March 23rd, 2010
The excellent Steven Strogatz, writing in last month’s New York Times Opinionator, gave another elegant lecture on high-school maths and algebra problems – including a fancy trick for squaring larger numbers.
The God of Whizz is behind on his reading, so I’ve come to this post late. But the trick was enough to impress the late, eminent, Richard Feynman, and will be enough to impress any internationally famous physicists that you know:
“When I was at Los Alamos I found out that Hans Bethe was absolutely topnotch at calculating. For example, one time we were putting some numbers into a formula, and got to 48 squared. I reach for the Marchant calculator, and he says, ‘That’s 2300.’ I begin to push the buttons, and he says, ‘If you want it exactly, it’s 2304.’
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February 25th, 2010
…woof woof!
Robo-Dog available in the Maths-Whizz Shop!
Feed him, play with him, watch him transform, and watch him sleep – it’s RoboDog!
RoboDog is the latest pet in the Maths-Whizz Bedroom. Get busy with our maths tutor and save up your hard-earned credits to add our shiny mechanical canine to your personal maths tutoring space.
Don’t forget to stock up on nuts and bolts – he’s on a stainless steel-only diet…
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January 28th, 2010
Quick plug to read up on ‘raising standard in maths with online tutoring‘ in this month’s edition of PIR Education magazine.
(Raising standards in maths - PIR Education)
Some great coverage of our efforts to boost maths standards in schools and home:
Maths-Whizz, which first appeared at BETT in 2006, returns this year with the latest generation of its animated maths teaching tools. The company’s method is to make services that work simply to raise standards in maths, regardless of the classroom environment, the student’s year group or the prevailing new vs. old maths agenda. For this, Maths-Whizz won a BETT award in 2006 and has since been adopted in domestic and schools markets as diverse as Mumbai, Seattle and Tunbridge Wells. The company has further boosted its credentials with two BETT award nominations this year.
Click through to PIR Education to get the full piece and share with all and sundry.
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January 26th, 2010
How to avoid idiotic media polls, handily explained.
(Poll statistics for the media, via Pharyngula)
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