Lover of math, bad at drawing. he/him. Author of four books, including MATH FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (which is for all majors, and even for ambitious minors)

Saint Paul, MN
Joined March 2010
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Cop: are you Nate? Me: aye, truth seeker, you find yourself before the bearer of that name. Cop: uh, yeah, we’ve been getting a lot of reports about someone guarding the bridge… asking riddles… you know anything about that?
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Math for English Majors is $1.99 on Kindle today! You could buy three copies and still pay less than the median price of a drink at Starbucks! For more quantitative insights like this, buy three copies of Math for English Majors! amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CPF8VZG…
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A roundup of my favorite math puzzles from 2024 (in which I self-defeatingly recommend books that are not my own) mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024…
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Probability puzzle; see if you can answer without doing the full calculation (poll in next tweet)
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If you must pick items in advance, which choice is best?
43%5 tennis balls, 5 marbles
23%3 tennis balls, 7 marbles
34%1 tennis ball, 9 marbles
148 votes • Final results
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My math journal with mathy lined pages is out TODAY! Check out the "Nonstandard Notebook: Mathematically Ruled Pages for Unruly Thoughts" co-authored with Amy Langville and a forward by @benorlin. Unleash your creativity with unruly pages! amazon.com/Nonstandard-Noteb…
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Ben Orlin retweeted
Just got my copy of "Math for English Majors" by @benorlin It's going to be a fun weekend!
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If this was a t-shirt, it would say "Life is Good". Thanks @benorlin for another great book!
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Ben Orlin retweeted
How to teach math when you’re not a math person by @benorlin Finding occasions for mathematical joy can be a key part of teaching math, even if you're not a numbers person. smartbrief.com/original/how-….
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First meeting of the Citadel High Math Club at lunch today. Learned how to play Prophecies from Math Games with Bad Drawings by @benorlin. A fantastic turnout. @Mathematicspro #HRCEMath #ITeachMath
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Loving math while being stuck in a rigid schooling system is tough As @benorlin explains: "Huge bureaucracies are not known for exciting people's sense of wonder and curiosity..." And so it falls on teachers to excite student's curiosities... Here's why that's so important:
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88 years ago, a leading national magazine committed a major statistical blunder that ultimately caused it to go bankrupt. Since we're in the full swing of election season, here's a cautionary note on the power of sample bias...
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New @benorlin arrived! My kid is pumped though he doesn’t know what an English major is yet.
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