Mathematics Awareness Month · Jun 21, 02:17 AM
posted by Dr. Jon Breitenbucher
So there is Black History Month, National Poetry Month, and The Book of the Month…but the most sorely overlooked is Mathematics Awareness Month in April! What else could be better than finishing IS, and then celebrating the joyous gift called math? This year’s theme is ``Mathematics and the Cosmos’’. The theme highlights the crucial roll that mathematics has played in our exploration of the universe. Just take a minute to think about all of the math involved in the recent missions to Mars.
Not very many people are celebrating at all, so we are making a plea for you to go out and tell others about math and how it has fundamentally changed the way we live. We have television, computers, on-line shopping, pictures of the surface of Mars and all of these things couldn’t have happened without math. So in April, count, shop, listen to music (Jim recommends Agnes High Quality), do your taxes, and revel in the mathematics that surrounds all of us.
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