Friday math movie – Powers of 10
29 February 2008
This movie is a good demonstration of powers of 10.
This movie is a good demonstration of powers of 10.
An Australian invention shows great promise in extracting water from the air using an efficient windmill and a condenser based on the African stenocara beetle.
Kansai University researchers have developed a “laughing scale”, using the “aH” unit.
A new game from IBM has a good environmental outcome as players need to save a virtual planet from near ecological doom.
You can check your comments for typos before going ahead and committing them here forever.
A comparison of Google and Yahoo search results refutes the claim that Yahoo draws more younger searchers.
In this Newsletter
1. Changes to the IntMath Newsletter
2. Real life math example – CO2 levels in the atmosphere
3. This month’s math tips – Divisibility
4. Poll Results
5. More from the math blog
String theory suggests that the building blocks of the universe are one-dimensional vibrating strings, rather then zero-dimensional points.
Here’s a satisfactory attempt to model the Earth’s increase in CO2 concentration, using Excel and Scientific Notebook.