We are living during a period I like to call “The Age of the Next Best Thing.” We are offered so many options and choices, or at least the appearance of such, that we can always click on or navigate to something else. More...
18 octobre 2017
18 octobre 2017
Math Geek Mom: Thank You!
In Labor Economics, there is a concept known as a “cobweb” model of a labor market. In this model, the supply of labor in a market responds to currently high (or low) wages in that market, shifting supply until a new equilibrium level is reached and tracing out what looks like a “cobweb” formed by the various equilibrium points. More...
18 octobre 2017
Math Geek Mom: Two Roles
The concept of “inverse” is central to Algebra of all kinds. For example, the inverse of a number is, under addition, the negative of that number, making -5 the inverse of 5. Meanwhile, the reciprocal of a number is the inverse of that number under multiplication, making 1/5 the inverse of 5. More...
18 octobre 2017
Final Reflections
This is my last blog post for Mama PhD here at Inside Higher Ed, as the column will retire this month. More...
18 octobre 2017
Math Geek Mom: Looking Back and Ahead
The Mathematical concept of “chaos” describes the hidden patterns underneath what appears to be random behavior. Central to this concept is the idea that small changes (such as butterfly wings flapping miles away) can have big effects. More...
18 octobre 2017
Learning from Talking Robots and Flatulent Cats
By Margaret Andrews. The Wall Street Journal isn’t a publication I turn to for comic relief (although I do really like their Pepper. . . and Salt cartoons), so I was delighted to find a funny and educationally-relevant article this morning about two kids playing with Legos. More...
18 octobre 2017
Guest Post: After Harvey, by Lee Matalone
By Oronte. There is something inherently warm about a Polaroid photo. Maybe it’s the saturation of color in the print, the vividness of a moment we can hold in a square in our hands. Maybe it’s the camera’s non-critical eye, which can make even the most unphotogenic of us look like part-time models. More...
18 octobre 2017
NYC Street Photographer Donato DiCamillo, in the Deep South
By Oronte. In early November 2016 I drove from Lake Charles, Louisiana, where we live now, to the Houston airport, to pick up New York City street photographer Donato DiCamillo. There wasn’t time to park in a garage, so I sat in a line of cars under a massive concrete building, regretting the giant cup of Diet Coke. More...
18 octobre 2017
President Kurtz
By Oronte. In an undergrad class we recently finished a unit on three Heart of Darkness texts: the novella itself; the film Apocalypse Now; and Hearts of Darkness, the documentary made, in part, from footage shot by Eleanor Coppola as her husband struggled to finish Apocalypse. The interest is in how the book and films talk to each other, and what they have to say to our time. More...
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