Month: September 2014
1001 Leaders: Make and fly boomerangs with Yutaka Nishiyama
Professor Yutaka Nishiyama（西山豊) seeks mathematics in everyday life and in cultural traditions. How does an egg roll down a slope? Why do French, Japanese, and Indian people count on their fingers in such different ways? Why do boomerangs fly? Yutaka finds…
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Live online events, 1001 Circles, Math Storytelling Day: Newsletter September 2, 2014
Subscribe and read archives Pinterest | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ Hi, I am Moby from the Moebius Noodles project, bringing you the news about Natural Math. Send me your questions, comments, and stories of math adventures at moby@moebiusnoodles.com In this newsletter: Join us September 3 for…
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Math Storytelling: The Day my First Grader Fell in Love with Numbers
Stephen Taylor first wrote about Zometool adventures for our 1001 Circles series. Now Stephen shares a more personal story, to celebrate Math Storytelling Day on September 25. For some, the love of mathematics grows gradually, over time. Other people experience…
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