You've heard me say, "Math used to be cool," or "It used to be cool to study math." Some people still believe that doing math is cool -- some people don't recognize that some of the cool stuff they are doing is, indeed, math. And, well, you know, math is still cool. Sometimes, perhaps we just make it into a process that we've come to call "math," but it's not really math.
Read this article from the New York Times.
Follow one (or more) of the links in the article, or simply google "Vihart."
Here are a couple links to Vihart pieces you might find entertaining:
Hexaflexagons.
Elephants.
I hope this is fun for you; please keep asking yourself the "Why?" or "How?" questions so you can delve a little more deeply into your blog. Find something fun or interesting and write about it. Let is be recreational!
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