Hey, colleges! Check out this beautiful tapestry attached to my butt!
The Peacock-Tail Theory of AP Calculus
Why Not to Trust Statistics
An illustrated handbook of deception.
We Hold These Mathematical Truths to Be Self-Evident
How a mathematician celebrates the Fourth of July.
I’m Not Just a Dot
I'm not just a dot/ On a big scatter plot/ Or a cell in Excel/ Or a simplified thought!
What Students See When They Look at Algebra
No wonder algebra is so hard.
50 Killed, or 49?
What can numbers tell us about humanity? Maybe nothing. Maybe a lot.
A Quadratic of Solace (or, Maybe Math Class Has a Purpose, Question Mark?)
We're great at teaching our students the HOW. We're not so great with WHAT. (And don't get me started on WHY.)
Where Does Your College Tuition Go?
To be fair, they're pretty nice pizzas.
Ways to Answer the Question “Will This Be on the Test?”
I usually go with The Poetic. But sometimes I prefer The Ad Hoc.
“Explanation is work for second-rate minds,” said the monster.
You want to make my blood boil? Just quote G.H. Hardy.
Math with Bad Drawings 