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If pop culture has taught us anything, it is that in the event of a zombie outbreak, we are royally screwed. When faced with an onslaught of classical zombies (of the type first made famous by Romero’s 1968 film Night of the Living Dead), films have shown again and again that we are no match . . . → Read More: Math Gets Around: Preventing the Zombie Apocalypse  Today marks the 1 year anniversary of Math Goes Pop! I started on somewhat of a whim after reading an article about compulsory Algebra I education for all California 8th graders (although what with our finances down the toilet, who knows what the current status is here). When I started writing I wasn’t sure . . . → Read More: Math Gets Around: On Birthdays and Trading Cards Math has gotten a bit of a visibility boost recently, in the form of posts by professor Steven Strogatz at the New York Times blog. For three weeks, starting at the end of May, Professor Strogatz filled in for usual blogger Olivia Judson, and during that time he used the platform to write some highly . . . → Read More: Math Gets Around in the Big City Most of us are familiar with the story of Chicken Little, the young chicken turn Disney sellout who one day has a major panic attack because she (or he, depending on the version you’re told) believes that the sky is falling. No doubt this fable has conditioned many of us to be wary of chickens that try . . . → Read More: Math Gets Around, and So Does Disease (Both Real and Virtual) In the continuing saga of animals that are better than you at math, it now appears that ants are much better than most of us at optimization. Granted, they may not be able to think abstractly, but in concrete terms, they far surpass us with a particular type of optimization: the efficiency of traffic flow. As . . . → Read More: Math Gets Around: The Entomology of Civil Engineering At this time of year, many people push their studies to the side in favor of roasted animals and pie. However, the activities of enlarging your waistline and mastering some mathematics need not be mutually exclusive. For evidence of this claim, I need only turn your attention to the culmination of thousands of years of human . . . → Read More: Math Gets Around: Holiday Treats As promised, in this thrilling final installment to the relationship between math and voting (the first two parts can be found here and here), we will look at what many people see as the holy grail of voting systems: Range voting. The concept of range voting is simple. Given a set of candidates, in a range . . . → Read More: Math Gets Around: Politics, Part 3 As you may recall, I have already discussed certain perils associated with different voting systems. However, given all the commotion this election is causing, I thought it may be worthwhile to discuss voting in a bit more detail. There is plenty of information online regarding the relationship between math and voting, for those with interest enough to . . . → Read More: Math Gets Around: Politics, Part 2 Recently, I found myself thinking of mathematics in an unlikely set of circumstances: while watching VH1′s latest “Celebreality” show, Brooke Knows Best. I realize that an admission like this may be embarrassing, and so it is for the sake of your edification, dear reader, that I am willing to go on the record with this . . . → Read More: Math on TV/Math Gets Around: Brooke Knows Best Do you wonder whether you will ever find true love? Are you tired of looking for Mr. or Ms. Right? (I mean this in a metaphorical sense – if you are actually looking for an individual by the name of Right, this article will probably be of no use to you.) Have you . . . → Read More: Math Gets Around: Dating |
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