Here is the easy math that solves the most significant business problem of them all: how to optimize millions of operational decisions. Deep down, we all know that we should embrace difficulties ...
Playing with arithmetic can lead us to unexpected and profound discoveries that point toward deeper mathematics and sometimes even deeper science. We solved our last Insights puzzle by performing some ...
For novices, functions are one of the most intimidating features of OpenOffice.org's Calc. Newcomers quickly learn that functions are a main feature of spreadsheets, but there are almost four hundred, ...
SAN FRANCISCO — When faced with simple math problems, people who get jittery about the subject may rely more heavily on certain brain circuitry than math-savvy people do. The different mental approach ...
In the April Insights puzzle, I tried to guide readers down a path that might be best described as “experimental mathematics.” The goal was to rediscover two constants by iterating simple arithmetic ...
Researchers studying locusts have found that the presence of smell can be determined by simply adding and subtracting the presence of certain neurons. Smell a cup of coffee. Smell it inside or outside ...
In the weeks leading up to Wednesday’s U.S. President Debate, a narrative began to take hold among pundits that President Obama was gradually pulling away with the election. But with Romney’s ...
Like anyone who ever took physics, I always thought that the Pauli Exclusion Principle was absolute, that two objects can’t occupy the same space at the same time. But during Professor Christine ...
“Most astounding intelligence!” to President J. Edward De Lancey of the Irvington (N. J.) Board of Education was the news that the 116 candidates for teaching positions in Irvington schools had all ...
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