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Articles in math

Teaching Computer Science without a Computer

I am so going to be all over this in a few years: teach children Computer Science without a computer

A4 Paper

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About A4 Paper: A Math Comic

Is 91 prime?

Is 91 prime?

Mario's Jumping Calculus

Calculus in Donkey Kong

Mario’s jump moves are derived from basic physics of motion, and the calculus-based equations are in the source, nicely formatted

Mathematics of Traffic Jams

Even geeks go to a crazy place when the discussion turns to the mathematics of traffic jams. Here’s a nicely animated explanation of how traffic patterns should work

Unified Theory

surfer/physicist Garrett Lisi comes up with a unified theory of everything

City Data

Tons of graphed and google mapped data on US cities. Colorado is a hotbed of conflicting politics.

Prime Number Patterns

When graphed a certain way, there are remarkable patterns within the sequence of prime numbers.