used frequently in mathematics to indicate the sum of various parts. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Fibonacci had learned his mathematics from the Muslims, so he knew about Arabic numerals, including zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This is the biggest failure in Greek mathematics, and it is the only thing that kept them from discovering calculus. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z But this divorce between mathematics and matter soon turned into a marriage. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “He told me he knew very little about mathematics.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Excluding certain textbook authors, only a handful of mathematics writers have a lay audience of more than a thousand. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Pacioli is teaching from Euclid, and a copy of one of his own books on mathematics is in the right foreground. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z After we finished taking attendance, Miss Watson talked for a while about what we’d be learning this year in mathematics and language arts, and we had our first lessons in those subjects. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He was born in 1824 in Belfast, the son of a professor of mathematics at the Royal Academical Institution who soon after transferred to Glasgow. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He was meant to teach us mathematics, but in truth he taught us nothing at all and that was the way he meant it to be. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “This organization is considering a plan to visit certain women’s colleges in this area and interview senior students majoring in mathematics,” the laboratory wrote. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In the intervals between all these other activities Mrs. Coulter would teach her the rudiments of geography and mathematics. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z This, to them, rivaled the precision and logic of mathematics. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, mathematics is often seen as a spiritless affair. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We will work with him in mathematics to increase his understanding of that subject. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Though not dominated by martinets like my teacher, early mathematics education is generally poor. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Though the mathematics eluded me, the crux of the matter was not difficult to follow. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I don’t mind a math test, but I’d rather listen to Mr. Stoker talk and explain mathematics in his simple 7th-grade way. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Zero’s absence would stunt the growth of mathematics, stifle innovation in science, and, incidentally, make a mess of the calendar. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Put a bunch of Renees in a classroom, and give them the space and time to explore mathematics for themselves, and you could go a long way. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The university’s professor of mathematics was Michael Maestlin, who dutifully taught his students in public the Ptolemaic system approved by the Reformed Church. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z And so she began to teach him mathematics—she called it “maths” and he called it “math” and so they agreed not to shorten the word. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I had nine classes: mathematics, accounts, biology, computer science, and physical science were easy. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z All the classes except for mathematics were completely uninteresting. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had learned mathematics largely without paper or pen and thus acquired the ability to visualize problems in his mind’s eye before writing equations on paper. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In 1637 he finally published the Discourse on Method and three essays on mathematics and natural science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A study indicates that whether or not a department has a mathematics or a statistics requirement is the most important single determinant of where a woman will attend graduate school to study political science. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "Some of you are gifted in mathematics," he says. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Mysticism vanished from the realm of mathematics and logic ruled once more. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z L’Hôpital was so enthralled by the new mathematics that he persuaded Bernoulli to send him all Bernoulli’s new mathematical discoveries for the marquis to use as he desired, in return for cash. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In this, 14 and 17, the vanishing point, incomprehensible in Aristotelian terms, is mysteriously obscured, showing how sensitive artists were to the clash between mathematics and philosophy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This “triplet code” hypothesis was also supported by elementary mathematics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Science is one of the uses we have for our mathematics, and our mathematics and our science mutually support each other. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “What kind of mathematics are you interested in?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Get ready for a course of intensive mathematics. Every day after school. You are going to master geometry and algebra if it is the last thing I do.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He had probably completed biology by now, she guessed, and would be studying higher mathematics, or astrophysics, or biochemistry, one of the subjects that was whispered about, when they were young, as incomprehensibly difficult. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It would take two important developments in mathematics before the true link was uncovered. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Many linguists refer to the two meanings as the “upper-bounded” and “lower-bounded” senses, labels borrowed from mathematics, and I could never keep them straight. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Consider the following example, which illustrates the way we use mathematics but are not bound by it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The rules of mathematics still work, since everything is finite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In the very beginning of mathematics, it seems that people could only distinguish between one and many. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z For all their knowledge of astronomy and architecture and mathematics, the Scholars crumbled beneath the Empire's invasion. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Where his predecessors had been doing mathematics or philosophy, Galileo was doing what we call science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And unless for some reason you had started a discussion with her about literature or mathematics, you would never have known the extent of her brain-power. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Three times a week for two years, I went to Dr. Neu's house to be tutored in mathematics and drafting. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z To satisfy them, Archimedes also included a proof, based upon the accepted mathematics of the time, that relied upon the so-called axiom of Archimedes, although Archimedes himself mentioned that earlier mathematicians deserved the credit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Certainly Pascal knew which way to wager, even though he gave up mathematics to win his bet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z When he retires from Bowdoin he has taught every subject in the curriculum except mathematics. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, underneath all the mathematics, Leibniz’s differentials still had the same forbidden 0/0 nature that plagued Newton’s fluxions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Poncelet’s mathematics was the culmination of the work begun by the artists and architects of the fifteenth century, like Filippo Brunelleschi and Leonardo da Vinci, who discovered how to draw realistically—in perspective. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The clashes over zero were the battles that shook the foundations of philosophy, of science, of mathematics, and of religion. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Martin Gardner, the mathematics writer, illustrates the distinction between general and specific occurrences by means of a spinner with the twenty-six letters of the alphabet on it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Zero became the language of nature and the most important tool in mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Well, they try to deduce all of mathematics from simple logical principles and show that mathematics is really based on logic. It’s pretty complicated stuff. But I enjoy it.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In it Newton not only put forward a theory of how bodies move in space and time, but he also developed the complicated mathematics needed to analyze those motions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He had graduated from Howard University in 1929 and took a seat in the school’s inaugural one-year master s degree program in mathematics—the same offer Dorothy had been unable to accept. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z There were several on the history of mathematics, a book called On the Plurality of Worlds, and another called The Roots of Coincidence. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Together we began learning English and mathematics from Teacher Sarah. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the move to teach calculus in some high schools seems to me wrongheaded if it leads to the exclusion of the above topics in finite mathematics. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z If these basic principles can be misinterpreted, it shouldn’t be surprising that more esoteric mathematics can be, too. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “We focus on civics and mathematics and English. The Director of Mobilization has sponsored our efforts.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As precision of measurement improved, records had to be kept, so astronomy encouraged observation and mathematics and the development of writing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a foundling who finally tamed the zeros and infinities in calculus and rid mathematics of its mysticism. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z For John excelled in school, though not, like Elisha, in mathematics or basketball, and it was said that he had a Great Future. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But the Renee tape is one of his favorites because of how beautifully it illustrates what he considers to be the secret to learning mathematics. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z And for years, despite his family’s poverty, the man I killed would have been determined to continue his education in mathematics. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The extra time gave Corcoran the chance to make mathematics meaningful: to let his students see the clear relationship between effort and reward. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Huygens’s early work was chiefly in the field of mathematics, where he made improvements in existing techniques and developed his own skills, without making any major new breakthroughs. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Understanding nature was as simple as understanding the mathematics of proportions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Armed with 2,400 years' worth of extra mathematics, it is not hard for us to go back and find Zeno’s Achilles’ heel. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Pater Aquillus is a jurist, and his library is filled with everything from obscure law books to ancient Scholar tomes on mathematics. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Nowhere does he acknowledge that there was such a thing as ‘natural science’; in the text he considers only natural philosophy and mathematics, not ‘physiology’, ‘physics’, etc. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I'm very bad at mathematics. What’s it all about? Mathematical logic, I mean.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Yet this substanceless number threatens to undermine the simplest operations in mathematics, like multiplication and division. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Rather than let myself get lost in that feeling, I cracked open my mathematics textbook, which was like a jolt of caffeine—seeing the numbers and problems dance before me was like greeting old friends. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A “grand canonical ensemble” is, oddly enough, the proper term for a quantitative model system in thermodynamics, borrowed from music by way of mathematics. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our last question of the evening,” Mr. Kingsley began, “is a mathematics problem.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Greene does not tut-tut over the fact that this reasoning depends on complex mathematics. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z After history, we had grammar and mathematics, but the most interesting thing that I learned all morning was that the boy across the room was named Donald Burch. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, those who study Mayan culture are astonished by their art, architecture, sculpture, and painting and their understandings of time and mathematics. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The concept of the irrational was hidden like a time bomb inside Greek mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She knocked off a master’s degree in mathematics from Atlanta University, and then taught school in Arkansas, Georgia, and Tennessee before coming to Langley in 1943, where she was hired as a P-l mathematician. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Though related to these abstract considerations, the mistaken belief in the mechanical nature of mathematics generally takes more prosaic forms. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Killing Archimedes was one of the biggest Roman contributions to mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z We sometimes think of being good at mathematics as an innate ability. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The only time I can remember him vaguely touching upon mathematics was when he whisked a square of tissue- paper out of his pocket and waved it around. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Pure mathematics deals in proofs and demonstrations; mixed in phenomena. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As has been said about many subjects, mathematics is too important to be left to the mathematicians. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But in mathematics the word ‘hypothesis’ also had a quite different technical meaning. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Are you still studying? What else do you want to know? Dr. Bentley says you already know more mathematics than any man in the country!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Figuring out the mathematics of a noun can be tricky. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Science is written in the language of mathematics, as Galileo realized. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z If he had done nothing else, laying all these foundations of analytical mathematics would have made Descartes a key figure in seventeenth-century science. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z After graduating with a degree in mathematics, Big Dub moved North, where he spent the next few years teaching at small colored schools in Virginia and Maryland. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He had stated the problem that, in mathematics, is called the theory of limits. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The harmony of the monochord was the harmony of mathematics—and the harmony of the universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “He just doesn’t understand about you and mathematics, dear. Two plus two is four. It comes out right, doesn’t it?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, this aspect of mathematics isn’t very well known even to the numerate, since it’s necessary to have some mathematical ideas first before you can play around with them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was before the beginning of history, so paleontologists have had to piece together the tale of the birth of mathematics from bits of stone and bone. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In anatomy the process began rather later than in mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In arithmetic and later in mathematics he topped our grades, and in Latin he not only was a better student but he didn’t cheat. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody worried about dividing by zero when conveniently ignoring the rules of mathematics explained everything from the fall of an apple to the orbits of the planets in the sky. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z So many foreign students come to do their graduate work here, and so few American students major in mathematics, that in many departments American graduate students are a minority. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Establishing these three calendars required advances in astronomy; synchronizing them required ventures into mathematics. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In those days calculus was very different from other realms of mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z What Hobbes had realized is that nothing is more certain than the truths of mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They learned mathematics and, according to some scholars, how to build windmills. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Given our concerns here, however, it’s sufficient to note that not even theoretically is mathematics mechanical or complete. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Hurriedly they went through their respective mathematics and discovered that Bill had used an elegant derivation compared to Francis’ more laborious approach. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z These irrational numbers were an unavoidable consequence of Greek mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “According to this record,” he said, still reading, “you did pass sixth-grade mathematics.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He said, ‘We don’t have to see it to know that, do we, Jensen? We just watch the compass and know. Simple matter of mathematics, isn’t it?’ Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There are no good collaborations, whether in music, in art, in poetry, in mathematics, in philosophy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I remember thinking of mathematics as a kind of omnipotent protector. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter laughed and said, “Possibly. But you know you’ll have to work very hard. You’ll have to learn mathematics, and navigation, and celestial geography.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Conveniently, just at this time the Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Christina, invited Galileo to instruct her teenage son Cosimo in the use of Galileo’s military compass and tutor him in mathematics generally. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Mathematics majors who continue their studies will find that graduate education in mathematics, in great contrast to that at lower levels, is the best in the world. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Engineering, science, finance, computer development, teaching, banking. These all require mathematics.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The solution is for a variety of people to write about mathematics. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Future generations would take the advances for granted, but in the early days the mechanical birds yielded their secrets slowly, pressed by disciplined experimentation, rigorous mathematics, insight, and luck. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It will get 84 percent of them up to or above their grade level in mathematics. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z English, as the most common language in the country, was used in teaching mathematics, history, geography, physics, biology, religious instruction, woodworking and domestic science. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They believed that in their mathematics they had glimpsed a perfect reality, a realm of the gods, of which our familiar world is but * Although there were a few welcome exceptions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Their thinking drew on the uncorrupted traditions of Soviet mathematics. Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z His genius in economics and mathematics, in addition to his struggle with schizophrenia, became the subject of his 1998 biography, which years later inspired the film A Beautiful Mind. 'A Beautiful Mind' Mathematician Killed in New Jersey Taxi Crash 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z Because they were supposed to be representing a fair, objective measure of the risk inherent in the securities based on historical data and complicated, sophisticated mathematics. The case against big data: “It’s like you’re being put into a cult, but you don’t actually believe in it” 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Josh had studied mathematics and economics at Yale, earned his law degree at Harvard, received a Harvard MBA and worked as a business analyst at McKinsey & Co. I’m in ‘Spotlight’, but it’s not really about me. It’s about the power of journalism. 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z “In the second and third movies Gore was married to an enormous amount of substories, a lot of mathematics to connect,” Mr. Depp said carefully in a telephone interview. Arts & Leisure: New Captain for a Series Becalmed 2011-05-11T16:45:46Z With a dash of dino-DNA, Jurassic Park makes basic paleontology, genetics and mathematics accessible to the lay reader. Dan Brown still can't write, but he deserves some respect 2013-05-16T11:45:00Z To produce this work, Auerbach relied on a familiarity of mathematics, access to specific equipment and machinery and a network of skilled technicians. In San Francisco, Art That Unspools the Mysteries of the Universe 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z "It's about the mathematics of fate," he explains. Losers in love 2011-02-05T00:03:33Z There’s noise in science, especially in sectors like theoretical mathematics that prefer to turn a blind eye to reality’s messiness. Possessed: There?s No Quiet Without Noise 2011-07-08T19:39:07Z Born in Montbrison, in the Loire, the charmed and charming son of a wealthy factory engineer, a mathematics student turned musician, he attended the Paris Conservatory, where Olivier Messiaen helped introduce him to serialism. 2010-01-08T21:25:00Z In mathematics, of course, Simon understood everything he was taught, and divined the rest. The genius who lives downstairs 2011-08-19T22:01:50Z He studied chemistry too, as a sop to his father, an investment banker — banking being another field that, later on, would become in thrall to mathematics. ‘The Man From the Future’ Recounts the Life of a Restless Genius 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z She would study hard and earn good marks, except maybe in mathematics, which she would never understand. South Africa’s growing pains: The “Born Free” generation inherits a country awash in contradictions 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z He is at his best, however, when spanking those same literature majors for their condescension toward higher mathematics. Review: ‘Seven Brief Lessons on Physics’ Is Long on Knowledge 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z You’ve said you loved physics and mathematics and wanted to become an engineer before turning to art. Malika Favre’s “Spring to Mind” 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z It's possible neither knew much about the other but they both instinctively grasped the mathematics of celebrity wherein one plus one can soon add up to multi-platinum. David Bowie's TV appearances: a history 2013-05-24T07:43:07Z On the other, William Petty's account was dominated by economic concerns, stressing the importance of mathematics and engineering – his own interests. The Arts of Industry in the Age of?Enlightenment by Celina Fox | Book review 2010-03-20T00:06:00Z The groom’s mother is a professor of mathematics at Clark University. Leah Robins, Daniel Sternberg 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Brilliant and intellectually omnivorous, he studied the classics and mathematics at Oxford while doing genetics experiments on the side. The Groundbreaking Scientist Who Risked All in Pursuit of His Beliefs 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Adult evening classes are thriving and the Mining and Technical College, which has 2,000 students, provides courses in mining, engineering, chemistry, physics, mathematics and general science. Wigan Pier 2011-02-20T00:04:14Z Having toppled the foundations of the physical world and mathematics, respectively, they found themselves in Princeton in the 1930s. Essays That Make Sense of the Infinite and the Infinitesimal 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z He tells me he studied applied mathematics at Yale. A Nutella quest: Imported vs. domestic Jeanne, who is pursuing a graduate degree in mathematics, is charged with finding the father she and Simon never knew. | 'Incendies': Scavenger Hunt for Family Secrets Across Time and Geography 2011-04-21T22:24:49Z The bride, 30, is an assistant professor of biostatistics in the mathematics department at Winston-Salem State University, in Winston-Salem, N.C. In Final Analysis, 2 Biostatisticians Are a Match 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Coetzee, a Nobel Prize winner from South Africa, studied mathematics and linguistics and was a computer programmer before he became a writer. J.M. Coetzee’s Jesus Sees the World as Don Quixote Does 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The groom’s mother is a high school mathematics instructor at the International School of Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam. Megan Armknecht, Samuel Dearden 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Admitted to West Point, Grant proved a middling student overall, though he excelled in drawing and mathematics. Review | Ulysses S. Grant, perennially misunderstood, gets a thorough re-examination 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z By invoking the complexities of this history – and seemingly leaning heavily on parallels to Mayan culture – the film celebrates a society that scholarship has long noted for its achievements in architecture, mathematics, astronomy and language. "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" continues the series’ quest to recover and celebrate lost cultures 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z She went on to author three books on mathematics with titles such as "Math Doesn't Suck" and "Kiss My Math." Actress-author Danica McKellar files for divorce 2012-06-07T00:21:08Z The groom, 33, is an assistant professor at the University of Southern California in the department of mathematics. Molly Fox, Stanislav Minsker 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Plenty of people get their poetry from science, from the physical universe, from the contemplation of mathematics, or of animals, or of solitude or of the stars. Mere fact, mere fiction 2010-04-16T23:10:00Z To my mind, the ideal reader is a high school student awakening to the myriad applications of mathematics in the natural and artistic worlds. ‘100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know About Math and the Arts’ 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z I’m primarily trained as a physicist, and I also did a degree in mathematics. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: ‘Why,’ About the Science of Curiosity 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z In this context, a movie like “Moneyball,” which focused on the higher mathematics of fielding a baseball team, is an exception rather than the rule. MOVIE REVIEW: Baseball film fans will cheer ‘Million Dollar Arm’ 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The two linked novels McCarthy delivered were heavy on esoteric mathematics, physics and intelligence theory. A Successful Editor Turns Debut Author, Surprising Nearly Everyone 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Such mathematics are of course essential to any ensemble performance, where interdependence is a given. ‘For Colored Girls’ Review: Ntozake Shange’s Women Endure 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Commenting on the first block of shorts, one attendee was beside himself with enthusiasm how one entry showed that “mathematics is the fundamental element of our experienced reality”. Philip K Dick film festival: still dreaming of electric sheep 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z It marks the end of that fascinating duality, and the beginning of a more singular purpose: “to focus on mathematics and quietly try to do good things to inspire young people with respect to math.” He quit the NFL for a career in math. It wasn’t just about the concussions. 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, from which he also received a master's degree in applied mathematics and physics. Vilsa Curto, Igor Salitskiy 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Beyond the logistics and mathematics, keeping your finances separate can make you feel more in control, because you are more in control. Kanye’s debt, Kim’s money, their marriage: Why separate bank accounts don’t tell us anything about a relationship’s health 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z "But the blues aren't a science, and the blues can't be broken down like mathematics. The blues are a mystery, and mysteries are never as simple as they look." B.B. King built a bridge to the blues for the world 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z In mathematics, two negatives multiplied together equals a positive; in “Dark Sacred Night,” however, the pairing of these two negatively charged detectives only intensifies the despair. Review | Two loner detectives find each other in Michael Connelly’s darkly brilliant new novel 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Disney executives talk about Lee’s “winning way with characters” and her “interest in mathematics and science, which are integral to the story” when I ask why they hired her. ‘You are not expecting this’: Oprah on A Wrinkle in Time 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Yet, she has always acknowledged that she is most indebted to her mathematics professor, the German émigré Max Dehn. Dorothea Rockburne’s Ephemeral Art and Enduring Legacy 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Fermat’s Last Theorem, as it became known, became the most persistent and baffling puzzle in the history of mathematics. Amir D. Aczel, author of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ and other best sellers, dies 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z David will teach natural history and mathematics; Samuel, classical languages; and the two men will share moral philosophy and history. Review | ‘The Illness Lesson’ alludes to ‘Little Women’ but will remind you of darker works 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Mrs. Hitchcock, a daughter of a prosperous Massachusetts farmer, was precocious enough as a teenager to teach botany, mathematics and astronomy at Deerfield Academy. Antiques: 1930s Children?s Art on Display in SoHo 2011-01-20T22:50:27Z As he intermittently points out, pure mathematics tends to be a young person’s pursuit. Math Defeated Him in School. In His 60s, He Went Back for More. 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Chua's father, a leading theorist of advanced mathematics, gave her a model for perfectionism. 'Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother': Raising kids the 'hyper-severe' Chinese way 2011-01-14T19:44:06Z The Vacationer’s updated holiday travel survey was conducted using SurveyMonkey’s interface and audience, and the data was then analyzed by Eric Jones, an assistant professor of mathematics at the Rowan College of South Jersey. Christmas 2021 travel: 112 million people will journey for holidays, survey says 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z I mean, how can you make time and mathematics an emotional experience? A dream job: Hans Zimmer and the music of 'Inception' 2010-07-20T05:02:00Z A hard worker and good student, Reggie had a master’s degree in mathematics by time he was 14. We know about Edison, Bell and the Wright Brothers, but Fessenden? 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z During World War II, Mr. Babbitt taught mathematics at Princeton and undertook secret research in Washington. Milton Babbitt, Composer, Dies at 94 2011-01-30T03:00:14Z The time has passed when the normally well-educated man without special preparation could understand the most advanced work in, for example, mathematics, philosophy and physics. Milton Babbitt, Composer, Dies at 94 2011-01-30T03:00:14Z Norbert Wiener, a budding philosopher and mathematician, was 14, and William Sidis, a star in linguistics and mathematics, was only 11. Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z Online dating has strengthened mathematics’ role in the search for love, not only in serving up seemingly infinite potential partners, but in using algorithms to sift through them. All you need is maths? The man using equations to find love 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Tomlinson attended Leeds University, where he studied music, Italian, mathematics and statistics. Fred Tomlinson, Singer Who Led a ‘Monty Python’ Troupe, Dies at 88 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Fifty-five minutes of affectless mathematics and geometry, trapped in outer space with a Cage score, might be too much for some. Dance Review: ‘Astral Converted’ by Trisha Brown at Park Avenue Armory 2012-07-11T22:05:08Z More significant for Newsome, African fractals were imported to Europe in the 12th century, entering the field of mathematics and ultimately computer science. Rashaad Newsome Pulls Out All the Stops 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Ilic, who studied mathematics and music at the University of California at Berkeley, said he was fascinated by the empirical way in which Reicha isolated and questioned different elements of music. A Friend of Beethoven, Now Rediscovered in His Own Right 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Well, I was drawn to mathematics because it seemed to me so clean, so true. The case against big data: “It’s like you’re being put into a cult, but you don’t actually believe in it” 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z On the contrary, those Vikings, the Frisians before them and the Hanseatic merchants after them invented for themselves the conditions for modernity: international trade, money, credit, mathematics, law, the stock exchange, pensions and much else. Making waves 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z She graduated from Hunter College High School in Manhattan and went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, with a minor in languages, including French, Latin and German, from New York University. Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell, 91, Dies; Redefined Beauty 2014-03-13T05:15:42Z In our classes, we focused more on history, science and mathematics than literature. Malala Yousafzai: By the Book 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z When I got to university, I couldn't keep up with the mathematics. Of the spheres 2010-07-02T23:05:00Z He then attended a college in Belfast and spent 10 years teaching mathematics in Catholic schools. Brian Friel, playwright who wrote about his native Ireland, dies at 86 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z He also taught courses in management, mathematics and economics at the University of Northern Iowa for many years. 'Bridges of Madison County' author Waller dies at age 77 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z She received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the American University in Beirut, then moved to London to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture. Zaha Hadid, Pritzker-winning architect of defiance and drama, dies at 65 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z "If the consumer says, 'No, we don't want this anymore,' the publications don't pay for the pictures. The paparazzi aren't getting paid, they stop taking pictures of the kids. That's the mathematics," Bell said. John Krasinski debuts baby Hazel, urges 'no kids' photo policy 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z I would hope that a discussion of mathematics should be the source of delight rather than derision. Markov Chains, Sinclair Lewis and Other Letters to the Editor 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z It’s an appealing David and Goliath setup that uses laughs, white racism and black righteousness to soft-sell a tale of inequality, heroic capitalism and eye-drooping mathematics. ‘The Banker’ Review: Wheeling and Dealing Toward Equality 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z It took our species from the birth of prehistory to the dawn of Babylonian civilisation to learn mathematics. The genius who lives downstairs 2011-08-19T22:01:50Z The Monster is Simon's special area in mathematics, a field known as Group Theory, or the study of symmetry. The genius who lives downstairs 2011-08-19T22:01:50Z The bride, 28 is the mathematics instructional coordinator at the Montana Office of Public Instruction in Helena, Mont., where she manages the implementation of mathematics standards for elementary, middle and high schools in the state. Marisa Franklin, Raphael Graybill 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z When Derek East retired from teaching mathematics in Basingstoke, the brightly coloured world of hyperbole and dramatic cinematic tag lines took over from his old school life. Retired teacher’s rare film posters stand to make a fortune at auction 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z A peculiar friendship ignites on a Brooklyn rooftop in this debut novel: The title character dazzles a young man with tales of mathematics and even time travel. New in Paperback: ‘Dead on Arrival,’ ‘Easternization’ 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z A historian who has also studied computational mathematics, he believes passionately in the ideals of the census, but reveals in often head-smacking detail how badly it has failed society. Counting the Population Has Always Been Political 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z One student, Henry, a double major in computer science and mathematics, approached the assignment differently. Hacking the Humanities 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z The honor offers US$1 million annually to winners in mathematics, medicine and astronomy. Hong Kong movie mogul Run Run Shaw dies 2014-01-07T14:02:11Z They are very well educated, with degrees among them in history, philology, mathematics and biophysics. A Glimpse Inside the Secluded World of a Georgian Convent 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Leslie Valiant, who teaches computer science and applied mathematics at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, was awarded the A.M. Turing award goes to 'machine learning' expert 2011-03-09T14:47:26Z It was agreed that the two would compete — in mathematics. This math puzzle will help you plan your next party 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z The groom’s mother retired as a teacher at South Pasadena Middle School in South Pasadena, Calif. His father was a mathematics and computer teacher at Huntington Park High School in Huntington Park, Calif. Carolyn Seib, Charles Le Père 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z The language of physics, for example, relies heavily on mathematics, which is rarely mastered by biologists. Our godless brains: Emerging science reveals mind-blowing alternatives to a higher power 2014-04-26T20:00:00Z He won the Nobel Prize in 1965, primarily for his work on QED, which provided the complicated mathematics to describe the even smaller particles and forces that we examine below. Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party 2012-11-25T19:00:00Z But his mind ran from mathematics to music to grander questions, about whether a more humane species than this one might exist somewhere. Earth Couldn’t Contain Sun Ra’s Ideas. His Arkestra Is Still Exploring Them. 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Jacob Lurie, 36, Cambridge, Mass.: A mathematics professor at Harvard University, Lurie is creating new foundations for various aspects of his field. Meet MacArthur's new 'genius grant' winners 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Given that Fibonacci specifically traveled to North Africa to learn about mathematics, it is not unreasonable to speculate that Fibonacci brought the sequence from North Africa. The African roots of Swiss design 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Morellet played with mathematics and geometric figures as much as he played with words. François Morellet, French Abstract Artist, Dies at 90 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z They show patterns to be as much the provenance of nature as mathematics. Dance review: 'Fase' a mesmerizing Minimalism map to Steve Reich's music 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Some of his pictures incorporate equations, as though aspiring to the certainty of mathematics. Review | In the galleries: Science expands nature art, on grand and minuscule scales 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Combining mathematics with art might be an age-old move. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z As Eve Fairbanks writes in “The Inheritors,” her new book about the decades before and after that transition, its miraculousness “was like mathematics, amazing but incontrovertible.” An Empathetic Account of the Complexity After Apartheid 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Mrs. Gallisdorfer, 28, is a middle school mathematics teacher at Valor Voyager Academy in Nashville. Mary Cooper, Scott Gallisdorfer 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z More than 140 works by 45 master folders from around the world showcase origami and its modern-day application in the fields of mathematics, engineering, design and the global peace movement. Visual arts calendar 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Raniere claimed to have developed a “new mathematics” and called his manipulative techniques “the tech.” Nxivm Had a Cult Leader Made for the Internet 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z At the age of 20, she entered the Sorbonne to study mathematics and geometry, disciplines that she valued for their stability. Louise Bourgeois, Influentual Sculptor, Dies at 98 2010-05-31T21:24:00Z For timelessness, though not really a feature of our world, is a feature of mathematics. Time Reborn by Lee Smolin – review 2013-06-06T06:30:01Z Ray intended to simply live with them and help to pay the mortgage, but this series takes its title from the mathematics branch that studies triangles. HBO Max is here – but not for everyone! Here's how to watch, plus reviews of every original show 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z She graduated from Cornell and received a master's degree in teaching secondary mathematics from Pace University. Johannah Chase, Tim Coates 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z But I wasn't any good at mathematics," Stone said, adding, "I tried hard to understand Enron. Oliver Stone "shocked" on revisit to Wall St 2010-03-03T00:22:00Z Ms. Traughber is the program director at Living Classroom, an organization in Mountain View, Calif., that provides garden-based science and mathematics education in public schools. Meeting at Just the Right Time 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z A Parisian by birth, he studied mathematics until, at 20, he started taking literature seriously. French Embassy Starts a Festival and Albertine, a Bookstore 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z For decades, the novelist Cormac McCarthy has steeped himself in esoteric subjects like quantum physics, the philosophy of mathematics and theories about the origins of intelligence and the nature of consciousness. In His New Books, Cormac McCarthy Gets Real 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z “But I don’t think cooking should be like mathematics. I personally much prefer trial and error.” Old Recipes, New Format: Spain Puts Historic Dishes on Video 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z After applying the technique to mathematics, Russell extended it to "the analysis of matter" and "the analysis of mind". The God Argument: the Case Against Religion and For Humanism by AC Grayling – review 2013-03-07T10:00:01Z And Truman is working on film sets and, his father tells me, has a degree in mathematics from Stanford. This Tom Hanks Story Will Help You Feel Less Bad 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z He played football, performed in mathematics competitions, became a reader and learned to play chess from his charismatic, domineering father. Nowhere man 2013-02-23T08:00:16Z His investigations included, but were hardly limited to, Egyptian hieroglyphics, the civilizations of ancient China and Babylon, the natural elements, music, mathematics and optics. Why Andriessen's daring and difficult 'Theatre of the World' will stand the test of time 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z According to Socrates, in a legend which he either retold or imagined, the art of writing was the creation of the Egyptian god Theuth, who also invented mathematics, astronomy, checkers and dice. Is there any reason to read? 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z The mathematics of this last one do not bear examination, as the entire pack weighs 220g and contains 17 tomatoes, making three tomatoes only half the requisite 80g. The five-a-day disaster: why the numbers don't add up 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z At the age of 26, he was made Lucasian professor of mathematics. Magician’s brain 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z However — here is where complex moral mathematics begin to intrude — the close-up photo of the license tag was a little blurry. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I can get out of this speeding ticket, right? 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z He stares down a natural-born emotional con artist and responds with mathematics, empirical data analysis and reason — which isn't wielded forcefully enough these days. The best takeaway from this season of "Love Is Blind"? Act like Milton 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z There were also letters to scientists and other scholars, pages of derivations of mathematics and physics formulae, and copious writings on alchemy and religion. Magician’s brain 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z “Delta is used to denote change and uncertainty in mathematics and the sciences, and my generation was shaped by change and uncertainty,” she explained, mentioning terror attacks, wars, the Great Recession and the 2016 election. We Asked Generation Z to Pick a Name. It Wasn’t Generation Z. 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z You connect sometimes complex mathematics to real life situations, like how to think about a mutual fund’s performance and when you should get to the airport. In 'How Not to Be Wrong' Jordan Ellenberg makes math meaningful 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Bruckner himself called his fifth "my contrapuntal masterpiece," and its counterpoint plays at times like sacred mathematics, an intricate fugue with ethereal melodies. Bruckner's Second Act 2011-07-16T14:05:00Z Economics is political behaviour, human behaviour and common sense, rolled in with all the rules, diktats and chunks of mathematics. Capitalism 4.0 by Anatole Kaletsky 2010-07-24T23:25:00Z They found it in systems, industry and the logic of mathematics. Perspective | Chuck Close’s reputation as an artist is hard to separate from the impediments he faced — and overcame 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z As a child, Bourgeois had a talent for mathematics. Louise Bourgeois dies in New York, aged 98 2010-05-31T23:38:00Z I was also working on a story about a schoolteacher from an inner-city school who helped the students understand mathematics. Edward James Olmos on ‘Mayans M.C.’ and How Art Informs Activism 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z You've spoken in the past about how mathematics and science have been an inspiration on Boards Of Canada. Boards of Canada: 'We've become a lot more nihilistic over the years' 2013-06-06T17:53:57Z Ms. Sun, 35, who received degrees in mathematics and finance at M.I.T., accepted his invitation, knowing she was about to enroll in a creative writing M.F.A. program at Hollins University in Roanoke, Va. The Classical Concert That Changed Their Lives 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z When people hear her talk about how her art relates to higher mathematics, they often roll their eyes. Dorothea Rockburne’s Ephemeral Art and Enduring Legacy 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z In another, perhaps, they were searching through space, wearying themselves with the mathematics of the Andromeda nebula. October's Reading Group: Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 2012-10-12T10:52:00Z There's everything here from a Bill and Ben adventure comic to fiction from Germany, New Zealand and Africa, and non-fiction titles about pop culture, UFOs and mathematics. 10 of the best literary haunts in Edinburgh 2011-08-01T09:00:00Z Von Neumann came of age when mathematics wasn’t considered a “practical” profession. ‘The Man From the Future’ Recounts the Life of a Restless Genius 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z “I did a year of particle physics and that was appallingly hard. I struggled because I don’t see the world in terms of mathematics.” Surgeon, ultrarunner, thriller writer… meet the man who lives life to the full 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z Yet they also reveal Ms. Rockburne’s interest in mathematics, inspired by meeting Max Dehn at Black Mountain College in North Carolina, where she studied in the early 1950s. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Lewis Carroll, who was an Oxford University mathematics lecturer, might have delighted in calculating the speeds that cascade through Synetic Theater’s darkly hallucinatory “Alice in Wonderland.” Synetic’s sweeping, sinister ‘Alice’ 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z In academia, she spearheads programs to make her math department a more welcoming environment for students of underrepresented backgrounds, and she researches best practices for inclusion in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. ‘I can’t breathe’: How one Black quilter channels social justice into her work 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z A teacher of mathematics at Olympic College in Bremerton and Shelton, Mason County, writes "a secular, satirical thrill ride, in which all humanity's glories and vanities can be seen in one lyrical, hypocritical microcosm." Washington state's Gov. Booth Gardner is subject of new biography 2010-06-28T23:20:00Z Born in Belarus, then part of the Soviet Union, he grew up in Ukraine and pursued a film career after first studying mathematics. Sergei Loznitsa’s Movie ‘Austerlitz’ Observes Tourists in Concentration Camps 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z In his General and Rare Memorials Pertaining to the Perfect Arte of Navigation, he advocated the usefulness of mathematics as a "Publick Commodity". The fantastic Dr Dee: angels, magic and the birth of modern science 2012-06-25T16:52:34Z I mentioned hands-on activities and guided inquiry in science, real-life applications and modeling in mathematics, and ways to incorporate writing across the curriculum. For white folks who teach in the hood: A lesson in campus colonialism 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z Yet, even long before streaming complicated the mathematics, accurately determining a record’s sales was something of a fool’s errand. The Eagles’ Ascendance and the Problem of Ranking the Top-Selling Album of All Time 83 chars 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z She became interested in the subject after reading an article advocating the removal of racist connotations in mathematics education — particularly in the kinds of equations that appeared in textbooks. A Dutch Artist Travels Through Time and Its Colonial Past 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z “One of the big parts of my work is bringing together different parts of mathematics to solve problems that we don’t know how to solve.” Meet the new MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z It's 1609, and a skint, grumpy Galileo teaches mathematics in Padua. Galileo reaches for the stars 2012-09-26T15:02:28Z Tom Lehrer spent much of his life teaching mathematics at University of California, Santa Cruz. Local shows of note: 'Antony and Cleopatra,' Tom Lehrer tunes, Mexico City troupe 2012-11-02T14:31:04Z Swirling paintings that take their cue from mathematics…. 4 art exhibitions to see at Seattle-area galleries in December 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Gödel’s “incompleteness theorem,” which he presented in 1930, when he was 24, upended his profession’s assumption that mathematics should be able to prove a mathematical statement that is true. A New Biography of Kurt Gödel, Whose Brilliant Life Intersected With the Upheavals of the 20th Century 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z As Reynolds points out, in the story Dupin dismisses mathematics as a means of adducing abstract truths about morals or human motivation. Searching for the Real Abraham Lincoln 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z They were an eclectic bunch: housewives, unemployed factory workers and professors of mathematics. Unclouded vision 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z But we need to accept that the attempt to account for great art is meaningful — just as trying to account for the phenomena of the natural world or the magic of mathematics is meaningful. Perspective | Maradona was great, and maybe the greatest. Can we make similar claims about artists? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z But comedy isn't a branch of mathematics—the formula actually works in reverse. Date Night: Why Steve Carell Deserves More Respect 2010-04-08T21:53:00Z Catherine at one point recalls her father striving to write down “beautiful mathematics . . . proofs like music.” Review | Seamless cast in a gripping ‘Proof’ at Olney 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The ancient Maya civilization was one of the most advanced to arise in Mesoamerica, marked by sophisticated mathematics and engineering that allowed it to spread throughout present-day Central America and southern Mexico. New technology reveals numerous ancient Maya structures in Guatemala 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z I love to discuss science, especially mathematics and physics, in their most abstract forms, far removed from mundane human concerns. Ladies Who Launch: Women Who Opened the Door to Space Exploration 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z It’s an accurate description — Urschel, a former offensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens, is a doctoral candidate in mathematics at MIT — but that description makes him wince. He quit the NFL for a career in math. It wasn’t just about the concussions. 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Shaped and mounted between 3,000 and 2,500BC in a powerful architecture of pillar and lintel, its stones define geometry, mathematics, the power of the mind. Circle of light: how Stonehenge shapes a landscape 2012-07-16T16:09:21Z I went to N.Y.U. for mathematics, but when I was a sophomore, I turned my dorm room into a store. KidSuper Wants to Bring Back Warhol’s Factory 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z Frank Kelly, professor of the mathematics of systems at Cambridge University, and former chief scientific adviser to the DfT An overweight woman in Maryland, USA. 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z Space for its own sake, just because it was there within the logic and the mathematics of the computers. Framing the view: six artists reveal how they choose landscapes 2013-02-02T09:01:01Z She became a return-to-Earth specialist, calculating the mission trajectory — her degree is in mathematics — and became the first woman in a technical position in Houston. The hard-charging space program: Breakthroughs, breakups and breakneck 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z In mathematics, there was Newton; in psychology, there was Freud; and in American ballet, George Balanchine was a foundational genius. ‘In Balanchine’s Classroom’ Review: Teaching the Ineffable 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z "The Great Math Mystery" is not how we managed to pass high school calculus but rather a new installment of "Nova" exploring the power of mathematics. TV This Week April 12- 18: 'Games of Thrones' on HBO 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z From then on, he was always top of his class in mathematics. Anna Deavere Smith: The First Time a White Person Wrote ‘Love’ to Me 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z But there are some games that are currently beyond the limits of mathematics. Liked the book? Try the app 2010-07-02T23:05:00Z It might be a three-dimensional graph of some worldly phenomenon, but whatever the mathematics underlying its forms, it has an infectious buoyancy and a hint of sci-fi futurism. Critic?s Notebook: Sculptural Surprises Grace the Streets 2011-08-18T22:26:28Z As befits a lifelong student of mathematics, the show celebrates the rational, the schematic and the cerebral. Art Review: From Theorems and Numbers, the Geometry of a Diverse Career 2011-07-21T22:35:53Z On the one hand, some people expect mathematics to reveal nothing less than the mind of God. ‘100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know About Math and the Arts’ 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z They’re devoted to this searching composer and performer, known for connecting his music to technology, mathematics and neuroscience. Classical & Opera Listings for May 22-28 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Physics, mathematics, geology, we do not question these truths. Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt,’ Separating Science From Spin 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Her father died during her adolescence, and as a child she was always in search of adventure: “The anti-life consisted of the classroom, mathematics and the city.” ‘In the Eye of the Wild,’ a Haunting Memoir About Life After a Bear Attack 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The bride’s father is a professor of mathematics and the executive associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Iowa. Vilsa Curto, Igor Salitskiy 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Students could take courses in science, mathematics, history, economics, languages, and literature. Learn By Painting 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Prodigiously gifted as both musician and mathematician, Babbitt taught mathematics at Princeton during the latter part of the second world war, when the faculty was depleted. Milton Babbitt obituary 2011-01-30T18:29:19Z This Pythagorean view re-emerged in medieval universities, where scholars studied the quadrivium, which divided the science of mathematics into four parts: geometry and arithmetic, astronomy and music. Of the spheres 2010-07-02T23:05:00Z Some of “superposition,” this Japanese musical and visual artist’s Conceptual piece about mathematics versus the unknowable, was hard to understand. From The Times, the Best Bands and Acts Heard All Year 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Adept with numbers, she began pursuing a double major in dance and mathematics. An Ailey Dancer’s Career Blooms, at the Company and Beyond 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Its subtitle is "dispatches from the world of mathematics". Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos| Book review 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z I hadn't expected to be asked, and suddenly mathematics sounded suspect and without knowing what I was doing I said, "English." Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan - extract 2012-08-10T21:55:10Z The first Marine pilot I met turned out to be a pilot no more; he was retired, teaching middle-school mathematics, and 15 years older than his photos. 2010-01-08T20:02:00Z Shaped and mounted between 3,000 and 2,500BC in a powerful architecture of pillar and lintel, its stones define geometry, mathematics, the power of the mind. Circle of light: how Stonehenge shapes a landscape 2012-07-16T16:09:21Z What remains is a permanent emotional freeze in everything but the mathematics that will win him a research professorship in Scandinavia. Books of The Times: Paolo Giordano?s ?Solitude of Prime Numbers?: Scarred Souls 2010-03-11T22:53:00Z “It’s like the medieval guild system in action, where apprentices learn from masters,” said Jack Diamond, a former mathematics professor who is a regular there. Sleight of Hand in Midtown, Beyond Three-Card Monte 2011-06-23T21:04:32Z His father was a high school mathematics teacher. Books of The Times: ‘Updike,’ Adam Begley’s Look at a Novelist’s Career 2014-04-08T17:28:46Z You could only do that if you read what he wrote about mathematics divorced from the rest of it. A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z Without regurgitating my previous comments, I'll sum it up in one sentence: beautifully written philosophy by a writer hamstrung by a lack of mathematics and a worldview best characterised as 'anthropocentricism gone mad'. Tips, links and suggestions: Our review list and what you are reading 2012-06-19T16:30:00Z Her mother is a middle school mathematics teacher at Epiphany Catholic School. Marianne Eagan, Kevin Burrows 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z After graduating from the Lycée Descartes, where he took advanced courses in philosophy and mathematics, Yves studied mathematics at the University of Poitiers. Yves Bonnefoy, Pre-Eminent French Poet, Dies at 93 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z The mathematics of replacement became simple addition and then exponential multiplication. How TV's age of exploration took off in a huge way 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z And even if string theory turns out to be a dead end for physics, it has led to a lot of progress in pure mathematics. Q. & A.: Jim Holt on Why the World Exists 2012-07-18T14:09:41Z The groom, 30, is a seventh-grade mathematics teacher at Oak Park Preparatory Academy in Sacramento. Margaret Olmos, Joshua Pollack 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z “What we found simply was a diamond,” Mr. Hamilton said of Ms. Campbell, a mother of two with a bachelor’s degree in both applied mathematics and dramatic art-dance. Yvette L. Campbell, New President of Harlem School of the Arts 2011-12-05T23:59:59Z He enrolled full-time in MIT, with a doctorate in applied mathematics expected in 2020. He quit the NFL for a career in math. It wasn’t just about the concussions. 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z For those with a loose grasp of mathematics or time, that was five years ago, practically an eternity by showbiz metrics. The problem with Wendy: how did an Oscar-nominated director get it so wrong? 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z That’s the case with Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia,” a dizzying blend of philosophy, physics, higher mathematics and even higher comedy that requires diligent parsing throughout its nearly three-hour running time. Strong cast and inspired staging command your attention in A Noise Within's 'Arcadia' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Myriad highlights include Jez's insouciant disregard for the mathematics of permutation – "just try all the variations," he advises Mark, who can't quite remember a phone number off the top of his head. Tonight's TV highlights: Natural World 2010-12-17T00:05:01Z Even while studying computer science and mathematics at the University of Idaho, she figured she would stay in her home state for good, she said. She Worked for Twitter. Then She Tweeted at Elon Musk. 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z It was through the joy of Indian music that I started to see the wonder of mathematics. A life in dance: Akram Khan 2010-09-27T07:00:00Z But at his father’s insistence he enrolled at Roanoke College in Virginia to study mathematics, in the father’s hope that he would eventually run the family business. Victor Pesce, Painter of Minimalist Still Lifes, Dies at 71 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z She graduated from Oberlin College in 1911 with a major in art and mathematics and headed for Detroit to study to become an art teacher. Review: Flora Crockett, a Forgotten Abstract Painter 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Humphrey advocates teaching them about all the world’s religions, “in a matter-of-fact, historically and biologically informed way,” just as we teach them about geography, history and mathematics. Atheism’s radical new heroes: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and an evolving new moral view 2014-03-02T17:00:00Z The best way to appreciate the beauty of a discovery is to get stuck in, learn some mathematics and see those dazzling equations in all their glory. The beauty of the Higgs boson 2012-08-04T23:05:33Z He fed himself with 15-cents-a-pound chicken hearts and worked temp jobs while applying the mathematics he was trained in to works both visual and musical, including the hallucinatory film “The Flicker.” Review: Tony Conrad, ‘Completely in the Present’ 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, just as James Moriarty, an obviously harmless professor of mathematics, is actually a ruthless criminal mastermind, so Mycroft Holmes turns out to be rather more than a minor government clerk. Review | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar returns to his other passion: Sherlock Holmes 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z The groom, 34, is an assistant professor of mathematics at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. And, Now, for Their 15th Wedding Together 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z The first comparison to be made between the two shows is a simple matter of mathematics. Television: Comparing ?The Killing? to the Show ?Forbrydelsen? 2012-03-28T18:16:21Z The mathematics of keeping the 6,400-square-foot club operating four nights a week in a town of 9,000 people proved a hill too high in the middle of the vast Delta. Club Ebony, a Historic Blues Venue Tied to B.B. King, Rises Again 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z He did so by throwing her to the ground during a mathematics department picnic and placing his foot on her neck. A Beautiful Mind hides ugly truths 2012-12-19T17:27:18Z The Common Core is a set of standards for students in kindergarten through 12th grade in English language arts and mathematics. Motherlode Blog: A Lesson on the Common Core 2014-02-27T15:23:13Z Mr. Moss: These pieces address “line”: they are formal studies of movement and growth; they are projectiles generated by nature and/or mathematics. Brad Pitt Creates His Own Furniture Collection 2012-11-07T23:41:43Z Christopher’s death did spur Turing to pursue mathematics in the hope that he could understand whether part of Christopher could somehow live on without his body. The True Story of The Imitation Game 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z “Do you want to do mathematics in the desert or in the city where Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven overlapped, and Brahms used to come to our house? We’re Austrians. Viennese.” Tom Stoppard Finally Looks Into His Shadow 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z Without Mrs. A., Emanuele is vulnerable to the anger and frustration of his father, who is aghast at his child’s limitations, in mathematics especially. Review: In Paolo Giordano’s ‘Like Family,’ the Nanny Departs and Cracks Emerge 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z And of course, such sophisticated abstraction ended up elevating the status of mathematics as well. Exhibition Review | Yale Center for British Art: It Took Tools to Build a Revolution 2010-02-26T23:50:00Z His father, also retired, was a mathematics and science teacher at Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Md. Carrie Dorn, Adam Friedman 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Unlike the closely adjacent fields of mathematics and music, architecture resists prodigies. Zaha Hadid Was Just Getting Started 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Her mother retired as a mathematics and a computer teacher in the Fairfax County Public School District of Virginia. Pamela Sud, Joshua Harder 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Does exposure to classical music make children better at mathematics? What We Know About Art and the Mind 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z And that requires mastering mathematics that is beyond us. Time Reborn by Lee Smolin – review 2013-06-06T06:30:01Z “It’s about mathematics intrinsically, and I don’t think your run-of-the-mill audience is attracted by mathematics,” Mr. Irons said. A Math Biopic, With Dev Patel, Applies a Different Calculus 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z But who would want to murder that nice young man, who considered mathematics “the one true language of humanity” and brought home-baked pies to school on Pi Day? Who Says Crime Doesn’t Pay? In These Novels, It Does 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z On Sunday night she noted "the album's a little chaotic," adding "there's a mathematics, a physics about it," which she saw as tying in nicely with her flying machine. Lady Gaga's latest frock has her airborne as 'ARTPOP' launches 2013-11-11T04:25:39Z So perhaps not surprisingly, DiMarco majored in mathematics at Gallaudet and once planned to become a math teacher for the deaf himself. His modeling photos got him noticed, but didn’t show one thing: He’s deaf 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z “It was like, ‘Hey, do you wanna stage a Wagner opera?’ ” recalled Mr. Blumenstein, who will enter the University of California, Santa Barbara, as a graduate student in mathematics in the fall. A Student Startup and Its Outsize Wagnerian Dream 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z “Moneyball” explicitly takes the side of mathematics against poetry: Beane and Brand insist on the primacy of hard statistical data in the face of traditionalists on the A’s staff who wax on about “intangibles.” ?Moneyball,? ?Ides of March? Contain Inside Information 2011-10-09T03:17:20Z Her mother, who is retired, was a high school mathematics teacher at Forsyth Country Day School in Winston-Salem. Margaret Fortney, James Luccarelli 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z The bride’s father retired as a professor of mathematics at the College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. Natalie Minev, John Atallah 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z He learned to navigate a ship before he learned to drive and became interested in mathematics, he said, while sailing with his father among Mediterranean ports of call. Amir D. Aczel, author of ‘Fermat’s Last Theorem’ and other best sellers, dies 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z Omicron Energy, a company that sells testing equipment for electrical systems, was so named because its founder, Rainer Aberer, thought Greek letters evoked technical expertise and mathematics. What’s in a Name? If It’s Omicron, a Minor Marketing Challenge. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z After graduating from high school in 1931, he entered the University of Pennsylvania, planning to specialise in mathematics, but soon transferred to New York University to study music, receiving his BA there in 1935. Milton Babbitt obituary 2011-01-30T18:29:19Z “Even if he’s not practicing mathematics and physics, there’s something beautiful to him about the unyielding quality of a difficult thought,” said Krakauer, who read early versions of the novels. In His New Books, Cormac McCarthy Gets Real 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Essentially, it is a dialogue with art itself, where color is the central subject and intuition plays against mathematics. | Doting on Dots: Jennifer Bartlett's 'Recitative' 2011-01-13T22:24:52Z “Surely supernovas explode that instant, somewhere, in some galaxy,” Mr. Suri, 54, a professor of mathematics at the University of Maryland, wrote. ArtsBeat: A Supernova of Bad Sex? Manil Suri Wins Uncoveted Award 2013-12-04T19:45:31Z What is the difference between mathematics and arithmetic? Searching for the Lost Booker 2010-04-09T12:15:00Z The first human cities established by Canopus are products of pure mathematics, taking base geometrical shapes like the Square, Circle and Oval as their pattern. Summer voyages: Shikasta Re: Colonised Planet 5 by Doris Lessing 2013-07-22T12:26:12Z Bach will headline a concert program on the theme of mathematics and music. Math + music=a little dry, but pleasant 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z His father, Win Myint, a mathematics professor at Tennessee State University, drove his son to ballet class and figure-skating competitions, and met young Arnold’s budding interests with encouragement. For Those Who Feel Rejected by Family, Friendsgiving Can Be a Lifeline 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Because what Wilkinson achieves by the end isn’t so much a command over mathematics as some humility toward it — a willingness to accept it, despite his frustrations, in a kind of détente. Math Defeated Him in School. In His 60s, He Went Back for More. 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z I will teach him mathematics and to play the piano, and if he gets a sum or a note wrong I will beat him some more. TV review: Queen Victoria's Children 2013-01-01T20:05:01Z The real advantage of the Copernican system is that the mathematics is much simpler in the frame of reference in which the sun is at rest. Book Excerpt: Stephen Hawking's 'The Grand Design' 2010-09-15T18:45:00Z He earned a degree in mathematics from the Sorbonne in Paris, but his preoccupations included photography and film. Douglas Slocombe dies at 103; he lensed Indiana Jones, Ealing comedies 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Other nuns teach the girls biology, physics and mathematics, along with weaving, painting, poetry and theater, and eventually child care and midwifery. Review | In ‘The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls,’ a tidal wave strikes, and a small town must pick up the pieces 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z This conclusion was made based on satellite data and mathematics. Raw satellite data of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 finally revealed to the public 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z As in his previous series studying mathematics and diagrams, Du Sautoy proves an engaging guide, radiating the gravitas of an academic and the joy of a naive enthusiast. TV highlights 10/06/2013 2013-06-10T06:00:13Z This underlying structure, to which nature itself is at once oblivious and obedient, belongs quite as much to mysticism as to mathematics. The Slowness of Literature and the Shadow of Knowledge 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z She graduated from Cornell, received a master’s degree in real estate development from N.Y.U. and received a master’s degree in mathematics education from Bank Street College. Jessica Gaines, Erica Frank 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z And if space itself is curved, we need different forms of mathematics to deal with it. Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party 2012-11-25T19:00:00Z They were mostly white middle and high school teachers who taught science and mathematics to Native American students. For white folks who teach in the hood: A lesson in campus colonialism 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Rockburne’s understated work plugged into the prevailing Minimalist aesthetic of the day but also reflected her lifelong interest in higher mathematics. Dorothea Rockburne’s Ephemeral Art and Enduring Legacy 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z I see this as a dialogue between mathematics, engineering and community art practice – hundreds of USC students are folding component cubes. Making space: where art meets physics 2012-06-13T17:07:50Z In mathematics, that is usually a sign of a flawed underlying theory. Black and light 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “Models are opinions embedded in mathematics,” she writes. Cathy O'Neil, author of 'Weapons of Math Destruction,' on the dark side of big data 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z He feeds her curiosity about mathematics and engineering, providing lessons on how to use a chronometer. Love Among the Ruins 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Aravena's first built project was a mathematics classroom building for his alma mater. Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, 48, wins the Pritzker Prize 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z He graduated from Stanford, from which he also received a Ph.D. in mathematics. And, Now, for Their 15th Wedding Together 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z "It's all about turning mathematics into emotion," he noted. Can cast injury derail 'Groundhog Day'? How the musical has overcome its obstacles (again and again) 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z He won the presidency, and he won the battle of mathematics: No amount of women, added together, could offer testimonies equaling more than this one powerful man. Perspective | Another woman says the president assaulted her. Is anyone listening? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The colour and texture leave little to the imagination, but what is this obnoxious coprolite doing in a science museum, next to displays on the history of mathematics and computing? Myoglobin: turd of the century? 2013-04-19T06:29:00Z She graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology, where she also received a master’s degree in mathematics and computer science. Drawn Together by a Sense of Adventure 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z We also discover that Van Doesburg, fascinated by physics and mathematics, experimented with the fourth dimension. Mondrian and De Stijl at the Pompidou Centre, Paris ? review 2011-01-11T14:00:19Z We learn of advances in medical care, mathematics, astronomy and architecture. Exhibition Review: A Golden Age in Science, Full of Light and Shadow 2010-12-09T23:34:00Z Have you found more musical ways to integrate mathematics into the fabric of the music on Tomorrow's Harvest? Boards of Canada: 'We've become a lot more nihilistic over the years' 2013-06-06T17:53:57Z Anatolia was "the cradle of western civilization; it was the birthplace of history and philosophy, of Homer, Heraclitus and Herodotus, of coinage and town planning, and defining advances in medicine, mathematics and architecture". Meander: East to West Along a Turkish River by Jeremy Seal – review 2012-07-06T21:55:10Z They are honored for services to statistics and mathematics respectively, but also for formulating the Duckworth-Lewis Method to determine the result of limited-over cricket matches affected by bad weather. Catherine Zeta-Jones tops bill in Queen's honors list 2010-06-11T23:03:00Z Unlike Gleick, who pronounces what should be for all of us “safe to say,” she just reports that she’s always been drawn to questions she could answer with “scientific observation, mathematics and physical evidence.” Letters to the Editor 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z It turns out that this little pastime is complex enough to have earned the attention of Nathan Kaplan, an assistant professor of mathematics at Yale. Spare Times for Children for May 2-8 2014-05-01T22:29:43Z Did I mention he was a mathematics professor? Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Worried About Telling Him My Age’ 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Eventually, he turns to his own field of mathematics. Circle in a circle 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z It suggests a world that eludes the constraints of the fabric grid, yet is subject, in the end, to the same mathematics. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Mr. Baryshnikov and Mr. Dafoe have accepted the Wilson mathematics and stay afloat. Theater Review: ‘The Old Woman’ Stars Dafoe and Baryshnikov 2013-07-08T21:03:21Z Despite the ultimate frustrations of my dreamed mathematics, I sometimes wonder if they did in fact help spur my creative process in a subconscious way. The Myth and Magic of Generating New Ideas 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z But the plot soon proves as elusive as the boffin, rapidly abandoned in favour of increasingly bizarre left turns and hilarious digressions, including a hilarious routine about devising a new system of mathematics. This week's new comedy 2011-03-05T00:07:44Z He taught himself French, mathematics, gardening, forestry – enough to write books about them. My hero: William Cobbett by Richard Ingrams 2013-03-08T16:00:03Z He studied mathematics at Gaullaudet University in Washington, a private institution for deaf students. Who Is Nyle DiMarco From 'Dancing With The Stars'? 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z She graduated from Tufts and received a master’s degree in adolescent mathematics from the Relay Graduate School of Education in New York. Putting Down Roots After Finding Love 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z In the mid-1930s, the American expat photographer, painter and surrealist Man Ray was introduced by his friend Max Ernst to a curious collection of dust-covered objects at an elite school for higher mathematics in Paris. Man Ray inserts the human factor into the equation 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z But a Sunday Times article, 3 August, 1969, notes that, weeks after leaving Eton at 17, Simon won a first class honours degree in mathematics at London University. The genius who lives downstairs 2011-08-19T22:01:50Z What distinguishes his work from that of other computer scientists is that he creates not only beautiful pictures but also beautiful mathematics. Perfecting Animation, via Science 2010-12-29T23:11:28Z When he was 17, Rosen went to Princeton University, New Jersey, to study French, and also took courses in mathematics and philosophy. Charles Rosen obituary 2012-12-10T18:13:31Z “This perverse moral mathematics,” he explains, “is part of the reason why governments and individuals care more about a little girl stuck in a well than about events that will affect millions.” Review: ‘Against Empathy,’ or the Right Way to Feel Someone’s Pain 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z They work, not only with mathematics, but with their intuition. Patricio Guzmán, Chile's master of documentary, focuses on the stars 2012-07-20T21:55:08Z The ancient Maya civilization was one of the most advanced to arise in Mesoamerica, marked by sophisticated mathematics and engineering that allowed it to spread throughout present-day Central America and southern Mexico. New technology reveals numerous ancient Maya structures in Guatemala 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z And Ben Affleck plays a mathematics savant with a wicked skill set in “The Accountant.” What’s on TV Saturday: The Last Season of ‘Orphan Black’ Debuts 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z "It is no accident that the pyramids, the greatest physical symbols of ancient civilisation, belong to the age of the discovery of mathematics and writing." Sue Arnold on science audiobooks 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z A combination of design and under-the-hood mathematics creates the illusion that players are free to blaze their own paths and change the world. Reviews: Tomodachi Life; Divinity: Original Sin; Shovel Knight; and Civilization: Revolution 2 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z So my first building was an institutional building for the Catholic University mathematics faculty. Pritzker winner Alejandro Aravena on Pinochet, postmodernism and building a house for $7,500 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z In every other discipline, whether we're talking of mathematics, physics, or the new sciences, people are looking at extended forms. 50 great moments in jazz: Anthony Braxton swims against the tide 2011-04-13T14:57:21Z “That — added to the ‘Top 20’ project and the president’s exclusive ‘focus’ on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — puts an end to my willingness to be associated in any way officially with the University.” Wendell Berry Takes Back His Papers 2010-06-23T18:24:00Z Mr. Iosseliani, who first studied piano and mathematics, went on to cinema studies at the All-Russia State Institute for Cinema in Moscow. Recounting a Life of Disobedience 2010-05-21T11:30:00Z Dallas will showcase it this fall next to a borrowed El Greco, to highlight the artists’ common interest in mathematics. The Museum of the City of New York to Examine a Gay Underground 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Items on view include Champollion’s personal notes and a 3,000-year-old measuring rod he used to understand Egyptian mathematics, and priceless antiquities such as vessels, sarcophagi and mummy bandages. Off Frieze’s Beaten Path in London 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z I am very good in volleyball, running and mathematics. The dreams of children – a photo essay 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The groom’s mother teaches mathematics at the Lawrenceville School, a boarding school in Lawrenceville, where the groom’s father retired as a college counselor. Lauren Marsh, Christopher Thomas 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z It's about the outer reaches of the solar system, mathematics, tectonic plates, lightning, evolution, going deep inside crystals, and deeper still inside Björk's head. The Mill; When Björk Met Attenborough – TV review 2013-07-29T06:00:10Z Talu Tales is a fantasy story world that inspires kids to learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics. 'One big virtual love-in': how children's book authors are creating online sanctuaries 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Before coming to Tolstoy College, Haynie, who died in 2001, worked with a nonprofit that tried to improve the mathematics curricula of black colleges in the South. The Unlikely History of Tolstoy College 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Since the first pop concert code of practice was drawn up after Whelan's death, crowd management has evolved into a complex discipline, combining mathematics and psychology. Danger in numbers ? can mega-gigs ever truly be safe? 2011-07-20T20:31:00Z I think because of the stereotype – that it's mathematics. Ellen Ullman: the computer programmer who became a novelist 2013-03-18T18:58:11Z The fan vaulting of England's Gothic cathedrals, for instance, was influenced by Arab mathematics, as was the Renaissance discovery of perspective. Europe has been building a secret community of culture 2010-11-23T20:00:00Z These problems of philosophy and mathematics are personal riddles also; was it always just like this, and did we fail to notice? Back to Provence 2011-06-17T18:55:00Z Perhaps only mathematical entities are real, and our physical world is an “outcropping” of mathematics. ‘Why Does the World Exist?’ by Jim Holt 2012-08-03T22:40:08Z It’s unclear why the branch of mathematical logic that studies sets and is considered to be a foundational system for mathematics is so anathema to God. 7 absurd things America’s kids are learning thanks to conservatives 2014-03-04T13:00:00Z She’s three now and she’s been able to count above two for a while, so really I was looking at this as a marker of her progress in mathematics as well.” 'What if my kids are scared of me?': Alex Brooker on life as a disabled dad 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z It’s a sprawling book of ideas — about mathematics, the nature of knowledge, the importance of fast cars — that also contains flatulence jokes. Cormac McCarthy’s Unsettling Dream of a Novel 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z The intertwined works explore arcane scientific and metaphysical fields of study that McCarthy had long been obsessed with: quantum physics, the philosophy of mathematics and theories about the nature of consciousness. A Guide to Cormac McCarthy’s Books 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z To restrain her enthusiasms, Lady Byron introduced Ada to mathematics: She would soon enough swear that differential calculus made for the best company. Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Legacy Left to Byron’s Wife and Daughter 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Many 16th-century works about navigation are actually books of mathematics, because the skill required knowledge of both geometry and astronomy. Exhibition Review: At the Folger, a 200-Year Survey of the Sea 2010-08-18T18:21:00Z Yeah, thanks to some voodoo mathematics, they are apparently in charge of everything now. Sixty things I've learned since turning 60 2013-04-29T16:53:01Z But Michaelides’s plot begins to go off the rails when a graduate student in mathematics falls instantly in love with Mariana and proposes soon thereafter. Review | ‘The Silent Patient’ was a huge hit. Next we have ‘The Maidens.’ Don’t believe the hype. 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Bellos also lets us see how deeply dependent we are on mathematics. Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos| Book review 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z The narrative voice, too, slips frequently into direct-lecture mode, discoursing on Jewish history, mathematics, or philosophy. 36 Arguments for the Existence of God by Rebecca Goldstein 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z A lot of what Alicia wants to talk about is mathematics; numbers filled her up, only to scour her out. Cormac McCarthy’s Unsettling Dream of a Novel 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z In the early 80s, while studying Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics at Oxford, he came across two rival interpretations of it. A life in writing: Ray Monk 2012-11-09T22:55:03Z He suggests, for example, that children may have an easier time learning abstract topics in mathematics or physics if they are put into a group and allowed to reason through a problem together. Reasoning, Scholars Say, Evolved Just as a Means to Win 2011-06-14T11:55:00Z After he wins the Fields Medal, the most prestigious prize in mathematics, and lands a faculty position at Princeton, hubris leads him to tackle another insurmountable conjecture. ‘A Doubter’s Almanac,’ Ethan Canin’s Latest Novel, Has Real-Life Parallels 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z With 2002's less benign Geogaddi, animated by an interest in religion, mathematics and numerology, the duo attracted the kind of people who spend long nights investigating the internet's more arcane precincts. Boards of Canada: Tomorrow's Harvest – review 2013-06-06T20:15:01Z What joy to find out that I could manage the meat of mathematics even though I remain as lousy at numbers as ever. Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos| Book review 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z Strevens, who has a background in mathematics, traces the origins of modern sciences and argues that our obsession with empirical data is both irrational and inhuman. New in Paperback: ‘The Fabric of Civilization’ and ‘The National Road’ 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Some of our professional development workshops are geared toward a particular group of educators: those who teach K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM. The sound of inclusion: Why teachers’ words matter 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Upon the death of her mother in 1932, she turned from her studies in mathematics and philosophy to become an artist. A Look Inside Louise Bourgeois’s Home, Just How She Left It 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z At the age of 18 Bourgeois had left school for the Sorbonne, where she studied mathematics. Louise Bourgeois obituary 2010-05-31T21:50:00Z His father was a professor of mathematics at Yale and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Laurie Sandell, Jonathan Mostow 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z He graduated from the Novosibirsk State University in Russia and received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Georgia Institute of Technology. Molly Fox, Stanislav Minsker 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z He received a master’s degree in mathematics from Tulane and a master’s degree in philosophy from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Todd Mohrmann, Tim Johnson 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z The mathematics department refused to renew his contract. The genius who lives downstairs 2011-08-19T22:01:50Z If you want to learn some more about Ramanujan’s contribution to mathematics, rent High School Musical. Genius by numbers: why Hollywood maths movies don't add up 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z By the end of the book, the debt swapping and complicated mathematics lead a character to ask, “Have you at least asked whether a rodeo like this is entirely legal?” The Story of the Lehman Brothers, from Bavaria to Alabama, and From the Heights to the Crash 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z I like the story, because it shows how important it is to read, write and understand mathematics. The dreams of children – a photo essay 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z We have such a great depth of human history in all of the arts, whether it’s opera or mathematics or painting or classical music or jazz. Patti Smith’s most personal interview: “The things that make me feel strange – I’ve transformed them into work” 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z She was trained in German, mathematics, medicine and the violin; she read six modern languages and two ancient ones. ‘The Condition of Secrecy’ Teems With Love for Language and the Natural World 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z A companion volume to “The Passenger,” which was released in October, this novel focuses on Alicia Western, a mathematics genius at an inpatient psychiatric center. 8 Books Coming in December 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z While mainstream arists regarded beauty as more or less taboo for decades, it was science that showed how the beauty of patterns emerges from mathematics and evolutionary biology. Survival of the Beautiful by David Rothenberg - review 2012-02-10T08:59:00Z Wittgenstein's mysticism is not in the materials but the mathematics. David Lang, Michael Gordon and So Percussion toy with minds 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z The young woman who authored it, while deeply interested in political studies, opted instead for a mathematics major because she “missed calculus.” I don’t hate millennials anymore! 2013-05-25T13:00:00Z They encompass all the interests and experiments of this self-taught polymath, from mathematics to flying machines. Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks are beautiful works of art in themselves 2013-02-12T16:34:11Z If she is miserable imagining her ex-husband going to parties with rangy blondes who possess doctorates in applied mathematics, “Men of a Certain Age” is here to tell her that he isn’t. Critic?s Notebook: Troubles That Ring True for Women of a Certain Age 2010-12-26T21:43:21Z Although he sang in the choir of his Catholic school and was a skilled pianist, he originally planned to devote his career to engineering and mathematics. Pierre Boulez, conductor of bracing clarity, dies at 90 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The bride’s father is a Regents’ Professor and the chairman of the mathematics and statistics department at Georgia State University. Sisi Chen, James Coonan 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Don’t call it art; Escher felt his output hovered between art and mathematics. ‘M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity’ Review: Is It Art? 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z The celebrated moment in Steamboat Bill Jr when the facade of a house drops to the ground with a two-tonne thwack, leaving Keaton serene amid the debris, relied on precise mathematics and nerves of steel. The silent-era film stars who risked life and limb doing their own film stunts 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Stella, after many years as a dutiful housewife, discovers a love of statistics — and feminism — and pursues degrees in mathematics despite her husband’s whiny disapproval. A Novel Imagines the Fate of Twin Sisters, One Passing for White 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z It is an anatomical drawing inspired by the work of the Roman architect Vitruvius, and produced while Leonardo was conducting research into mathematics and geometry as applied to human beings. How the Louvre’s Leonardo Blockbuster Shows a Master’s Progress 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z It is the beauty of economy that we perhaps more often associate with mathematics, and the purity of an artist who has never seen himself as the center of his art. Art Review: Tweaking Tradition, Even In Its Temple 2010-10-21T21:30:00Z He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1938 and a master’s degree in physics in 1940. Cyril Harris Dies at 93; Fine-Tuned Concert Halls 2011-01-09T02:20:26Z With drugs like this, who wouldn't love mathematics? Clip joint: Simplicity 2010-05-26T12:29:00Z He was a mathematics major with a four point grade average. ‘The Passenger’ 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Using the mathematics of desperately wanting to leave my mom’s basement, I calculated that I should definitely move to Chicago, although I had never been and only knew three people there. A year in my parents’ basement 2013-12-30T01:00:00Z Anxious about David’s education, Simón and Inés decide to send the boy to the Dance Academy, which professes a strikingly unorthodox theory of mathematics. Review | J.M. Coetzee’s ‘The Schooldays of Jesus’ raises more questions than it answers 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z The genre depends on tidy mathematics, a calculus of desire that produces the same result every time. Movie Review: In Joe Swanberg’s ‘Drinking Buddies,’ Couples Face Tests 2013-08-22T20:54:18Z It wasn't until years later that I realised I should have dumped philosophy, where there's little beyond long-winded uncertainty, and pressed harder at mathematics where answers abound. Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos| Book review 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z Mr. Ikeda doesn’t grant many interviews and tends to talk about mathematics when he does. Ryoji Ikeda’s ‘superposition’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z The great news for people like me who don’t really enjoy math is that A Beka Book provides “traditional mathematics texts that are not burdened with modern theories such as set theory.“ 7 absurd things America’s kids are learning thanks to conservatives 2014-03-04T13:00:00Z At five, he could do the mathematics of a 12-year-old; by 20, the equal of a professor. The genius who lives downstairs 2011-08-19T22:01:50Z In the mid-19th century, Lovelace embarked on a study of mathematics to discipline her artist’s mind and attached herself to Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first computer. Book Review: The Innovators by Walter Isaacson 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Hyperbole is Moore’s organizing principle, and puncturing it with granular mundanity is his applied mathematics; the result is an audacious, genre-bending whirlwind. A Gamer Learns to Weaponize Sounds in This Genre-Bender 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z In the Renaissance, books with lift-up flaps or three-dimensional figures illustrated principles of anatomy and mathematics. ‘Pop-Ups From Prague’ Celebrates Vojtech Kubasta 2014-01-30T13:00:01Z Often physicists listen with detached bemusement because biologists can’t explain life with mathematics. Our godless brains: Emerging science reveals mind-blowing alternatives to a higher power 2014-04-26T20:00:00Z At school I was happiest in the art room and all the other subjects fell away – I was hopeless at sciences, mathematics. Ralph Fiennes: ‘I wish I’d been more of a punk, but I'm not anarchic' 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Bellos touches on this well-hidden delight of the mathematics world; he says there's an "almost physical pleasure" that comes when "suddenly everything makes sense". Alex's Adventures in Numberland by Alex Bellos| Book review 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z The opening movement exploits the mathematics of two prime numbers to create a sense of destabilised time. The Rest is Noise festival: what's your favourite piece of 20th-century music? 2012-11-29T20:00:02Z Unfortunately, the descriptions of this reality are only available through mathematics, making it inaccessible to most of us. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-01-17T08:00:01Z The child of a teacher and a railroad worker, he was born in Tours in 1923 and spent the war years studying mathematics and philosophy. The American Side of France’s Greatest Postwar Poet 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z The inspiration for Political Media's latest campaign is an article by Jonathan David Farley, a black mathematics professor and political activist, titled What Would Django Do? Django Unchained: a surprise hit with America's pro-gun lobby 2013-01-23T11:32:25Z Rigal took a circuitous route to dance: he trained as a quarter-miler and a hurdler, studied mathematics and economics, and received a master’s degree in cinema. Pierre Rigal's Musical Monster 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z For example, the criteria used in mathematics are different from those used in history or art. James Baldwin’s Review, Babe Ruth and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z At times the effect brings to mind the German theorist Siegfried Kracauer’s ideas about Berkeley-like revues or, as he wrote in 1927, “indissoluble girl clusters whose movements are demonstrations of mathematics.” Review: Matt Damon Battles Clusters of Monsters in ‘The Great Wall’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Matilda is a 5-year-old prodigy whose enthusiasms include mathematics, foreign languages and literary fiction, from “Crime and Punishment” to “The Cat in the Hat.” The Matildas Keep Growing Up, but the Musical Stays Sly 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z The bride’s father is a professor of mathematics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Maria Dieci, Harlan Downs-Tepper 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z Demonstrating the structure to publishers, Pears explained that the novel was inspired by quantum physics, and written in "nodes" which had been mapped on to a graph constructed after consultation with an Oxford mathematics professor. Next-generation ebooks introduced at London Book Fair 2013-04-17T10:55:36Z “It’s something that, at least in terms of spread, is very likely,” says Robert Smith of the mathematics department at the University of Ottawa. Television Review: ‘Zombie Apocalypse,’ on Discovery Channel 2012-12-17T22:47:45Z Mr. Dodgson was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematics lecturer at Christ Church, a recently ordained deacon in the Church of England, brilliant logician and consummate storyteller. Finding Alice’s ‘Wonderland’ in Oxford 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Bacon was a poor scientist and knew no mathematics, says Mr Mokyr. The role of ideas in the “great divergence” 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z “Latin and Greek, like mathematics, are a school of logic, one that teaches rigor in thinking.” Joan of Arc’s Shaky Pedestal: France Battles Over Its Identity at School 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z |
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