Here’s why you need to go to the monthly math hour at the UW this spring: My thesis advisor, Sandor Kovacs, is giving the first talk (March 13). It’s on the sixth dimension. Need I say more? I’m giving the second talk (April 17). [...]
Our first 1 minute math video. Pass it along if you know anyone who’d like it. Should we make more? Any topics you’d like to see?
I recently gave a lunchtime talk at a MathCounts competition, aimed at 6-9th graders, and I propped up my camera to take a low tech recording of the thing. The talk went quite [...]
I just got it last evening, and I’ve got to say, Family Math is almost perfect. Their advice to parents: dead on. Like, “Let [your children] see you enjoying the [...]
Speaking of great displays of data, check this out: the last 200 years of history of the wealth and health of the 200 countries of the world When it comes to figuring out how the [...]
A parent recently asked me a great question: what books (and games) would be useful for home use? There are lots of resources around, such as living math, or the book list from [...]
Exciting news! Katherine and I will be teaching 4 classes at the Robinson Center this spring. Registration opens Monday, March 7 at 8am. Last quarter Zeno filled up in two hours, so early registration is recommended. 2nd – 3rd Grade: [...]
I had a great session the other day with two wonderful kids, age 5 and 7. After warming up with a quick game of Hex, we jumped into our activity for the hour: playing with pattern [...]
Just a quick announcement that Math for Love T shirts are now available in adult and children’s sizes!
The plant to the left is not a plant. Rather, it is what’s called an L system: simple iterated recipes for drawing line segments that produces surprisingly sophisticated [...]
In the past couple weeks, Katherine and I have launched no less than 5 math circles, with at least two more on the way–plus a physics circle starting in February or March! Some of these we co-teach; some we handle solo. The age range of [...]
Another guest post from Katherine Cook. Enjoy! “Your brain manages a vast information highway–yet a simple math problem can create a traffic jam that brings everything to a [...]
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