John Allen Paulos's Blog, page 5

JohnAllenPaulos: @madcaptenor Mandelbrot was indeed a very important and influential X: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoit_m...

JohnAllenPaulos: @madcaptenor Mandelbrot was indeed a very important and influential X: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoit_m...

JohnAllenPaulos: No further confirmation, but John Brockman of Edge reports Benoit Mandelbrot, the father of fractal geometry, has died.

JohnAllenPaulos: No further confirmation, but John Brockman of Edge reports Benoit Mandelbrot, the father of fractal geometry, has died.

JohnAllenPaulos: RT @edge: Benoit Mandelbrot 1924-2010. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smo ...

JohnAllenPaulos: RT @edge: Benoit Mandelbrot 1924-2010. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smo ...

JohnAllenPaulos: Many generally accepted medical stats are "misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong." bit.ly/csvuBu and bit.ly/cZo7QB

JohnAllenPaulos: Many generally accepted medical stats are "misleading, exaggerated, or flat-out wrong." bit.ly/csvuBu and bit.ly/cZo7QB

JohnAllenPaulos: Telling! RT @lushbucket Love how Canadian TV reports the Chilean miner rescue as feat of engineering and American TV calls it a "miracle".

JohnAllenPaulos: Telling! RT @lushbucket Love how Canadian TV reports the Chilean miner rescue as feat of engineering and American TV calls it a "miracle".

JohnAllenPaulos: 7 rows of 5 tiny lights on elevator pad. Many students surprised # poss. patterns >> 32 billion. 2^35=2^5*((2^10)^3).

JohnAllenPaulos: 7 rows of 5 tiny lights on elevator pad. Many students surprised # poss. patterns >> 32 billion. 2^35=2^5*((2^10)^3).

JohnAllenPaulos: Good NY Times piece on Wisc.'s Dem. Russ Feingold, one of best Senators in Congress: http://nyti.ms/b6WFXK Shame if he loses.

JohnAllenPaulos: Good NY Times piece on Wisc.'s Dem. Russ Feingold, one of best Senators in Congress: http://nyti.ms/b6WFXK Shame if he loses.

JohnAllenPaulos: Repub. Senate hopeful in DE, Christine O'Donnell: "evolution is a myth" and "my opponent is a Marxist." Funny, bizarre, depressing.

JohnAllenPaulos: Repub. Senate hopeful in DE, Christine O'Donnell: "evolution is a myth" and "my opponent is a Marxist." Funny, bizarre, depressing.

JohnAllenPaulos: @NiemanLab A tweet that doesn't elicit any replies or retweets is not necessarily ignored. http://nie.mn/czbgAC

JohnAllenPaulos: @NiemanLab A tweet that doesn't elicit any replies or retweets is not necessarily ignored. http://nie.mn/czbgAC

JohnAllenPaulos: @intmath Alternative: Why was the math book so exhausted? It had too many exercises. Sure there are others. ;-)

JohnAllenPaulos: @intmath Alternative: Why was the math book so exhausted? It had too many exercises. Sure there are others. ;-)