Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics

Mathematical language can heighten the imagery of a poem; mathematical structure can deepen its effect. Feast here on an international menu of poems made rich by mathematical ingredients . . . . . . . gathered by JoAnne Growney. To receive email notifications of new postings, contact JoAnne at joannegrowney@gmail.com.

Showing posts with label degrees. Show all posts

Showing posts with label degrees. Show all posts

Monday, December 28, 2015

Can a woman learn science (or mathematics)?

It is not a new idea that women do not have scientific aptitude, that teaching them requires special accommodation. Here, in a poem by one ...

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Latitude, longitude, and inauguration

Elizabeth Bodien now lives in a rural area in eastern Pennsylvania -- settling there after other lives in California, in Japan, in West Afr...

Friday, October 15, 2010

Voices in a Geometry Classroom

I have been invited to return next week ( October 20 at 7 PM ) to Bloomsburg University, where I taught mathematics for lots of years, for a...

Sunday, August 8, 2010

A poem of calculus (of ants on a worm)

Philip Wexler plays with the terminology of calculus in this poem: The Calculus of Ants on a Worm Swarming tiny bodie...

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