Danica McKellar: A Quote
In the course of reviewing a math book written by Danica McKellar, Math Doesn’t Suck, Denise at Let’s Play Math Blog posted a good quote …
Mathematics
Introducing Ardi, Ancestor of Lucy
In “Before Lucy came Ardi, new earliest hominid found” (Yahoo News, Thu Oct 1, 6:33 pm ET), Randolph E. Schmid says: The story of humankind is reaching back another …
The Power of Concepts
In “Tiny parasite may have done in mighty T. rex” (Chicago Tribune, September 30, 2009), William Mullen writes: CHICAGO – Sue – the biggest, meanest, …
Rejecting the Non-Existent
There is a great deal one can learn about logic and objectivity from mathematics. It is a very important subject to study. In Elementary Mathematical …
We Don’t Eat Meat Because We Are Human; We Are Human Because We Eat Meat
In “Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part II” (21. September 2009, 22:32 Uhr), Dr. Michael Eades says: In April 1995 an article appeared in …
The Metabolism of Muscle
In a comment to Dr. Michael Eades’ post “Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part II” (21. September 2009, 22:32), Gabe says (at 22. September …
The NCTQ’s “Are You Qualified to Teach Elementary School Math?”
The National Council on Teacher Quality says about their test, “Are You Qualified to Teach Elementary School Math?“: Now available, a newly formatted version of …
Applying Math to the Cholesterol Hypothesis of Heart Disease
In, “Jimmy and MONICA: A Tale From the Heart” (Fat Head Blog, September 7, 2009), Tom Naughton writes: Jimmy’s total cholesterol is well over 300. …
An Early Computer
Check out the first working model of Babbage’s Difference Engine No. 2. HT: Paul L. The Statistics Dictionary says on Answers.com about Charles Babbage: (1792–1871; …
The “Chocolate Calculator” Reprise
Following the steps we are supposed to go through, we get: 1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would …