Those stuck at home now may have time for a lot more reading, so passing along two of my favorite long posting-links from the almost 10 years of doing this blog... in case you missed these (or worth re-reading if you saw them the first go-around). Amazingly, both of them come from computational biologist Lior Pachter:
2014 piece on the “cultures” of math and biology:
and fantastic 2015 piece on problems related to Common Core (for teachers especially):
…finally, slightly similar to the above, here’s a very long, wonderful 2012 Tim Gowers’ piece, also on problems for math teachers:
Happy reading (and sheltering-in-place)… and stay well, warm, safe everyone.
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