Being an exhibitor at the Joint Mathematics Meetings gives one a unique perspective on the event. People stop by our booth to chat, sometimes about math, or family, or just to catch up. The richness and breadth of topics discussed and connections made never ceases to surprise me. Neither does the range of ages of…
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Review by Zdenka Guadarrama, PhD, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Meet Zdenka Guadarrama, Ph.D., an associate professor and chair of the department of mathematics at the Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri! She is passionate about mathematics education and outreach, with her work currently focusing on mathematics curriculum development through inquiry, and the intersections of mathematics with other fields, particularly the arts. Here’s her review of…
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Nets of Solids and Geometiles, part 1
My friend from Spain recently invited me on a tour down mathematical memory lane. When she and her brother were in school, some time in the 1980’s, they made these geometric solids with their dad. Amazingly, their dad (who is now a granddad) kept the paper solids for all these years and recently gave them…
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Platonic Solids: Antiquity To Now
Shapes have fascinated humans since the beginning of time. The polyhedra, or solid shapes with flat polygonal faces, is one of such shapes. One of the most appealing types of polyhedra is the icosahedron, most likely due to its high degree of symmetry. In the image above, you can see that the view from the…
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