Posted on December 14, 2019December 15, 2019by Meta Are goals the integral component in the formula for success? Are you familiar with statistics on New Year’s resolutions? It’s that time of year again where about 60% of people start thinking about changes they want to make, yet an astonishing 8% of individuals who make New […]
Posted on January 1, 2020January 1, 2020by Meta January 1, 2012 was a momentous day. In a matter of minutes on that first morning of the year, my life changed dramatically. Forever. I became a completely new person, virtually overnight. In the final months of 2011, I spent a great deal of time and energy […]
Posted on February 26, 2020February 26, 2020by Meta Over the weekend I watched A Beautiful Mind, the Oscar winning film from 2001 about the brilliant mathematician and Nobel laureate John Nash, who was plagued by paranoid schizophrenia for decades before eventually learning how to manage his delusions without medications. Stepping back a few weeks, I […]
Posted on February 1, 2020February 1, 2020by Meta Studying a subject by the numbers will often fuel my interest to learn and understand topics on a deeper level. Sure, statistics should be taken with a grain of salt, and it is prudent to examine the origins of data and whether the information comes from reliable […]
Arithmetic … Not even 10 days ago, I was making comments to a friend about the surge of emails I was receiving related to a potential pandemic and questioning how serious this viral threat truly was. Were the cancellations and concerns largely fear and hype-based, or actually evidence of prudent proactivity? I pondered how much […]
Posted on January 20, 2020January 20, 2020by Meta Earlier this month, cartographer and competitive orienteer turned outdoor artist Simon Beck was in Colorado creating several large scale geometrical murals in the snow for the town of Silverthorne. These impermanent masterpieces are drawn by footsteps in snowshoes utilizing basic mathematics, a magnetic compass, rope, anchor, and […]
Foundational Laws … Posted on January 19, 2020January 19, 2020by Meta Show your work. Many a math teacher has uttered this 3-word phrase. Can you demonstrate evidence to back up your results? Doing the calculations in your head to get the correct answer doesn’t assure you will be rewarded with a 100% passing grade. It’s […]
Foundational Laws … Posted on January 19, 2020January 19, 2020by Meta Show your work. Many a math teacher has uttered this 3-word phrase. Can you demonstrate evidence to back up your results? Doing the calculations in your head to get the correct answer doesn’t assure you will be rewarded with a 100% passing grade. It’s […]
Posted on December 7, 2019December 28, 2019by Meta It’s about to get geeky. Math is a polarizing subject. Most people either love or hate it. Those who struggle to grasp the concepts often swear they will never use math in everyday life, while math nerds make their case for its daily applications with chart and […]
Foundational Laws … Posted on January 19, 2020January 19, 2020by Meta Show your work. Many a math teacher has uttered this 3-word phrase. Can you demonstrate evidence to back up your results? Doing the calculations in your head to get the correct answer doesn’t assure you will be rewarded with a 100% passing grade. It’s […]
Posted on January 1, 2020January 1, 2020by Meta January 1, 2012 was a momentous day. In a matter of minutes on that first morning of the year, my life changed dramatically. Forever. I became a completely new person, virtually overnight. In the final months of 2011, I spent a great deal of time and energy […]
Posted on January 11, 2020January 11, 2020by Meta The fields of math, science, history, and art are all woven into the rich multi-colored tapestry of the human existence, resulting in patterns which can be studied by examining the threads of time. A stitch in time saves nine is a prevailing proverb, a needle that pricks […]
Posted on December 14, 2019December 15, 2019by Meta Are goals the integral component in the formula for success? Are you familiar with statistics on New Year’s resolutions? It’s that time of year again where about 60% of people start thinking about changes they want to make, yet an astonishing 8% of individuals who make New […]
Posted on January 1, 2020January 1, 2020by Meta January 1, 2012 was a momentous day. In a matter of minutes on that first morning of the year, my life changed dramatically. Forever. I became a completely new person, virtually overnight. In the final months of 2011, I spent a great deal of time and energy […]