Word: maths
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Kiran S. Kedlaya '96, a two-time Putnam fellow and resident of Quincy House, was awarded an Honorable Mention by the Morgan Prize Committee for his undergraduate research in math...
...MATH CURSE, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith (Viking; $16.99), is a great book for kids still too young to know they hate math. Even the dedication is fiendish: "If the sum of my nieces and nephews equals 15, and their product equals 54, and I have more nephews than nieces, how many nephews and how many nieces is this book dedicated to?" O.K., 9 and 6. But when the teacher, Mrs. Fibonacci, counts "1,1,2,3,5,8,13..." what are the next five numbers in her puzzle...
...Tuesday, departments scheduled to attend are Applied Mathematics, Astronomy, Biochemical Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Chemistry and Physics, Computer Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Environmental Science and Public Policy, History and Literature, Math. Philosophy, Psychology and Special Concentrations...
...always been fascinated by magic tricks--there are some terrible little tricks and good tricks too," he says, adding that many card tricks can be understood by the rules of mathematics. "Even today if I have a math problem and I can translate it into the language of cards, I can solve...
...just teach math, I teach discipline and responsibility," said Jaime Escalante, who was the subject of the film "Stand and Deliver...