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“The Danger of a Single Story” in Mathematics

Credit: George Coppock Getty Images The Lathisms podcast shares the varied stories of Hispanic and L ...
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How To Prepare For International Maths Olympiad?

The IMOC stands for International Mathematical Olympiad Challenge and is a well-renowned world champ ...
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The genius at Guinness and his statistical legacy

This St Patrick’s Day, revellers around the world will crowd the streets seeking one of Ireland’s na ...
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Pi in the Sky

Elegant new visualization maps the digits of pi as a star catalogue The mind of Martin Krzywinski is ...
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On his 250th birthday, Joseph Fourier’s math still makes a ...

March 21 marks the 250th birthday of one of the most influential mathematicians in history. He accom ...
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Peculiar Pattern Found in “Random” Prime Numbers

Credit: ©iStock.com Last digits of nearby primes have “anti-sameness” bias Two mathemati ...
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Why prime numbers still fascinate mathematicians, 2,300 years later

Primes still have the power to surprise. Chris-LiveLoveClick/shutterstock.com On March 20, American- ...
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Measure Earth’s Circumference with a Shadow

Credit: The earth is massive, but you don’t need a massive ruler to measure its size. All you ...
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Learning from Bertrand Russell in today’s tumultuous world

They come from all over the world to see, touch and read the originals of tens of thousands of lette ...
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Mathematicians Measure Infinities, and Find They’re Equal

Credit: Saul Gravy Getty Images Proof rests on a surprising link between infinity size and the compl ...
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Maria Agnesi, the greatest female mathematician you’ve never heard of

The outmoded gender stereotype that women lack mathematical ability suffered a major blow in 2014, w ...
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Dialogic Teaching

Dialogue is a key part of all lively classrooms, but how do we ensure this dialogue is effective? Ho ...
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Mathematicians Are Overselling the Idea That “Math Is Everywhere”

Credit: PK Flickr(CC BY 2.0) The mathematics that is most important to society is the province of th ...
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Mastery Learning Vs Performance-Oriented Learning, and Why Should Teachers Care?

Generally, the occurrence of students asking this question increases with growing age. Primary stude ...
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How to cheat at dice – from an expert in ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a 600-year-old die that was probably used for cheating. The wooden ...
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Math Fun with a Perimeter Magic Triangle

Credit: Count your pennies! Learn a fun puzzle to test your quick computation skills—and see if you ...
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