Showing posts with label Scott W. Williams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scott W. Williams. Show all posts
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Welcome DIVERSITY in mathematics
As February on the calendar brings BLACK HISTORY month and March brings WOMEN'S HISTORY month, I invite you to explore the contributions of diverse groups to mathematics. In this blog, I celebrate links between a rainbow of math-people and poetry -- for example, in this posting, "Mathematicians are not just white dudes, (which includes links to math-poetry by Benjamin Banneker and Scott Williams).
Monday, July 22, 2019
Mathematicians are not just white dudes . . .
Recently I found the wonderfully informative website arbitrarily close: musings on math and teaching -- my first visit to the site was to this 2016 posting about "The Mathematician's Project" -- a project and posting that offers lots of resources and links to introduce us to female mathematicians, black mathematicians, and more . . .
The following lines are from a puzzle-poem by mathematician-poet Benjamin Banneker -- a non-white dude; the sample has been obtained from a website that celebrates Banneker -- a website compiled by Washington, DC high school teacher John Mahoney. These lines come from Puzzle 5:
The following lines are from a puzzle-poem by mathematician-poet Benjamin Banneker -- a non-white dude; the sample has been obtained from a website that celebrates Banneker -- a website compiled by Washington, DC high school teacher John Mahoney. These lines come from Puzzle 5:
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| A snip from a puzzle by Benjamin Banneker |
Monday, February 25, 2019
Stories of Black Mathematicians (event postponed)
Dr. Scott Williams is a mathematician, poet, and artist blacksmith and, alas, illness will prevent him from being the featured speaker at the MAA Carriage House on Tuesday, February 26. Rescheduling is planned!
Most of Dr. Williams' career was spent as a research mathematician at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Buffalo. His interest in other black mathematicians led him to create the important website Mathematicians of the African Diaspora.” One of my favorites of his poems ("The Nine-Sided Diamond,") is dedicated to his mother -- who also was a mathematician.
Dr. Williams' poem, "An 1883 Faery Tale" (about the construction of the Cantor set) recently appeared in the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics (January 2019 issue) and he has given me permission also to include it here:
An 1883 Faery Tale by Scott W. Williams
Once there was a king whose daughter was beautiful.
He loved her very deeply and he wished to have more.
Most of Dr. Williams' career was spent as a research mathematician at the State University of New York (SUNY) in Buffalo. His interest in other black mathematicians led him to create the important website Mathematicians of the African Diaspora.” One of my favorites of his poems ("The Nine-Sided Diamond,") is dedicated to his mother -- who also was a mathematician.
Dr. Williams' poem, "An 1883 Faery Tale" (about the construction of the Cantor set) recently appeared in the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics (January 2019 issue) and he has given me permission also to include it here:
An 1883 Faery Tale by Scott W. Williams
Once there was a king whose daughter was beautiful.
He loved her very deeply and he wished to have more.
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