Today's Math Behind the News
A light-hearted and unique perspective on today's top news stories by math evangelist Larry Shiller
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October 8, 2007: The Thompson Paradox
Fred Thompson debates for the first time as a Presidential candidate
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October 5, 2007: Uniformly different
Uniformity is a complex mathematical - and human - phenomenon
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October 4, 2007: The mathematics of competition
Can competition revive our space program?
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October 3, 2007: Reciprocity
Reciprocity is a product one game, unless it's politics or zero
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October 2, 2007: What's the frequency Kenneth?
A frequently used term has its roots in math
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October 1, 2007: Concave comes back
Concave finds it way into shoes and buildings
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September 28, 2007: Associative rights
A court rules against associative rights for a fraternity
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September 27, 2007: The Halo Effect
Microsoft's halo takes advantage of aliens
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September 26, 2007: Acute or obtuse?
Acute in all its meanings put an interesting angle on the news
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September 25, 2007: Not perfect: an abundance of deficiency
Counting numbers take on human attributes
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September 24, 2007: The ambiguity of absolute value
A common math term is commonly misused
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September 21, 2007: No specter for Spector
Spears, Lohan, Hilton, and Simpson keep Spector from having his day in the press
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September 20, 2007: Skill or luck?
Why don't we give credit where credit is due? Or is it all just luck?
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September 19, 2007: A meteorite makes quite an impact
A meteorite that crashed in southern Peru is affecting locals' health
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September 18, 2007: What would we do without O.J. Simpson?
His approval ratings may be low, but he's as newsworthy as ever
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September 17, 2007: Google and googol
What's in a name? A very big number.
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September 14, 2007: The rules of spying
Spying is ubiquitous and has tacit approval; just don't get caught
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September 13, 2007: Living longer - and shorter
We should expect more from news reporting about life expectancy
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September 12, 2007: A confluence of nudity
Was it coincidence or a force of nature that caused people on two continents to take their clothes off?
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September 11, 2007: Complexity and the moon
Why does it take us ten additional years to reach the moon than it did the first time?
Today's Math Behind the News
