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July 18, 2011

Maths, laments and games

Maths teacher and student in the 16th century
Maths teacher and student in the 16th century by Nicolas Neufchâtel (Wikimedia Commons)

What does this picture tell us about the role of a Maths student in the XVI century ? Look at his eyes, his hands. Does he seem to have an active, engaging participation in the learning process? Is this quite different from our own experience as students some years ago?

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October 25, 2010

The men behind the Maths

Filed under: Mathematics — Tags: , , , , — Gabriel Solari @ 4:02 am

Talking about Human Ingenuity…Can you recognize the faces of the following mathematicians?Leonard Euler








From left to right they are Leonard Euler, Carl Gauss and Isaac Newton, amazing men who helped to build a huge amount of important mathematical concepts.

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