Tag Archives: mathematics

Science March Draws Controversy.

Posted on April 21, 2017 by

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 →

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Alternate Mathematics

Posted on February 28, 2017 by

Alternate Mathematics: sometimes things seem too good to be true. #AltMath

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Math and Movies: White House Panel

Posted on November 1, 2016 by

On October 28, 2016, the white house hosted a panel on “Math and the Movies” where they spoke with DJ Patil, US chief data scientist, Andrea Hariston,  applied mathematician from NSA, Jeremy Irons, cast member from “The Man who knew … Continue reading →

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Steppin’ Up Challenge, Part 3

Posted on September 6, 2016 by

Welcome to the third and final part of the Steppin Up Challenge analysis! If you missed part 1 & 2, I encourage you to check it out here and here. So, here we are, analyzing the results of the 20 competitors in … Continue reading →

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Math in the Media: August 2016

Posted on September 2, 2016 by

The internet has lots of great and terrible uses of math and mathematical visualizations! This is our opportunity to applaud the winners and be confused by the blunders. Here are a few of my favorites from August 2016: 1. The … Continue reading →

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Steppin’ Up Challenge, Part 1

Posted on August 23, 2016 by

Last month, I participated in a team building “Steppin Up Challenge” at work. We all had pedometers and logged our daily step count for 4 weeks. We also included our number of active minutes. How do our steps and active minutes stack up against each other and against the national average? Continue reading →

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Pinpoint the moment when…

Posted on August 16, 2016 by

Graphs and data are always there for us, especially if we want to look back in time and find the exact moment that something changed. Today I’m presenting a bit of a poem of images about time series. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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