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Mathematics
Why Is the Natural Logarithm e Called “Natural”?
Mathematics
Successive Approximations as a Tool to Measure Distances
Successive Approximations as a Tool to Measure Distances
Mathematics
Mathematics in Every Day Life: Trigonometric Functions; Linear Functions; and Linear Systems Solutions
Mathematics in Every Day Life
Mathematics
What is Correlation, and How to Distinguish It from Causation
What is Correlation, and How to Distinguish It from Causation
Mathematics
Fun on the Sphere
Fun on the Sphere
Mathematics
A Never-Fail Method for Probabilistic Problems
A Never-Fail Method for Probabilistic Problems
Mathematics
How Tall Is That?
How Tall Is That?
Mathematics
Fence Your Equation
Fence Your Equation
Mathematics
The Friendship Paradox: Why We Can’t All Be Popular
The Friendship Paradox: Why We Can’t All Be Popular
Mathematics
Choosing a College Roommate: How Multi-Criteria Decision Modeling Can Help
Mathematics
Complex Numbers: Part Imaginary, but Really Simple
Complex Numbers: Part Imaginary, but Really Simple
Mathematics
How to Estimate the Value of Pi
Mathematics
Why Pay More?
Mathematics
<p><strong>Dan Livengood</strong> completed his Ph.D. in 2011 from MIT&rsquo;s Engineering Systems Division. He is currently teaching as an Adjunct Lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis. He is also spending time as an entrepreneur with a systems engineering startup firm focusing on healthcare and social services.</p> <p><strong>Rhonda Jordan</strong> earned her Ph.D. in 2013 from MIT's Engineering Systems Division. She is currently an Energy Specialist at the World Bank, working in the areas of pow
Averages: Still Flawed
Mathematics
Fantastic Factorials
Fantastic Factorials
Mathematics
<p><strong>Abby Horn </strong>is a PhD student in the Engineering Systems Division at MIT. Her research focuses on decreasing the time it takes to trace back outbreaks of foodborne (and milk-borne!) diseases to their sources.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Maite Pe&ntilde;a-Alcaraz </strong>is a PhD student in the Engineering Systems Division at MIT. She works on strategic planning of railway transportation systems.&nbsp;</p>
Tragedy of the Commons
Mathematics
The Monty Hall Problem or How to Outsmart a Game Show and Win a Car
The Monty Hall Problem or How to Outsmart a Game Show and Win a Car
Mathematics
The Pythagorean Theorem: Geometry’s Most Elegant Theorem
The Pythagorean Theorem: Geometry’s Most Elegant Theorem
Mathematics
The Parallax Activity: Measuring the Distances to Nearby Stars
Mathematics
Rational versus Irrational Numbers
Mathematics
The Power of Exponentials, Big and Small
The Power of Exponentials, Big and Small
Mathematics
Arabesque: Where Art Meets Mathematics
Arabesque: Where Art Meets Mathematics
Mathematics
Who Do You Know? The Theory Behind Social Networking
Who Do You Know? The Theory Behind Social Networking
Mathematics
Why Beehive Honeycombs Have a Hexagonal Shape
Why Beehive Honeycombs Have a Hexagonal Shape
Mathematics
The Quadratic Equation: It’s Hip to Be Squared
Mathematics
Amazing Problems: Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
Mathematics
Teacher standing in front of number background
Sorting Algorithms
Mathematics
Picture of Professor Richard Larson holding a stick
The Towers of Hanoi: Experiential Recursive Thinking

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