Showing posts with label NPR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NPR. Show all posts
Thursday, May 25, 2017

A poem with 90 lines, 269 words . . .

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     A poet whose work I enjoy is  Charles Bernstein   (editor at the electronic poetry center ,  a vast and wonderful site to visit and bro...
Monday, August 22, 2016

Math-poetry connects with Carol Burnett

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     When I began teaching mathematics my students compared me -- to my delight -- with Carol Burnett .  Recent thoughts of this amazing com...
Friday, April 15, 2016

From a math-friend and an Ohio poet

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     One of the wonderful things about writing a blog about my paired passions of poetry and mathematics is that the blog connects me with f...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

That's so random! (NPR, OEDILF, etc.)

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     One of the challenges I face in friendly conversations is not to overreact to a "misuse" of the word random .  When I hear s...
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Friday, August 10, 2012

Summing thin slices

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This poem by recent (2008-2010) poet laureate Kay Ryan at first made me think of calculus, of integration, summing all the thin slices to f...
Thursday, April 7, 2011

A poetic perspective on algebra

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     Last Monday (April 4), the Washington Post had an article concerning the value of Algebra II   as a predictor of college and work succ...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

Where are the Women?

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Here is a small  square poem about a paradox that's been on my mind recently.                Little Women                In school,...
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Monday, December 6, 2010

Are all mathematicians equal?

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My first posting for this blog (on March 23, 2010 ) featured one of my earliest poems, a tribute to mathematician Emmy Noether (1882 -1935)...
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