There have been a few movies about mathematics and mathematicians in the past few years. I wanted to put a list of movies about mathematics and science together. There are more than I thought and this list isn’t anywhere close to being complete. A short list of movies about real life mathematicians, such as Hidden Figures, as well as dramas about the life of mathematicians, Proof, and the way in which mathematics has been applied in real life, Moneyball.
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Staying home to lessen the probability of contracting the coronavirus through social distancing is great. However, the side effects of social distancing are real and can be lasting long after social distancing has been relaxed. Get outside, get fresh air, move around, play games, pick up the phone and connect with people, make the effort. Don’t leave people alone regardless of what mood they may be in.
Online tutoring, online teaching, online everything is all the rage now with the age of social distancing upon us. We outline how Raisemymarks undertakes an online tutoring session.
With social distancing becoming the norm, everyone is flocking to online tools, resources and services now. This including tutoring. Finding the write tools for teaching online and in particular teaching mathematics and other symbolic subjects online, is challenging. An interactive, online whiteboard is a great start. We have a short review of some of the online whiteboards we have come across and decided worth looking into.
The current practice is social distancing. But what exactly does this mean? Then there is self quarantine and social or self isolation. We try and decipher these terms. Then we try to decipher what online tutoring means. Studying and learning can’t stop and needs to continue. Learning has a minimum social aspect to it which needs to be fulfilled somehow through online means.
Pi day, March 14, is a day to celebrate the number pi. Find out more about the history of pi, where it is used in “real life”, the definition of pi; some people actually memorize the number pi to thousands of decimal places, see who the record holders are; and learn more about pi day.
February and black history month has come and gone. But that doesn’t mean celebrating mathematicians that made significant and notable contributions to the history of science and mathematics isn’t still important. Below is a short list of famous black mathematicians.