Mathematics Fries My Brains
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I need my students to buy into math, and it's harder with this group than you'd think. Who makes some really cool videos that may pique the curiosity of even the least interested? I'm thinking of things like some of the findings from the guys that did Freakonomics, or science related videos that demonstrate the underlying math in an accessible way.
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Veritasium?
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That looks cool, thanks. 
The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
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I'm thinking of going a different route. What if I give them a list of mathematicians and have them pick one and give a short presentation at the end of the semester? They can do 3 in a year. 
The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
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a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
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The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
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The latest fad is a poverty social. Every woman must wear calico,
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
and every man his old clothes. In addition each is fined 25 cents if
he or she does not have a patch on his or her clothing. If these
parties become a regular thing, says an exchange, won't there be
a good chance for newspaper men to shine?
The Silver State. 1894.
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OK, it's been over 40 years that I've not done any trigonometry, and this one loses me so deep I could be in the jungle, possibly even in rainbow's tribal pot.
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I think my biggest handicap in life is that I never learned the trigonometric identities. I was a lazy student, and being in a class for gifted children, allowances were easier to come by. As far along as calculus and differential equations, if I needed a trigonometric identity to bridge some obstacle in my algebraic processing of some problem, I would invent it on the hoof from the trigonometric identity of sin^2 + cos^2 = 1, and the geometric relationships of sin, cos, and tan in the unit circle.
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Err... is that Tamil, Telugu or Kannada?
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If the angle is in radians, then yes, sin (Pi) = 0
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You're so rad dude.
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it's not sin (pi)
it pi sin, and you can swim in it...
it pi sin, and you can swim in it...
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