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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STEM Education Guide

APRIL 18, 2022

For instance, if they’ve barely passed their math course from the onset, STEM programs that major in math or subjects such as physics or mechanical engineering may not be the best move. Let’s look at the main branches: Science in STEM. It includes topics such as chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy, and geology.

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Stephen Wolfram

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

So for me it was obvious: if I couldn’t figure out things myself with math, I should use a computer. Mathematical physics. Computation theory. By the late 1970s, though, there were other initiatives emerging, particularly coming from mathematics and mathematical physics. The Emergence of a New Kind of Science.

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Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

Indeed, so confident was he of his programming prowess that he became convinced that he should in effect be able to write a program for the universe—and make all of physics into a programming problem. 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).

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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. And throughout my sort of high school experience, I’d been, you know, passionate about social sciences.

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