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math

January 13, 2004

3 People I Was Surprised to Find Mentioned in a Review of J. Papastavridis’ “Analytical Mechanics: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Dynamics of Constrained Systems; for Engineers, Physicists and Mathematicians” in the Bulletin of the American Mathematics

by Charles Ullmann
December 9, 2003

Twenty-Minute Stories: Quadratic

by Michael Martone
October 3, 2003

B.R. Cohen’s Annals of Science: Vol I: Newton, Leibniz, and Calculus; or, How to Put the Beat Down on a Rival in the 17th Century and Lavoisier, Priestley, and Oxygen; or, The Tyranny of Purity

by B.R. Cohen
June 5, 2003

Tim Carvell’s History’s Notable Persons Reconsidered: Pierre de Fermat

by Tim Carvell
October 15, 2002

Cable News Shows in Geometry Geek Heaven

by Michelle Orange
November 29, 2001

Loneliness, A Mathematical Proof.

by Robert Beezle
April 5, 2001

Popular Books Titled as Though Written in an Engineering, Scientific, and/or Mathematical Vernacular

by Ter McDermott
November 3, 2000

Nearly 100 Ways to Approach Infinity

by Ian Varley
July 7, 1999

Top Ten Most Censored Press Release of 1998. No. 2: Major Worldwide Mathematical Breakthrough

by McSweeney’s Editors

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September 9, 2024

A Math Exam, but Obviously Some Stuff Has Happened over the Summer in the Teacher’s Personal Life

by Tyler Gooch
September 11, 2024

Maura Quint’s Presidential Debate Recaps: The One with the Tackle and the Bait

by Maura Quint
August 19, 2024

Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete Listing: Atrocities 1–1,056

by Ben Parker, Stephanie Steinbrecher, Kelsey Ronan, John McMurtrie, Sophia DuRose, Rachel Villa, and Amy Sumerton
September 22, 2023

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

by Colin Nissan

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