Every day for lunch I eat salad (made with vegetables from our local farmers’ market or from our college’s organic farm) and homemade yogurt and granola. The only time I ever eat fast food is on long car trips. So why, I ask you, did the question “What shape are the golden arches?” pop into…
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Math Midway at the Da Vinci Science center
Yesterday we (my family and I) drove to Allentown, PA to go to the Da Vinci Science Center. We’d never been there before, and would have been interested in going anyway, but the reason for going now is that they are hosting the Math Midway exhibit (until January 6, 2010). More specifically, my son and…
How the arch got its shape
The most recent video podcast episode of Science Friday is a short but nice discussion of the mathematics behind the St. Louis Arch: How the arch got its shape.
David Richeson: Division by Zero 