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The Return of Eric Weisstein's World Of Mathematics

Posted by timothy on from the addition-trumps-division dept.

Many readers (like this Anonymous Coward) have written with the good news that "Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, a free, online encyclopedia of mathematics was taken off the web thanks to a lawsuit by CRC Publishing. After much legal wrangling, it returns today stronger than ever. See it rise from the ashes at http://mathworld.wolfram.com."

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  1. Right when it comes up... by svallarian · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn slashdot effect takes it right back down. :)

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  2. Oh NO! by Uttles · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just went to the site to check it out, and I have to say it's really nicely done, and I'm sure there's a lot of great information there, but I read the first article about a new subset of normal numbers, and my brain hasn't hurt that much since MthSc 410!!! Thank God I'll never have to look at that stuff again!

    (this is humor, I'm not slighting math as I think it's the most important subject, especially in early education, but that article is rather confusing to anyone who hasn't been working with that level of stuff for several years)

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    1. Re:Oh NO! by bachelor3 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm not slighting math as I think it's the most important subject...
      I totally agree. We need resources like this, since 3 out of 10 North Americans have trouble with basic math...that's like, what, 60%?