Showing posts with label parody. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parody. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Parody with Limericks

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     A limerick is a five-line rhyming verse, usually humorous, often earthy and rude.  Various limericks have appeared previous postings i...
Friday, September 11, 2015

Songs of mathematics . . .

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     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

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Song-writer Bill Calhoun is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics at Pennsylvania's Bloom...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

Science Verse

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Recently coincidence has brought to me two collections of poems about  science -- first, the 2014 issue of The Nassau Review , a gift from e...
Monday, October 20, 2014

Martin Gardner collected poems

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     Last week the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) had a special program honoring Martin Gardner (1914-2010); tomorrow (October 21...
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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Statistics -- a lament

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     Helping me to continue to connect National Poetry Month with Mathematics Awareness Month (with its theme of "Mathematics, Statist...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

Puzzles, puzzlers, and parody

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     For lots of fun, go to plus online magazine at this link to find a poem that requires a knight's tour of a chess board for you to...
Monday, January 24, 2011

Poem and parody -- isomorphic?

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In mathematics, algebraic systems that have different objects but the same structure are described as isomorphic .  The parody in poetry il...