An Archimedian Bio, 2
In “Archimedes: Greek Mathematician,” Gerald J. Toomer (Professor Emeritus of the History of Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island) writes: Method Concerning Mechanical Theorems describes a …
Mathematics
An Archimedian Bio
In “Archimedes,” some folks at famousscientists.org write: Archimedes was, arguably, the world’s greatest scientist – certainly the greatest scientist of the classical age.He was a …
Feynman On Science
“The job of a scientist is to listen carefully to nature, not to tell nature how to behave.” Dr. Richard Feynam, Nobel Prize winner in …
ReasonRx Podcast Episode 25 Award-winning Teacher Scott Harris: What’s Wrong With Science Education and How To Fix It
In this episode, Scott, Melanie, and Michael provide and discuss evidence that science education is broken and in need of help, then discuss some ways …
Resource For Old Textbooks
In the document Early American Textbooks, the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, of the US Department of Education, says: Nothing gives us insight into …
Improving Science Education — and Education in General
In “Biomedical science education needs a new philosophy, Johns Hopkins researchers say” (Johns Hopkins’ the Hub, 3 Jan 2018), Barbara Benham writes: Today’s graduate biomedical …
ReasonRx Podcast Episode 40 Gundula Bosch, PhD Johns Hopkins, on the Importance of Philosophy to Science and Education
In this episode, Dr. Gundula Bosch joins us to discuss the R3ISE Graduate Science Program and the R3 Center for Innovation in Science Education. We …
ReasonRx Podcast Episode 13 Teacher Scott Harris On Writing, Part 2
In this episode, Scott and Michael — after saying hi and catching up, talking about ending the school year, and Michael’s earning his MovNat Level …
Math and Monopoly
Monopoly involves a bit of math, e.g., probability and Markov chains. You can really dig into it and get things involved and abstract. Writing in …
The Ideal Gas Law (van der Waals Correction) and Disease Spread
In “The scaling of contact rates with population density for the infectious disease models” (Mathematical Biosciences, Volume 244, Issue 2, August 2013, Pages 125-134), Hoa …