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I believe that science answered that question back at the beginning of the 20th Century and that Albert Einstein and mathematics proved, irrefutably, that there is a precisely quantifiable quantity of energy in the Universe that is even more vast, powerful ...
2011-01-01 07:33:00
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I need her to give me advice." ELISSA GOOTMAN EDWARD TOM, 40, is the founding principal of the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics, a 430-student high school that opened in 2005 in the Morrisania section of the South Bronx. Chancellor Black, you have ...
2011-01-01 10:53:00
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Although one of our region's historic strengths has been a high-quality work force, more than one-fourth of the region's current high school students can't read adequately and more than one-third aren't proficient in mathematics. No business could survive ...
2011-01-01 11:22:00
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Many forecasts for what was then the future seem laughable now, though some have panned out. The arrival of the new year is traditionally an occasion for making predictions —- often faulty ones, if an expert is doing the crystal-ball gazing.
2011-01-01 07:05:53
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Thanks to Einstein and his formula we can begin to appreciate, despite our ego and pride, the insignificance and inadequacy of our understanding of the unfathomable sea of energy that surrounds, and likely, created us.
2011-01-01 08:19:24
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The year 999 A.D. was the darkest time of the Dark Ages. A biblical passage predicted that Satan would be loosed on the world in the year 1000. Fear and superstition were rampant.
2011-01-01 03:40:10
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Zacks.com is a property of Zacks Investment Research, Inc., which was formed in 1978 by Leonard Zacks. As a PhD in mathematics Len knew he could find patterns in stock market data that would lead to superior investment results. Amongst his many ...
2011-01-01 05:49:00
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In the 1980s we fought the reading wars, and in the 1990s, we battled over mathematics: Do students learn to read out of their experience with language or should they be taught phonics? Do reading textbooks do the best job, or is it more effective to get ...
2011-01-01 05:38:00
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Subscribe Now. Caltech mathematics professor Eric Temple Bell wrote that "cities will be of only reasonable size, for long before 1981 the last realtor will have been hanged." It's possible that Bell took a tongue-in-cheek approach, for he also forecast ...
2011-01-01 06:50:00
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Statisticians not only collect data, they need to interpret it and tell the stories behind the figures.
2011-01-01 06:17:25
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This week in Mailbox we disclose the identity of December’s mystery man and announce the name of the lucky winner. Listeners quoted: Al Vybiral, Stephen Wara, S. J. Agboola, Jayanta Chakrabarty, Henrik Klemetz, Colin Law, Charles Konecny, Armin Gerstberger, Hans Verner Lollike.
2011-01-01 05:11:58
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Six highly respected principals of city schools agreed to give the incoming New York City education chief some advice.
2010-12-30 06:24:02
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In Germany, middle school or high school students can enter the German National Youth Research Competition (" Jugend forscht ") or the German National Mathematics Competition (" Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik "), and similar competitions also exist here in ...
2011-01-01 07:51:00
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Professor Bill Lionheart and his team, working with security firm Rapiscan, won the Defence and Security prize at The Engineer's Technology & Innovation Awards. Hosted by Robert Llewellyn, best known for his role as Kryten in Red Dwarf and from Scrapheap Challenge - the awards acknowledged engineering excellence emanating from collaborative engineering projects in ten categories...
2011-01-01 05:46:13
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After a change in the official grade submission deadline this year, many students are anxiously awaiting their final marks as the grades for numerous fall courses have yet to appear on students’ online records.
2010-12-31 09:22:43
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