Math with Bad Drawings

Math Games with Bad Drawings: Ben Orlin's greatest book (and worst illustrations) yet. | Continue reading


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Why Are Mathematicians So Bad at Arithmetic? (2017)

18 x 93 is… hey, look over there! | Continue reading


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How to Tell a Mathematician You Love Them (2017)

For those who love numbers, and those who love them. | Continue reading


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The Game of Snakes

A pencil-and-paper game for the snake-fearing (or snake-loving) mathematician. | Continue reading


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Lover of math. Bad at drawing: Books I Loved in 2019

Thirty favorites (not including the one I wrote). | Continue reading


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The Case Against Galileo

A historian’s blistering attack. | Continue reading


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The Incalculable Joy of Fermi Questions

How many clicks will this post get? | Continue reading


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Whats the Radius of a Day?

A thought experiment that’s half Sean Carroll, half Lewis Carroll. | Continue reading


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Why do we pay pure mathematicians? (2015)

So if “applied” means “useful,” doesn’t it follow that “pure” must mean… “useless”? | Continue reading


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Misconceptions in Astronomical History

From my favorite recent astronomy book. | Continue reading


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A Brief Case Against Limits

Radical? Maybe. | Continue reading


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A guide to mathematical emotions

Ah, sweet canceltharsis. | Continue reading


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Twenty Questions (Of Maddening, Delicious Geometry)

The geometry puzzles that are lighting up Twitter. | Continue reading


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Math Explained through Anagrams

Integral calculus = gallant curlicues. | Continue reading


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