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University of Hawai'i mathematics professor David Bleeker wasn't in his right mind when he set his office door on fire at the Mānoa campus last year, a judge ruled today in acquitting Bleeker of arson. Bleeker had been on leave for a year because of ...
2010-05-24 07:34:00
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Longtime, acclaimed mathematics and science writer Martin Gardner, who introduced readers to the joys of recreational mathematics and bedeviled cranks and pseudoscientists, died in Norman, Okla., on May 22, 2010. He was 95. Gardner was perhaps best ...
2010-05-24 04:06:00
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He received a master's degree in applied mathematics from Harvard University in 1970. In 1973, he received a doctorate in computer science from Harvard. He spent 22 years in Silicon Valley, and now lives in Boston and Maine. Rose-Hulman is a 1,960 ...
2010-05-24 09:35:00
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... of our greatest thinkers because of his publication De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) which first laid out the evidence and mathematics for the Earth orbiting the Sun (heliocentrism). Prior to this ...
2010-05-24 10:04:00
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Biology is incorporating more mathematics, engineering, physics and computer science," said Anna Tan-Wilson, a BU distinguished teaching professor of biological sciences and HHMI program director. "In the real world, those boundaries are blurring."
2010-05-24 08:02:00
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Professor emeritus of mathematics Sanford Segal, who taught at the University of Rochester for 44 years before retiring in 2008, died May 7 at Strong Memorial Hospital after suffering a stroke and a cerebral hemorrhage two weeks earlier. He was 72 ...
2010-05-24 08:10:00
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In addition to his major, he will earn certificates in applied and computational mathematics and in applications of computing . His experience at Princeton has left him with an appreciation for the collaboration that he has enjoyed in his academic ...
2010-05-24 10:58:00
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Jeff Weber '10, a chemistry and mathematics major, was one of only 15 students from nearly 600 applicants nationwide to earn a $250,000 Hertz Fellowship for innovative leaders in the applied sciences and engineering. The award supports up to five ...
2010-05-24 12:53:00
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Biology is incorporating more mathematics, engineering, physics, and computer science,” says Anna Tan-Wilson, a Binghamton University distinguished teaching professor of biological sciences and HHMI program director. “In the real world, those ...
2010-05-24 10:30:00
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IMAGE: Thomas O'Brien, director of Binghamton University?s Center for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, is hoping that his new book will change the way students and teachers think about learning and... Click here for more information ...
2010-05-24 02:33:00
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He spent 95 years coming up with interesting puzzles and fascinating pieces of mathematics. Like a forerunner to sudoku, Gardner spent 25 years writing a weekly column about maths puzzles for Scientific American . This is as well as authoring over ...
2010-05-24 11:13:00
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The gathering is the world's premier celebration of recreational mathematics. Foshee's "boy born on a Tuesday" problem is a gem of the genre: easy to state, understandable to the layperson, yet with a completely counter-intuitive answer that can ...
2010-05-24 08:49:00
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The event is aimed at engaging and retaining college students in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and Caterpillar plans to take advantage of this opportunity to develop long-term relationships with the students.
2010-05-24 09:54:00
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MIT’s Tomasz Mrowka has received the sole Guggenheim fellowship awarded this year in the field of pure mathematics. According to the Guggenheim Foundation, the fellowships honor “men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity ...
2010-05-24 08:21:00
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Biology is incorporating more mathematics, engineering, physics, and computer science,” says Anna Tan-Wilson, a Binghamton University distinguished teaching professor of biological sciences and HHMI program director. “In the real world, those ...
2010-05-24 09:25:00
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