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Election Night was a sensory overload of names and numbers, of blue and red and talking heads. Obama vs. Romney. Rove vs. Mathematics. Johnson vs. Dodson.
2012-11-08 04:55:43
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by Jonathan David Farley, D.Phil. (Oxon.) The one Nobel Prize you won’t hear announced is for Mathematics―because, in contrast to Chemistry, Physics, and Literature, there is no Nobelity in Math. Rumor has it that it’s because of a sex scandal: Alfred Nobel’s wife had an affair with a mathematician.
2012-11-08 05:38:07
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John Bogle, founder of Vanguard, said Thursday that fiduciary duty comes down to “simple mathematics” and that even if Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairwoman Mary Schapiro decides to leave her post at year-end and a fiduciary ...
2012-11-08 06:15:25
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The thirty-three founders of the National Geographic Society were an adventurous and accomplished group. They included scientists, explorers, a journalist and a superintendent of the National Zoo. In recognition of the National Geographic ...
2012-11-08 05:41:56
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Election Night was a sensory overload of names and numbers, of blue and red and talking heads. Obama vs. Romney. Rove vs. Mathematics. Johnson vs. Dodson.
2012-11-08 04:16:16
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There’s a principle in mathematics called “order of operations.” When confronted with an equation stuffed with different calculations to make, you do exponents before you multiply or divide, and you multiply or divide before you add or subtract. Mess up the order, and you risk muffing the answer. The same is true for the economic challenges facing the president in his second term, which present ...
2012-11-08 06:27:05
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PCS Edventures!.com, Inc., a leading provider of K-16 programs focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics , today announced the successful fulfillment and invoicing of a $209,000 robotics ...
2012-11-08 07:00:00
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CHICAGO, IL – Mathematics: the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. Did your eyes just roll to the back of your head? Did you start sweating or experience pain? Does even …
2012-11-08 10:34:34
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A mathematics professor over at the University of Pittsburgh is getting formal recognition for his work to prove a 400-year-old math problem. You read that right. It's a 400-year-old mystery. Thomas Hales, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of ...
2012-11-07 09:41:34
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