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Rob Eastaway
Personal blog · robeastaway.com/blogmath
Rob Eastaway's personal blog at robeastaway.com covers math. Since 2013, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link Rob Eastaway's book about the hidden maths of everyday life, such as coincidences and fractals in nature. One commenter says it opened up their thinking at age 12.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
"Why do Buses Come in Threes" I read this book when I was 12 which opened up my mind to the hidden maths of everyday life. I recommend to read this book, even as adults, but HIGHLY recommend to give to children to let them read about and discover coincidences like common birthdays, fractals in nature and many others. Author link: http://www.robeastaway.com/books/why-do-buses-come-in-threes Goodreads: https://www.goo…
Comment linking /books/why-do-buses-come-in-threes
on “Why Do Buses Bunch?”Submitted Enrichment? Sorry, it's not in the exam as a story · 1 points
HN discussion> They cannot help their children. The math makes no sense and seems to offer no practical purpose other than it is new. First of all parents were not able to help their children with old methods either. Give someone a pen and paper and ask them how to add 17% to 58. You don't want an answer - just a working method. A lot of people can't do this on paper, but that's okay because we have computers to do that stuff. L…
Comment linking /books/maths-for-mums-and-dads
on “This Is What Common Core Looks Like”Submitted Who have more sisters, boys or girls? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Irksome Tuesday Boy Problem as a story · 1 points
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