Tag: Math
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The “I’m Bad at Math” Myth
We are going to cover this in an upcoming “Question of the Day” for my courses and I have copied this article from The Atlantic. Read the full article there for a more complete discussion, excellent related articles and other works by this author. Basic ability in the subject isn’t the product of good genes,…
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NYTimes: It’s My Birthday Too, Yeah
I was explaining to my class the other day that given our class sizes it is better than 50-50 that two students have the same birthday. But hard to explain. So I give them this article. Article below By STEVEN STROGATZ Me, Myself and Math, a six-part series by Steven Strogatz, looks at us…