ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Math professor Martin Weissman is rethinking how his university teaches calculus. Over the summer, the professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz, spent a week at Harvard to learn how to redesign the mathematics for life sciences courses his institution offers. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

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Maydm

JUNE 11, 2021

As a high school student, Winnie had a passion for both math and the social sciences. Her teachers pushed her into the “easier” path of social sciences rather than encourage her interest in STEM subjects. They need mentors and educators who encourage them to pursue the harder subjects and more ambitious careers.

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STEM Economics Social Sciences Innovation 52

Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

Sadi Carnot was born in 1796, and was largely educated by his father until he went to college in 1812. Sadi Carnot was by that point a well-educated but professionally undistinguished French military engineer. Lazare Carnot died in 1823.

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Energy Physics Argumentation Mathematics 89

Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

It didn’t help that his knowledge of physics was at best spotty (and, for example, I don’t think he ever really learned calculus). Project MAC After he left III in 1968, Ed’s next stop would be MIT, and specifically Project MAC (the “Multiple Access Computer” Project). Rick is doing great (at 15) despite his unorthodox education.

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