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wildaboutmath.com
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wildaboutmath.com is a personal blog at wildaboutmath.com about math. Since 2009, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog in a thread on whether scientists talk to the general public. The one comment mentions the author's outreach and a math teacher's view of why US learners struggle with mathematics.
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What Hacker News says?
I have heard it complained that we scientists don't "talk to the general public" enough. I would very much welcome specific suggestions for how to do this. That's very commendable. I am a nonmathematician who has become a mathematics teacher as part of figuring out why so few learners in the United States succeed in learning mathematics well. Here are some examples for you. Good mathematicians (some Fields medalists…
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on “Who listens to scientists? Mostly just other scientists.”Submitted Dismantling the calculus pyramid as a story · 37 points
HN discussionSubmitted A nice proof without words: Sum_n=2^oo(1/n^2) as a story · 1 points
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