Tag Archives: math
Sine of the times

From the Bad Astronomer, with the comment:
Some people might consider this a sin, but hey: I’m no angle.
… and if you don’t get it, this might help. Or you could try searching on it; secant you shall find.
Shell Sort Demonstrated by Hungarian Folk Dancers
From
Survival Of The Stupidest
At the Hammock Physicist
What we have all seen, explained by Game Theory.
Saved by calculus
A couple weeks ago I went to the going out of business sale for the Borders bookstore in St. Paul. While being a vulture browsing the sale, I glanced through 100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know: Math Explains Your World and saw this story from the Russian Civil War:
Friday night physics
I saw this on the blog of a British Astrophysicist:
If you haven’t seen this problem before, why not have a go?
Two Cultures
Ow
At Spiked Math
Wish List

At Spiked Math
Recent reading
Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist. The author is brotherguy.
All are recommended to those interested in the respective subjects.