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Girls’ Angle Bulletin, Volume 5, Number 3

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

The latest issue of the Bulletin covers a wide variety of mathematics from combinatorics to topology. In the print version, there’s also an interview with MIT Ph.D. biostatistician Dana Pascovici who works at the Australian Proteome Analysis Facility in Sydney. … Continue reading →

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Dreamin’ ’bout Math

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

I sometimes get science educator envy. I watch them convey ideas with hatching chickadees, snapping plants, fiery explosions, counter-intuitive gyroscopic dances, color-changing liquids, erupting volcanoes, whirling water spouts, sizzling arcs, glistening gems,

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Professor Gowers’s Blog – Mathematicians on Math

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Timothy Gowers, the mathematician who compiled the incredible Princeton Companion to Mathematics, has begun a series of blog posts directed toward students who aspire to become mathematicians. It’s really quite amazing!

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Math Contests v. Mathematics

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

In math contests, participants match wits against humans (the contest designers). In mathematics, participants match wits against the mathiverse!

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