Category Archives: Media
Science March Draws Controversy.
There is something about airing dirty laundry that makes everyone uncomfortable. And we scientists have some dirty laundry… And we are struggling to interface with the world about our feelings. Continue reading
Posted in Business, Communicating Math, Media, Social Mathematicians
Tagged #altfacts, mathematics, Science March, Uber, WhitePrivilege
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Math in the Media: September 2016
The internet had lots of great and terrible uses of math and mathematical visualizations in September 2016! This is our opportunity to applaud the winners and be confused by the blunders. Here are a few of my favorites: 1. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Communicating Math, Media
Tagged Bloomberg, histogram, Math in the Media, Moebius, Rogness, Science, stereographic projections
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Zodiacs and Earth’s Precession
You may have seen recent posts claiming that NASA published some new results on the zodiac signs. Some of the bigger internet publishers, like Distractify, have popularized the story. The story says there is a 13th sign we haven’t seen … Continue reading
Posted in Communicating Math, Media, Nature
Tagged Astrology, Astronomy, math, NASA, Precession, Ptolemy, Science, Zodiac
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