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Fibonacci publishing
Geek In Sydney, Fibonacci publishing This post comes to you at 11:23 on 5/8/13. Enough said… Although if you’re looking for a place in Sydney to celebrate this momentous occasion – this is probably...
View ArticleHow your political beliefs change your mathematical ability
Geek In Sydney, How your political beliefs change your mathematical ability This is an interesting video from the excellent Numberphile on how your political biases can change the way you tackle a...
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Thor’s castle for sale – parking for chariots with room for goats
Geek In Sydney, Thor’s castle for sale – parking for chariots with room for goats How much to buy Thor’s castle? You simply can’t live in Sydney without something of an obsession with real estate, but...
View ArticleMaths and the airport train
Geek In Sydney, Maths and the airport train People bang on about the teaching of maths and how they never had to use maths once they left school. That might be true, but the shame of it is that the...
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Climate deniers and malicious maths
Geek In Sydney, Climate deniers and malicious maths I was reading The Daily Telegraph (while waiting for the dentist) and my eyes got snagged by this letter saying that 31,487 scientists state that...
View ArticleIt is NOT Pi Day
Geek In Sydney, It is NOT Pi Day Just because the Americans put their months before their days is no reason for us in the Antipodes to get ourselves all confused about which day is Pi Day. It is 22...
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Australia 11th at International Maths Olympiad
Geek In Sydney, Australia 11th at International Maths Olympiad Seventeen year old Alex Gunning has won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad – and it’s the second time he’s managed...
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Teachers’ early gender bias in maths affects girls all through education
Geek In Sydney, Teachers’ early gender bias in maths affects girls all through education This is a really interesting article by Sue Wilson, Lecturer in Science education and Mathematics education at...
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Students studying advanced maths getting lower ATAR marks is simply scandalous
Geek In Sydney, Students studying advanced maths getting lower ATAR marks is simply scandalous So the latest news says that students doing advanced maths are getting lower university entrance scores...
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Mathspace is simply brilliant
Geek In Sydney, Mathspace is simply brilliant There’s no way past describing Mathspace as a grown-up version of Mathletics, but that in itself doesn’t do Mathspace justice. Mathspace is a mathematics...
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Adam Spencer live on stage
Geek In Sydney, Adam Spencer live on stage Adam Spencer’s new career appears to be being Adam Spencer, and it must be said he’s very good at it, so seeing him live on stage may seem like nothing new....
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International Pi Day – bye bye American pi
Geek in Sydney, International Pi Day – bye bye American pi A day devoted to a mathematical concept is a great thing. But the one we’ve got – International Pi Day – feels like celebrating the abacus on...
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It takes a village to raise a mathematician
Geek in Sydney, It takes a village to raise a mathematician The more time I spend trying to interest kids, and girls in particular, in coding, technology and science the more I become convinced that...
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A ten-year plan for mathematics – too little, too late
Geek in Sydney, A ten-year plan for mathematics – too little, too late There’s really only one problem with the National Committee for Mathematical Sciences’ ten year plan for mathematics in Australia,...
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Numeracy=Wealth: Yet another reason that maths must be taught
Geek in Sydney, Numeracy=Wealth: Yet another reason that maths must be taught It continues to boggle my mind that maths is not compulsory in the HSC and my boggling was reinforced by a recent research...
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The Choose Maths Awards for teachers and students are open
Geek in Sydney, The Choose Maths Awards for teachers and students are open The Choose Maths Awards have two streams – teachers and students – and both are backed by very worthwhile prizes. The Teachers...
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Why I hate the log graph, and you should too
Geek in Sydney, Why I hate the log graph, and you should too I hate the logarithmic scale which is being used everywhere now to present the spread of COVID-19 around the world. Bear with me while I...
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