For Your Weekend Browsing

1)  A new Carnival of Mathematics:

http://www.whitegroupmaths.com/2017/04/144th-carnival-of-mathematics.html

2)  “Yes, But Why?”… book for math teachers:

http://www.resourceaholic.com/2017/04/yesbutwhy.html

3)  “Aronson’s sequence” from Futility Closet:

https://www.futilitycloset.com/2017/04/01/aronsons-sequence/

4)  Erica Klarreich explains why state gerrymandering is more difficult for the courts to recognize than the rest of us:

https://www.quantamagazine.org/20170404-gerrymandering-math-standard/

5)  Nice intro to some basic probability paradoxes from “The Conversation”:

http://theconversation.com/paradoxes-of-probability-and-other-statistical-strangeness-74440

6)  Keith Devlin promoting a book and respectability for Fibonacci, while debunking legend:

http://devlinsangle.blogspot.com/2017/04/fibonacci-and-golden-ratio-madness.html

7)  “The Improbability Principle”… an overview of a David Hand book:

https://thatsmaths.com/2017/04/06/the-improbability-principle/

8)  Andrew Gelman has Cornell on his mind (long post/rant):

http://andrewgelman.com/2017/04/06/dear-cornell-university-public-relations-office/

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

1)  Teaching 5th graders to recognize fake news:

http://www.vox.com/first-person/2017/3/29/15042692/fake-news-education-election

2)  Speaking of fakery, must-reading for fans of science and Seinfeld:

http://retractionwatch.com/2017/04/06/hello-newman-yet-another-sting-pranks-a-predatory-journal-seinfeld-style/