The New York Times reports on elementary school engineering programs, which aim to boost STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) training among the next generation.
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Formulas Make Art
High school students in San Diego are finding more uses for their math formulas. They’re creating art for display in the community.
Read this story from the San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Three Puzzles Keep Mathematician in Memory
This article from Scientific American presents three puzzles by Martin Gardner, a respected mathematician who died recently. Give ’em a try.
World loses “eminent” mathematician
Vladimir Arnold, one of the most important mathematicians of the 20th century, died Thursday in France. Among many awards and recognitions Arnold received in his professional career, he was presented the Crafoord Prize in 1982 and in 2001, the World Prize in Mathematics.
He is also known as the coauthor of the KAM theorum of classical mechanics, for which the ‘A’ in KAM is his initial. The theorem deals with mechanical trajectories.
In his later years, he worked at the Steklov Mathematical Institute in Moscow and the Moscow State University. Arnold was 72 years old.