Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label language. Show all posts
Monday, April 25, 2016

"The Mathematician"

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     Here is a selection from "The Mathematician," a long poem -- found in its entirety in The Rumpus -- by  Oregon poet Carl Ada...
Friday, September 18, 2015

Words of Ada Lovelace

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The se po etic words of Ada Lovelace (1815-1852) -- concerning translation of mathematical principles into practical forms -- I found here ...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Galileo in Florence

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Poetry found in the words of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642): "Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands cont...
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Conversational mathematics

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In recent weeks I have been experimenting with poems that use mathematical terminology, wondering whether -- since there are readers who are...
Saturday, May 18, 2013

Mathematics and Mexican Food

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Recently Rattle posted a wonderful mathy poem by Diana Rosen entitled "Mathematics and Molé." Here's the first stanza:    ...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Counting for Freedom -- the Amistad trials

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     Josiah Willard Gibbs (Jr, 1839 – 1903) was an American scientist who made important theoretical contributions to physics, chemistry, a...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Is Algebra Necessary?

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     Anticipating my interest, several friends sent me links to a late-July opinion piece in The New York Times entitled "Is Algebra ...
Friday, June 8, 2012

Computer code -- is poetry?

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Dubliner Eavan Boland is a master poet (and one of my favorites); Ireland shares her with the creative writing program at Stanford Universi...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

Seeking a universal language

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Is mathematics a universal language?  Not only is this universality often postulated but also it was said  -- some decades back -- that devi...
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...