Philosophy
Whether you are particularly fond of it or not, you have to admit that when math gets involved in origami, amazing things start to happen (as we've seen in this previous TEDTalk presentation).
So imagine what would happen when origami and math meet Vi Hart's quirky style to make mathematical concepts accessible and interesting: pure awesomeness. Thanks to the following lesson on the hexaflexagon, you'll never think of hexagons the same way again...
And as if that weren't awesome enough, here's a second part:
- Doodling In Math - Spirals, Fibonacci And Plants - 3
Ok, so now that you've learned how the beauty and elegance of the golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence are instantiated all over the natural world (parts 1 and 2), you're probably wowing all your friends and thinking this is the coolest thing ever......
- Daniel Wolpert - The Real Reason For Brains
I know what you're thinking, but no, it's not for feeding zombies... but it's also not "for" thinking either because brains evolved long before any organism developed the ability to think and reason. So, while thinking is a great adaptation...
- 200 Countries, 200 Years, All In 4 Minutes
If you've seen Hans Rosling's TEDTalk presentation before, I think you'd agree with me that if his training weren't in health and demographics, his alternate career would have been as a sports announcer. I don't know what he knows...
- March 3rd, 2009--3/3/09--√9 = 3--3² = 3 × 3 = 9
Nearly slipped by...this is "Square Root Day" celebrated by math aficionados. It is a rare mathematical function event that won't happen again until April 4th, 2016. Tuesday is "Square Root Day", a holiday that occurs when the day and the month are...
- Tv Shows And Science
Response to Hugh Hart's article in wired.com, "An Injection of Hard Science Boosts TV Shows' Prognosis" on December 5th, is not entirely congruent. Sure, these programs have lots of gadgets, flame, smoke and just like magic a lot of hocus pocus....
Philosophy
Hexaflexagons to Blow Your Mind
So imagine what would happen when origami and math meet Vi Hart's quirky style to make mathematical concepts accessible and interesting: pure awesomeness. Thanks to the following lesson on the hexaflexagon, you'll never think of hexagons the same way again...
And as if that weren't awesome enough, here's a second part:
- Doodling In Math - Spirals, Fibonacci And Plants - 3
Ok, so now that you've learned how the beauty and elegance of the golden ratio and Fibonacci sequence are instantiated all over the natural world (parts 1 and 2), you're probably wowing all your friends and thinking this is the coolest thing ever......
- Daniel Wolpert - The Real Reason For Brains
I know what you're thinking, but no, it's not for feeding zombies... but it's also not "for" thinking either because brains evolved long before any organism developed the ability to think and reason. So, while thinking is a great adaptation...
- 200 Countries, 200 Years, All In 4 Minutes
If you've seen Hans Rosling's TEDTalk presentation before, I think you'd agree with me that if his training weren't in health and demographics, his alternate career would have been as a sports announcer. I don't know what he knows...
- March 3rd, 2009--3/3/09--√9 = 3--3² = 3 × 3 = 9
Nearly slipped by...this is "Square Root Day" celebrated by math aficionados. It is a rare mathematical function event that won't happen again until April 4th, 2016. Tuesday is "Square Root Day", a holiday that occurs when the day and the month are...
- Tv Shows And Science
Response to Hugh Hart's article in wired.com, "An Injection of Hard Science Boosts TV Shows' Prognosis" on December 5th, is not entirely congruent. Sure, these programs have lots of gadgets, flame, smoke and just like magic a lot of hocus pocus....