Winners of the 2010 Fields Medal, known as the "Nobel Prize of Math, " were announced Thursday at the International Congress of Mathematics in Hyderabad, India.
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Head back to school with new math software
Microsoft just unveiled new add-ins for its 2010 Office Suite which include a handy new math feature.
According to a company statement, "Microsoft Mathematics Add-in for Word and OneNote makes it easy to plot graphs in 2D and 3D, calculate numerical results, solve equations or inequalities, and simplify algebraic expressions in your Word documents and OneNote notebooks."
If you’re not a morning person…
…this is probably not the product for you.
The most recent push in the war against the "snooze" button is the Twist Alarm Clock, a contraption that not only wakes you up, but whose alarm won’t shut off until you solve an arithmetic problem.
It’s the perfect gift for all your math-obsessed friends! (Mine’s already on order.)
Summer is bug season
Summer plans may take you outside a lot more. And that usually means dealing with pesky bugs. Better carry insect repellent if you’re going to be outdoors.
Unfortunately, there’s more to worry about in dealing with bugs than swatting them out of your face or away from your food. Many carry diseases such as malaria that can effect you long term, or worse, can even be fatal.
While science has produced a number of antimalarial drugs, some strains of the disease are drug resistant. Now, mathematicians have developed models that speed the detection of drug-resistant strains.
Best … job … EVER.
Somehow we missed this one. But the story is still valid.
After research and polling conducted last year by CareerCast.com on the best and worst jobs in the U.S., the results are in and, you guessed it, math is on top. (What site did you think you were on?)