People are important: a mathematician's faith.
...place, first Sacco and then Vanzetti. Many people cried and sobbed and shouted, Justice...say that Sacco and Vanzetti were common people, a simple shoemaker and a poor fishpeddler...that every man is important - not only people as a whole, but every individual is important...
January 1, 1998; Monthly Review
Exploring Children's Thinking about Mathematicians and Their Work.
...frequently responded that mathematicians teach numbers or learn...kindergartner who said, Mathematicians are monsters, and they are about to eat these people. First graders were...their descriptions of mathematicians' work. From such responses...first-grade children portrayed mathematicians ...
May 1, 2000; Teaching Children Mathematics
Top mathematicians worry about future of China's maths studies
Top mathematicians worry about future of China's maths studies...optimists see the ongoing International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Beijing as a sign of China's nearing...the global mathematics class, several leading mathematicians have expressed concerns over the future of maths...Fields Medal ...
August 22, 2002; Xinhua News Agency
Roundup: Top mathematicians explain beauty of math
Roundup: Top mathematicians explain beauty of math HONG KONG, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- "Math is beautiful!" is the message conveyed by mathematicians at the third International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM) in Hong Kong. How to make the beauty of math to enter people's heart and to arouse ...
December 22, 2004; Xinhua News Agency
Nerds? Or nuts? Pop culture portrayals of mathematicians
...to other popular cultural representations of mathematicians. Consider the following two stanzas of Jimmy...common view of mathematics and, by extension, mathematicians. The theme of mathematicians suffering from mental illness prevails in literature...in the movies. The Mathematician Protagonist ...
July 1, 2001; et Cetera
A generation of lost mathematicians has cost the economy GBP9 billion; Maths should move from "geek" to "chic".
...in-depth study of archive material by leading mathematicians, the report shows that since the late 1970s...approach has turned off a generation. 440,000 lost mathematicians have opted not to do A-level maths since 1990...City are no longer traders; they are the power mathematicians who model future ...
May 30, 2008; M2 Presswire
Mathematician Atle Selberg; Won Fields Medal
Atle Selberg, 90, who was known as one of the great mathematicians of the 20th century and was a winner of the Fields Medal...the capacity of all but a few. "I don't think that other people have had grave difficulties understanding my work," Dr...theory about the distribution of prime numbers. For years, ...
August 19, 2007; The Washington Post
Analysis: Mathematicians' role in the war against terrorism
00-00-0000 Analysis: Mathematicians' role in the war against terrorism...now are many of the nation's top mathematicians. Now there's always been a relationship...very different game, because when mathematicians were working in the Second World...but then at the end of the day, people are going to ...
May 18, 2002; Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR)
The Most Highly Cited Black Mathematicians
There are few black mathematicians holding professorships...behavior of black people was predictable under...of African-American mathematicians compiled by Professor...this list of 96 black mathematicians at U.S. colleges and...
October 1, 2005; The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
24th International Congress of Mathematicians ends
24th International Congress of Mathematicians ends BEIJING, Aug. 28(Xinhua)-- The eight-day 24th International Congress of Mathematicians concluded here Wednesday afternoon with tributes...Technology, won the Nevanlinna Prize. About 4,000 mathematicians from more than 100 countries and regions attended the ...
August 28, 2002; Xinhua News Agency
|
