Weekly Roundup of Extra Links

1)  Jo Boaler's "How To Learn Math: For Teachers and Parents" Stanford OpenEdX MOOC course offered here:
http://scpd.stanford.edu/instanford/how-to-learn-math.jsp

2)  And about that pee in the Portland drinking water… from a mathematical standpoint:
http://tinyurl.com/p6wcagt

3)  Evelyn Lamb pointed me to this page, I'd never seen before (though it's been around for awhile) honoring the great Gauss:  http://www.gaussfacts.com/top
It's one of the funniest math pages I've ever run across… IF you like Gauss or math… if you prefer Euler, well, then start your own page! ;-)

4)  More interesting probably than David Brooks' personal angst over the community angst over Common Core, is the range and passion of the 400+ who responded with comments:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/opinion/brooks-when-the-circus-descends.html

5)  "Gödel's Last Letter" explains why open-mindedness to even unconventional proofs (re: P vs. NP) is a good thing:
https://rjlipton.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/in-praise-of-pnp-proofs/

6)  NPR reports on Amir Alexander's new book, "Infinitesimal":
http://tinyurl.com/msxhyvv

7)  Mind Your Decisions blog offered an interesting Monday puzzle regarding some famous numbers:   http://tinyurl.com/ll7bkoq

8)  And an informative history lesson from Evelyn Lamb on Euclid's 4th postulate (…you read that right, 4th postulate):  http://tinyurl.com/myw8tpd

and a couple of non-mathy links:

9) A few years back, Fields Medalist Tim Gowers inspired an academic boycott of publisher Elsevier for a host of reasons. In a very long post he updates where things stand today:
https://gowers.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/elsevier-journals-some-facts/

10) Finally, Cathy O'Neil ("MathBabe") links to cool stuff, so ICYMI I have to pass along this 5-minute clip she tweeted a week ago, of Neil deGrassi Tyson talking about obstructions to becoming a scientist:   http://tinyurl.com/klvzucu


 (p.s. sometime Sunday or Monday morning I should have another interview posted here)