jAdis Needs Some Math Review

By Matt, on August 28th, 2009%

If you’ve ever gone for a walk down main street in Santa Monica, you may have passed by a store front filled with all kinds of paraphernalia. This is the home of jAdis, a museum of sorts, filled with props from TV and movie history, from a model of the robot in Metropolis to a . . . → Read More: jAdis Needs Some Math Review

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Decimal Point Fail, Ctd

By Matt, on July 2nd, 2009%

I apologize for my silence over the past few weeks – I have been out of the country learning math and eating pancakes. While I get back into the swing of things, I’ve got a couple of points to mention that relate to earlier posts regarding our collective inability to correctly use the decimal point.

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The Cheapest Salad Bar in the World

By Matt, on June 8th, 2009%

Last week, I went to a number theory conference in Utah. The conference was very good, and I learned quite a lot, which I suppose is the goal of any such conference. The location of the conference itself was also quite nice – it was close to the mountains, a lake, and the home . . . → Read More: The Cheapest Salad Bar in the World

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Verizon Employees Suck at Math

By Matt, on March 19th, 2009%

If you’ve got the time, and/or the patience, listening to this audio clip of George Vaccaro try to deal with a series of Verizon representatives who claim that 0.002 = 0.00002 should be enough to strike fear into your heart regarding the future of mathematical literacy in this country. Then again, he’s talking about problems . . . → Read More: Verizon Employees Suck at Math

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