BETT 2011 – Whizz shortlisted for two awards!
We’re always pleasantly surprised by official recognition of our work and we were chuffed to bits to hear that we were short-listed in two categories at the 2011 BETT Awards.
Read the whole postBenoit Mandelbrot, RIP
Mandelbrot gave his name to a famous fractal ‘set’, whose image has adorned thousands of student bedrooms, science labs, and psychedelic paraphernalia, but he has contributed a huge amount to maths in particular, and science in general.
Read the whole postLearning and memory: Little and Often, Part Deux
Maths-Whizz method receives yet another indirect endorsement shocker! August institutions of learning and news reporting go on proving that the Maths-Whizz way is great for learning, and great for learning maths in particular. The New York Times late last month reported on findings in education which may seem obvious, but help resolve a question still [...]
Read the whole postSummer Dazed? Use Maths-Whizz!
The long summer holidays will soon be upon us. But those endless warm afternoons of childhood may conceal a hidden menace – stupidity (aka ‘summer learning loss’).
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For those of our UK Whizzers living under a rock, we have a new coalition government. The new government has pledged to reduce the UK’s deficit by £6bn in the short term, with further savings to follow. This amount is relatively trivial in relation to the size of the deficit, but seen by some as [...]
Read the whole postLessons from the Iceland Volcano – Part 2432
As Iceland’s famously unpronounceable and temperamental volcano continues to rumble on, the travel ban imposed across northern Europe is showing signs of being lifted.
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