Intersections -- Poetry with Mathematics

Mathematical language can heighten the imagery of a poem; mathematical structure can deepen its effect. Feast on an international menu of poems made rich by mathematical ingredients -- and gathered here by JoAnne Growney, whose personal website is at https://joannegrowney.com/ .

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Thursday, May 11, 2017

Using SONGS to teach STEM -- online conference

A recent email from Greg Crowther has let me know of an upcoming conference that looks to be LOTS OF FUN -- an interdisciplinary vir...

Friday, September 11, 2015

Songs of mathematics . . .

Larry Lesser is a songwriter who uses lyrics for teaching as well as entertainment. A varied sample of his creations for doing this a...

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Math fun with song lyrics

Song-writer Bill Calhoun is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics at Pennsylvania's Bloom...

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Kaplansky sings Kaplansky (and Pi)

I first knew of mathematician Irving Kaplansky (1917-2006) through his monograph, Infinite Abelian Groups -- it was one of my texts f...

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Four colors will do

As I work with Gizem Karaali, an editor of the Journal of Humanistic Mathematics , to plan a reading of mathematical poetry at the JM...

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