Comments on: Look who majored in mathematics http://divisbyzero.com/2009/09/01/look-who-majored-in-mathematics/ A blog about math, puzzles, teaching, and academic technology Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:59:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dave Richeson http://divisbyzero.com/2009/09/01/look-who-majored-in-mathematics/#comment-1232 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:19:55 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1986#comment-1232 Very interesting. Thanks for the tip. I’ll have to keep an eye on the elections this year.

]]> By: Fibonacci http://divisbyzero.com/2009/09/01/look-who-majored-in-mathematics/#comment-1220 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:47:36 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1986#comment-1220 If you count local celebrities:

Antanas Mockus and Sergio Fajardo, former majors of Bogotá and Medellín respectively, current candidates for president and vice-president of Colombia, both most likely to be elected.
If it happened, would Colombia be the first country with a mathematician leader? What about as a vice-president? What about both?

]]> By: Dave Richeson http://divisbyzero.com/2009/09/01/look-who-majored-in-mathematics/#comment-538 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:17:08 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1986#comment-538 Thank you for pointing out that omission. I planned to include Lewis Carroll, but must have forgotten to add him to the list. He’s on there now.

]]> By: Bill the Lizard http://divisbyzero.com/2009/09/01/look-who-majored-in-mathematics/#comment-537 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:55:18 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1986#comment-537 Quite a few surprises. Is it too well-known that Lewis Carroll was a mathematician for you to include him in the list?

]]> By: Miscellaneous links — The Endeavour http://divisbyzero.com/2009/09/01/look-who-majored-in-mathematics/#comment-534 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:11:59 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1986#comment-534 [...] Famous math majors [...]

]]> By: Tom Lehrer’s math songs « Division by Zero http://divisbyzero.com/2009/09/01/look-who-majored-in-mathematics/#comment-525 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:02:28 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1986#comment-525 [...] Lehrer’s math songs After writing about some well known people with degrees in mathematics, I was moved to re-listen to some old Tom Lehrer songs on YouTube. I decided I’d post some [...]

]]> By: Dave Richeson http://divisbyzero.com/2009/09/01/look-who-majored-in-mathematics/#comment-518 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:54:56 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1986#comment-518 Oops. Thanks. WordPress should offer free copy editing.

]]> By: Manjil P. Saikia http://divisbyzero.com/2009/09/01/look-who-majored-in-mathematics/#comment-517 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:07:32 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1986#comment-517 Nice one, got to know quite a few famous nonmathematicians.

]]> By: David Freeman http://divisbyzero.com/2009/09/01/look-who-majored-in-mathematics/#comment-516 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:45:04 +0000 http://divisbyzero.com/?p=1986#comment-516 Love your blog but as an old Simon and Garfukle fan, I suggest you check the spelling.

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