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Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician for the space missions, has passed away at the age of 101.  NASA link attached.

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The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Washington State University, in cooperation with the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), will host the Data Science and Image Analysis Conference of the Pacific Northwest in Pullman, Washington, February 29th and March 1st, 2020.

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Some good information for math majors.

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In honor of Math and Stats Awareness Month...

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Link to the Data Science and Image Analysis conference of the Northwest, hosted by Eastern Washington University, Apr 27-28 2019.

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Using the Reaction-Diffusion Equation to model patterns in animal skin and perhaps now shark scales.

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I was just thinking about Prof Mandelbrot today.  If you haven’t seen his 2010 TED talk, you really should (he passed away in Oct 2010).

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Statistics in action-  How do you count birds?

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The lasting legacy of Frankenstein.

(via Table of Contents — January 12, 2018, 359 (6372) | Science)

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Very sad news this past summer that you may not have heard about.

(via Maryam Mirzakhani, Only Woman to Win a Fields Medal, Dies at 40 - The New York Times)

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Interesting story!  Sorry about the spammy website...

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(via WATCH US - YouTube)  Great Video - only about 3 minutes.

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PBS: Infinite Series (youtube)

This is a really exciting development in mathematics that I hope has some staying power. PBS has introduced a new YouTube series called Infinite Series that seems to be willing to tackle some of the more advanced and current topics in mathematics. The first one, about n-dimensional spheres, is a good effort. 

The host is Kelsey Houston-Edwards. She does a pretty good job of explaining a difficult topic. Credit to the producers for attempting to deal with some really challenging ideas.

#infiniteseries #KelseyHoustonEdwards #advancedmath #spheres #spherepacking #higherdimensions

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A beautifully simple play on perspective that you can do in about 5 minutes.

#optical illusion #quick simple

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This is part of a growing area of mathematics related to sustainability and the environment.

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