Some End-of-week Picks

A short potpourri this week:

1)  One blogger's list of "7 Must-See Mathematics Movies":

http://mathandmultimedia.com/2016/08/21/mathematics-movies/

2)  ...and Fawn Nguyen's "7 Deadly Sins of Teaching":

http://fawnnguyen.com/7-deadly-sins-of-teaching-maths/

3)  Also for teachers, Christopher Danielson announces that his "Which One Doesn't Belong?" book is now in print:

https://talkingmathwithkids.com/2016/08/24/which-one-doesnt-belong-is-in-print/

4)  Brainteasers from the NSA:

http://bgr.com/2016/08/22/nsa-mathematicians-brain-teasers-puzzle-periodicals/

5)  Seeing is NOT believing... Evelyn Lamb on a few of the best illusions:

http://blogs.ams.org/blogonmathblogs/2016/08/24/its-not-a-trick-its-an-illusion/

6)  Primes and Conway's 'Game of Life':

http://www.nathanieljohnston.com/2009/08/generating-sequences-of-primes-in-conways-game-of-life/

7)  My own Math-Frolic blogposts this week dealt with Martin Gardner, Paul Erdös, and John Cook.

Potpourri BONUS! (extra NON-mathematical links of interest):

1)  Someone on Twitter recommended this 'mind-blowing' RadioLab episode (on forest fungi) that I had missed, and I'll just pass along the recommendation:

http://www.radiolab.org/story/from-tree-to-shining-tree/

2)  My favorite piece of classical music, Pachelbel's Canon, played in a fingerstyle manner I've not seen before on guitar, by Trace Bundy (enjoy watching & listening):