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Math Awareness Month

Posted by Zonk on from the two-plus-two dept.

An anonymous reader writes: April is Mathematics Awareness Month. Mathematics of the Cosmos is the 2005 theme: Mathematics is at the core of our attempts to understand the cosmos at every level: Riemannian geometry and topology furnish models of the universe, numerical simulations help us to understand large-scale dynamics, celestial mechanics provides a key to comprehending the solar system, and a wide variety of mathematical tools are needed for actual exploration of the space around us."

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  1. looks legit to me by lha2 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Whois says it's not commander taco (unless he went to hella trouble):

    Server Used: [ whois.pir.org ]

    http://www.mathaware.org/ = [ 130.44.204.33 ]

    Domain ID: D68151192-LROR
    Domain Name: MATHAWARE.ORG
    Created On: 22-Mar-2001 18: 07: 59 UTC
    Last Updated On: 22-Oct-2004 22: 18: 24 UTC
    Expiration Date: 22-Mar-2008 18: 07: 59 UTC
    Sponsoring Registrar: Network Solutions LLC (R63-LROR)
    Status: CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
    Registrant ID: 6075150-NSI
    Registrant Name: American Mathematical Society
    Registrant Organization: American Mathematical Society
    Registrant Street1: 201 CHARLES ST
    Registrant Street2:
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    Registrant City: PROVIDENCE
    Registrant State/Province: RI
    Registrant Postal Code: 02904-2213

  2. Celebrate with a Good Book by Jeremy+Erwin · · Score: 4, Informative

    I plan to celebrate April (and May, and possibly June) by reading Roger Penrose's The Road to Reality an entertaining tome of but 1100 pages that purports to teach the reader all the math he needs to understand modern physics. Penrose is the ultimate optimist, but I must confess, I'm having difficulty after only chapter 8 (Riemann surfaces and complex mappings) of 34. Maybe, if I don't pay too much attention to the math, I'll breeze right through it. But then, that would defeat the whole purpose of Math Awareness Month.

  3. Re:Where to go from here? by rsilverman · · Score: 5, Informative

    Some of my favorites:

    "Topics in Algebra" by Herstein

    "Topology" by Hocking and Young [Dover]

    "Counterexamples in Topology" by Steen & Seebach [Dover]

    "A Mathematical Introduction to Logic" by Enderton

    "Galois Theory" by Stewart

  4. Re:What is Maths by Aardpig · · Score: 4, Informative

    In the USA, 'mathematics' is abbreviated to 'math'. In the UK, it is abbreviated to 'maths'. Since the UK comprises England amongst other countries, and England created the English language, the abbreviation 'maths' would appear to be a perfectly valid -- if not even 'more correct' -- usage.

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