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Science News
May 26, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Covering New Ground with Polygons Mathematicians can cover larger areas than they'd realized using polygons with fixed diameters.   |
Smithsonian
June 2007
Beth Jensen |
Into the Fold Physicist Robert Lang has taken the ancient art of origami to new dimensions. Along with other scientists, Lang believes origami holds elegant solutions to problems in fields as diverse as automobile safety, space science, architecture, robotics, manufacturing and medicine. |
Science News
May 5, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
The Mathematical Lives of Plants Scientists are figuring out why plants grow in spiral patterns that incorporate the 'golden angle'. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2007
Tekla S. Perry |
Medal of Honor: Thomas Kailath A professor emeritus at Stanford University, Kailath's algorithms re-engineered digital communications and semiconductor processing |
Science News
April 21, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Forms of Symmetry Group theory inspires a West Coast sculptor. |
Science News
April 14, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Euler's Beautiful Equation Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, was born 300 years ago on April 15, 1707. He discovered the equation e ip = -1. |
Science News
April 7, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Can't Knock It Down Mathematicians have found three-dimensional shapes that flip themselves upright from any position. |
Science News
March 31, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Circles Inspire Students Programs outside of school are helping students discover math on their own. |
Scientific American
April 2007
Martin Gardner |
Is Beauty Truth and Truth Beauty? How John Keats's famous line from "Ode on a Grecian Urn" applies to math and science, according to author Ian Stewart. |
Science News
March 17, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Computing Photographic Forgeries Scientists are using mathematical tools to sniff out faked photographs. |
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