1) James Tanton interviewed:
...and here, an experiment proposed with logarithms from by Dr. Tanton:
2) Colm Mulcahy on the “Mathematics Genealogy Project”:
3) Mark Chu-Carroll offers up an intro to “type theory”:
http://www.goodmath.org/blog/2017/04/25/a-review-of-type-theory-so-far/
...and also an intro to "neural networks":
http://www.goodmath.org/blog/2017/04/27/introduction-to-neural-networks/
...and also an intro to "neural networks":
http://www.goodmath.org/blog/2017/04/27/introduction-to-neural-networks/
4) Anna Haensch writes about “Gifted,” the movie and the trait:
5) Series, as only Ben Orlin could explain them:
6) Mike Lawler offered up a challenge to “everyone in and around math.” Care to take him up on it:
https://mikesmathpage.wordpress.com/2017/04/26/a-challenge-to-everyone-in-and-around-math/
...Mike's been on fire this week with interesting posts/problems, so check 'em out if you get the chance.
7) "What Is a Manifold?":
http://blogs.ams.org/mathgradblog/2017/04/27/manifold-66/
8) Andrew Gelman (and a lot of commenters) on "evidence-based design":
http://andrewgelman.com/2017/04/27/whole-fleet-wansinks-architecture-design-trillion-dollar-industry-founded-pseudoscience/
...Mike's been on fire this week with interesting posts/problems, so check 'em out if you get the chance.
7) "What Is a Manifold?":
http://blogs.ams.org/mathgradblog/2017/04/27/manifold-66/
8) Andrew Gelman (and a lot of commenters) on "evidence-based design":
http://andrewgelman.com/2017/04/27/whole-fleet-wansinks-architecture-design-trillion-dollar-industry-founded-pseudoscience/
Potpourri BONUS! (extra NON-mathematical links of interest):
1) In case you've somehow missed it, Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia is launching a new project to fight fake news, called “Wikitribune”:
2) John Horgan interviews Peter Woit (mostly on physics):
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/why-string-theory-is-still-not-even-wrong/
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/why-string-theory-is-still-not-even-wrong/
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