Category Archives: Mathematics
As Promised, Another New Lesson!
Hi All, I’ve FINALLY got the “Bicycle” lesson up, which has been listed under “coming lessons” for far too long now. Check it out here to learn about cyclic groups! This is a good one, and the next one will be … Continue reading
New Lesson! Finally!
Hi All, After saying “a new lesson is coming soon” for far longer than I care to admit, I am happy to say that the next lesson, Lesson 34, which is about modular arithmetic, is FINALLY up! Here it is. … Continue reading
The Book Is Available!
Hi All! Well, the time is now. The book is available here now and will be available on Amazon shortly. I’d love to know what you think! Stay tuned for more lessons in the near future and volume 2 in … Continue reading
Upcoming Book!
Hi All! My apologies for a very long absence and a huge lack of new lessons! The reason for my lack of activity is a combination of my day job as a grad student as well as the following exciting … Continue reading
The Mathematical Double Standard
Consider the following possibly familiar situation. Let us assume that you, the reader, are a musical novice, and you therefore know nothing about jazz. You and some friends go to a jazz club, however, and there’s a trio playing (piano, … Continue reading
Why I love Math, Pt. 1
It’s been a long time since I’ve added to the blog, and I figured there would be no better way to get back in the game than simply talking about some of my reasons for loving math. We all have … Continue reading
Solutions Starting to Surface
Again after much too long last, I’ve finally started working on the solutions manual for The Language of Nature, and I’ve uploaded the first few on that same page. I’ll upload them as I do them, and I’ll try to … Continue reading
First Edition of Book is Now Up!
In this post I talked about a book that I’d be publishing soon. Well, I decided not to publish it yet, and instead I’m putting up the first edition for free here. There’s more explanation on that page, so I’ll spare … Continue reading
From Notes to Book
Hey all, again no math, sorry, although I hope you do/did enjoy the most recent lesson on dihedral groups. As I mentioned in my last blog post (“My Absence“), I’m currently in the process of finishing up lecture notes for an … Continue reading
My absence
Hey all, No math in this post, just an apology. I’ve been completely out of action with the site for the last couple of weeks, and I apologize for that. Please don’t take it as me being gone for good. … Continue reading