Geometry Limericks
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Month: March 2017
A trio of math limericks
Inspired by Math with Bad Drawings, here a trio of my own limerick creations: Two circles surrounding a square Was more than the poor thing could bear. It made ...
The Color of Strawberries and the Curse of Knowledge
A recent meme asks: What color are the strawberries? Most people will see the strawberries as being red even though there is no “red” pixel in the image. Our mi...
Transformations as Functions
Most high school geometry textbooks will proclaim that there are four basic transformations. Three of these (translations, reflections, and rotations) are rigid...
Liberal Men and Blurred Lines
I remember Bill Clinton’s impeachment, and the months leading up to it. I remember him saying emphatically, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Mi...
Uniting Against Milo: How to Practice Empathy Across the Political Spectrum
February began with University of California Berkeley canceling a planned lecture by controversial alt-Right speaker Milo Yiannopoulos following violent protest...