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Introducing the book I've always wanted to write.
mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024…
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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?
honestly I would love to see what Queneau would do with ChatGPT
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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!
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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)
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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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How the fun side of #math can make you smarter at #personalfinance and #wealth. @SBenjaminscast interviews math teacher @benorlin about his new book #MathForEnglishMajors from @BDLpub
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A handy gide to the universal language for the mathematically perplexed. @arstechnica feature on the new book #MathForEnglishMajors by #math teacher @BenOrlin from @BDLpub arstechnica.com/science/2024…
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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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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
The snarky advice is "don't do it, you have so much to live for" but my actual advice is here
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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.


















