PISA leans toward Vietnam
Vietnam and mathematics education I’m in Vietnam on holidays and enjoying the beautiful scenery and delicious food. I’ve been to Thailand, Cambodia, and China, and I would say Vietnam possesses elements of all these cultures, and of course, has its own unique identity forged over millennia of civilization. The pervasive traffic reminds me of India. By western standards, Vietnam…
Our networked world
More than numbers Numbers are one way we measure the world. From the negative temperatures on a thermometer, to our bank account balances precise to the nearest cent, or to the number of followers we have on Twitter, we use numbers routinely in our everyday lives. Our early education reflects the importance of numbers, and…
Sir Michael Atiyah: hard at work at 86
Transitivity The blog today is a result of transitivity: A implies B, and B implies C, so A implies C. (A) I am at the Banff International Research Station (BIRS) in Banff for a workshop on random geometric graphs. (B) The director of BIRS is Nassif Ghoussoub, who I recently interviewed. (C) Nassif Ghoussoub recently posted on…
100th blog!
Thank you On this 100th blog posting, I begin by giving a huge thank you to all the readers of The Intrepid Mathematician. As any blogger will tell you, we thrive on readership. I’ve had about 34,800 hits so far and am thrilled with the response. Please keep visiting and commenting, and share my posts…