Friday, June 20, 2014

Evangelizing For Math... Devlin and Ellenberg


Keith Devlin, being his usual succinct, persuasive, insightful self, in a new transcribed interview on what mathematics is and the use of digital games for math education (so many good points, and if you skim through, be sure to read his very last response):
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/digital-games-and-the-future-of-math-class-a-conversation-with-keith-devlin/

And in a similar vein, still more from Jordan Ellenberg on mathematical thinking (including a new podcast from "Inquiring Minds" with Chris Mooney):
http://tinyurl.com/ojtsykp

Meanwhile, over at MathTango additional link-reads to fill your weekend:
http://mathtango.blogspot.com/2014/06/friday-wrap-up.html


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