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15-year-old San Antonio mathematician, OLLU graduate assistant – and Chuck Norris
Hannah Guan is a 15-year-old college student who has helped thousands of children better understand math. Nuria Diallo Padro is a graduate assistant who helped hundreds of low-income families when the February freeze hit.Both San Antonio…
Adventures of a mathematician bring little-known scientist to light
Enlarge / Philippe Tlokinski plays Stanislaw Ulam in new film Adventures of a mathematician.Films by Samuel Goldwyn
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‘Foundation’ Episode 3 Recap (Apple TV +): “The Mathematician’s…
How to embody a declining empire? Show us a emperor which is in terminal decline. Oh, not permanently, of course: the cloning process pioneered by the predecessor of the current emperors, Cleon I, ensures that there will always be…
Nicolas Bourbaki: What happened to the most famous (and nonexistent) mathematician of all time? |…
Few fictional characters have populated the archives as much as Nicolas Bourbaki, a pseudonym under which a secret group of French mathematicians wrote a general treatise on the discipline, Mathematics Elements, over the past 90 years. The…
Guided tour of a mathematician through higher dimensions
The notion of dimension seems at first glance intuitive. Looking out the window we could see a crow sitting on top of a cramped flag pole in zero dimensions, a robin on a telephone wire forced into a, a ground pigeon free to roam in two…
Brilliant mathematician, emblematic professor – Reed Magazine
Reed mourns the loss of Professor Thomas Wieting, who taught mathematics for over 50 years.
By Randall S. Barton
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Can a Mathematician Help Prevent Gerrymandering in Virginia? | Virginie News
By STEVE THOMPSON, The Washington PostWhen Virginians voted last year to create a commission to draw the state's political districts, many hoped to avoid the partisanship that has marred previous redistribution efforts.Gerrymandering -…
Oxford mathematician reveals how math can help you win fantasy football
An Oxford University mathematician has revealed how mathematical thinking can improve your Fantasy Football rankings.The Fantasy Premier League is played by over eight million people and the coveted top prize for this year's champion…
Celebrating the legacy of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson
NASA research mathematician Katherine Johnson is pictured at her desk at the Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Born August 26, 1918 in White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia, Johnson worked at Langley from 1953 until her…
Official trailer for “Adventures of a Mathematician” on Stan Ulam
Official trailer for "Adventures of a Mathematician" on Stan Ulam
by Alex Billington August 26, 2021Source: Youtube
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