The Story of Martin Gardner and Mathematics as Magic
Martin Gardner, one of the greatest recreational mathematicians of all time, is responsible not only for helping popularize mathematics as an art form and as a form of recreation but for inspiring a...
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2013 Cambridge (MA) Science Festival April 12 – April 21
If you’re anywhere near the Boston area in the second half of April don’t miss the 7th annual Cambridge Science Festival featuring lectures from some of the world’s top researchers, hands on...
View ArticleThe Scale of the Universe and How We Measure It
Students often ask about the existence of the largest, smallest, or most distance objects that exist. These questions undeniably provide intellectual entertainment, especially when we can visualize the...
View ArticleA Miniature Introduction To Infinity
Infinity is a topic that has for ages caused a great deal of both fascination and confusion among students. It is a mathematical abstraction that unlike other abstractions seems hard to make concrete....
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Cut-the-Knot: A Hidden Treasure Trove of Mathematical Miscellany
The Web may contain almost every possible problem, puzzle, and article imaginable, but it’s decentralized nature makes it’s hard to locate good content in a sea of endless tutorials, amusing pictures,...
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The Fascinating World of Preschool Mathematics Education and Enrichment
Teaching math to young kids who don’t know how to read, write, or count is a complicated task. Providing these kids with mathematical enrichment seems like an even more daunting task. Unfortunately,...
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Computer Science Unplugged: A Computational Thinking Curriculum Without the...
The chorus calling for teaching computer science to all children seems to be getting louder by the day. Even the White House seems to think that programming is the new literacy. Programming is clearly...
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