Links for Jane and Others — Here in the Bonny Glen

September 15, 2009 @ 8:07 am | Filed under: Links

Philosophy 101 – Real Simple – HT Mental multivitamin. Short summaries of the ideas of six major philosophers.

Mount Wilson Observatory – wildfire photos and info. (I flagged this when the Observatory was under threat from the wildfire but forgot to move the autopost out of drafts. The threat is past now—hurray!—but the Observatory site and webcam are worth a look in themselves.)

The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics – Boing Boing

Coin-tosses aren’t fair – Boing Boing – “Many statistics examples start with “assuming a fair coin-toss…” But it turns out that coin-tosses aren’t fair; depending on your toss, there’s a small-to-alarming bias in the result.

“A peach tree grows near Brooklyn « Farm School — “40 years ago, Michael Goldstein, then a young dad, rented the top floor of a building on the corner of Broome and Mercer Streets, and plunked a sandbox and kiddie pool on the roof. Such was the humble beginning of what would eventually become an elaborate, fantasyland garden”

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Becky says:

Thanks for the mention, Lissa — I do hope he gets to keep that lovely roof garden…

And thanks too for the Boing Boing links. I can’t keep up with BB no matter how hard I try, so it’s nice to have another chance at the *really* good stuff!
Posted on September 15th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
mary says:

I wonder if you have read Mathematicians are People Too. http://www.amazon.com/Mathematicians-Are-People-Too-Stories/dp/0866515097 My kids are currently enthralled with the stories. Thanks for the new math book suggestion.
Posted on September 16th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Susan Gaissert says:

Thank you for the Philosophy link. I believe my daughter will like that, too She’s about a year older than Jane, I think. Often, it’s difficult to find short summaries of things. I’ve been looking for an accessible introduction to the major psychological theorists for her for years now.
Posted on September 21st, 2009 at 7:57 am

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