#Mathematics

Beatrice Cherrier

Undercoverhist

On December 6 1916, the evening before his examination on the theory of heat, Kiev polytechnical institute student Jacob Marschak was thrown in jailHe was 18(I don’t know if the

stephen

stephen_bs11

Big fat mid exam Stevo deep (over)thinking tweet thread incoming. I apologise in advance but it’s in my head and I’ve got to get it out somewhere. It can’t go

Incunabula

incunabula

This is an untouched box of the legendary Hagoromo Fulltouch chalk, made in Japan circa 2014. The company closed down in 2015, and while a version of the chalk is

Reset 🇮🇳🌏| Invest, Grow, Build

reset_mindset

Some Inventions You HAD NO IDEA were INDIAN:Time for a THREAD Rulers (Scale as we call it in India): Yes, rulers were invented during the Indus Valley Civilization during the

Per Engzell

pengzell

What happened to learning when primary schools first closed to curb the pandemic a year ago? We answer this question in a paper with @ArunFrey @MarkDVerhagen that is now out

esraa♡

noceur___

thread about the inventions created by Iraq/is Hydraulic Engineering: the Sumerian’s figured out how to and channel the overflowing of the Euphrates & Tigris rivers & the rich stilt

Judy Hornigold

DyscalculiaInfo

Launching on Monday #MathsMayhem - daily puzzles and activities for the whole family. Keeping the kids motivated and the parents sane for maths homeschooling... watch this space! Maths Mayhem 1

Sapientem

GospelJosiah

10 of the most Educated people in the world.1. Zhou Baokuan.Over 35 years of study, Zhou Baokuan has earned nine degrees in total. He’s currently finishing up what will be

Gro-Tsen

gro_tsen

I'd like to address the “armchair epidemiologist” accusation that I've seen (not necessarily targeted at me) a number of times, e.g., in the fairly snarky thread https://twitter.com/joel_c_miller/status/1257553963756355584 (abou

ATHI GELEBA 🇿🇦

AthiGeleba

Dear students, parents, and non-scientists,Greetings. For those who are lazy readers, please proceed directly to paragraphs 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, and 15. The more progressive citizens are welcome to

Marie Robles

mariemarm

'Formal, on the other hand, brings formal concepts and tools from mathematics and knowledge about computational principles.'I can access Verbal but not Formal (yet? ). Here's to a journey towards

Mark Kirstein

nonergodicMark

If the book @EconTalker is writing on decision-making and data contains any decision theories imho it must include #Ergodicity Economics. Looking forward.http://www.econtalk.org/john-kay-and-mervyn-king-on-radical-uncertainty/ This might in

Andrew Fentem

andrewfentem

I've just read @MattwRidley's interesting new book. Here are my thoughts....#innovation #engineering #patents #intellectualproperty @harperbooks @HarperCollins1/18 The key message of 'How Innovation Works' is this:Innovation

Anil

anilsaidso

Selected quotes from Part II of @FossGregfoss’s salient paper:‘Why Every Fixed-Income Investor Needs to Consider Bitcoin as Portfolio Insurance’0/ “Bitcoin is the best asymmetric trade I have seen in my

RajiAiyer

RajeAiyer

Does anyone in India know this piece of history?Answer must be a firm "No" from most of us! Now please read on.Remembered in Japan,forgotten in India, that's how our history

Mungai Kihanya

mungaikihanya

I was in a recruitment panel for a public school yesterday - 9am to 7pm!1 teacher post (TSC) available82 applicants60 reported for interview33 left after briefing27 appeared before the panel1