Tag: Mathematics
Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate...
Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia
Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in...
Algebra is more than alphabet soup – it’s the language of...
Algebra often involves manipulating numbers or other objects using operations like addition and multiplication. Flavio Coelho/Moment via Getty Images
I wrote a play for children about integrating the arts into...
Rob Roznowski, Michigan State University
Often, science and art are described as starkly different things. That narrative can start...
3 reasons we use graphic novels to teach math and physics
Sarah Klanderman, Marian University and Josha Ho, Marian University
Post-pandemic, some educators are trying to reengage students with technology...
Heritage algorithms combine the rigors of science with the infinite possibilities...
Audrey G. Bennett, University of Michigan and Ron Eglash, University of Michigan
The model of democracy in the 1920s...
Rhyme and reason – why a university professor uses poetry to...
Ricardo Martinez, Penn State
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting...
X marks the unknown in algebra – but X’s origins are...
Peter Schumer, Middlebury
Even though x is one of the least-used letters in the English alphabet, it appears throughout...
Will I ever need math? A mathematician explains how math is...
Hortensia Soto, Colorado State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
