1) A little history... his own history that is... from Keith Devlin:
…Keith seems to be on a Fibonacci kick. He wrote a volume on the popular Italian medieval mathematician a few years back, and now has a new book out about writing the first book:
2) An excerpt from Luke Heaton’s, “A Brief History of Mathematical Thought”:
3) The problem with science-reporting and hype:
4) Evelyn Lamb interviews a trans mathematician with a lot of interesting answers:
…and here, another interview with a mathematician (who is married to yet another mathematician):
5) There's something about infinity! ....
One primer on infinity here:
One primer on infinity here:
…and another from Aeon here:
I’m currently reading Eugenia Cheng’s newest work, “Beyond Infinity,” so will have something to say about it in the future.
...and apparently Ian Stewart also has a new intro to infinity out as well:
https://plus.maths.org/content/node/6795
...and apparently Ian Stewart also has a new intro to infinity out as well:
https://plus.maths.org/content/node/6795
6) Deborah Mayo reviews a bit of the p-value discussion over the last year:
7) Ben Orlin teaches lines:
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017/03/08/lines-beyond-y-mx-b/
8) The 'connectedness' of mathematical areas, via John Cook:
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2017/03/09/how-areas-of-math-are-connected/?
9) There's some math buried in the curve of a child's early speech learning (h/t Adam Kucharski):
https://www.good.is/articles/first-words-spreadsheet
8) The 'connectedness' of mathematical areas, via John Cook:
https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2017/03/09/how-areas-of-math-are-connected/?
9) There's some math buried in the curve of a child's early speech learning (h/t Adam Kucharski):
https://www.good.is/articles/first-words-spreadsheet
Potpourri BONUS! (extra NON-mathematical links of interest):
1) Fun from the New Yorker and the retiring Bob Mankoff (cartoon editor):
2) Old, but still one of my favorite pieces ever, whenever I need a laugh (…which is pretty often these days). So read it and weep, all ye minimal Bauhaus clownfaces!:
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