Telling math stories: “Math makes me feel happy!”
This is a throw-back Thursday story one that I have remembered as I scroll through peoples' stories of their math exploits, experiences, challenges, and learning on social media. It is...
as a respondent, who was given an elicitation tool, from the researcher, �a struggle to let you write me�
�a struggle to let you write me� do I trust1 you?and you, me?do I trust you to do the right thingand inspire confidence?or do I trust you to do the wrong...
�thinking about political philosophies�
My daily dose of political philosophy� (and something that made me laugh out loud on the train! :-). Written in 1962, sounds and feels quite relevant today�) �In the United...
�I could never do math�
As a teacher of mathematics I hear this almost EVERY TIME I introduce my self to another person. �OH! you know math, I could never do math�. Here�s a story I...
The acceptance and dismissal of theories; picking the theories you like?
If you believe the theories of mathematics presented by a university researcher/teacher who proves and uses those theories every day in his/her/their work, and which are presented to you for...
� ;-) 10. History is a branch of mathematics. So is Literature. Economics is a branch of religion. (Let it sit for a moment� A little bit longer�) �
� from an alien to humans, in �The Humans�, p. 271, by Matt Haig