Mathematics

The Greenhouse Effect Fallacy

“Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.”- George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, 1903. It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. Mark Twain (1835-1910) The Fallacy: Th ...

Blog Post - Frank Schnell - Feb 5 2016 - 8:56am

7 Is A Lucky Number, But Why?

Football teams have been wearing numbers since Arsenal experimented with putting their players in numbered shirts in 1928 (it didn’t bring them much luck – they lost 3-2 to Sheffield Wednesday). But it was Manchester United that made the number seven shir ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 9 2016 - 7:44am

Science Prediction: Who Will Be The Best Team In Baseball In 2016?

After being one of the few who picked the Mets to make it to the postseason in 2015, NJIT Mathematical Sciences Professor and Associate Dean Bruce Bukiet has published his projections of how the standings should look at the end of Major League Baseball� ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2016 - 1:49pm

Developed World Girls Do Better At Math

The 'maths gender gap' was eliminated in the United States during the Bush administration under the No Child Left Behind program, and it has closed substantially in European countries and parts of Asia as well. Where do young women still lag in ...

Article - News Staff - May 16 2016 - 10:48am

Random Walking The Odds Of Ferris Bueller Being Caught On His Day Off

Sometimes we all just want to take a day off, be it from work or school. In the classic 1980s movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, the title character spent his day off gallivanting around Chicago, seeing the sights ...

Article - The Conversation - Jun 10 2016 - 3:05pm

How To Win Money Betting On Euro 2016

UK bookmakers will undoubtedly benefit from three of the home nations (England, Northern Ireland and Wales) making it to the Euro 2016 finals. But if you want to bet with your head, rather than your heart, where should you put your money? You might be sur ...

Article - The Conversation - Jun 14 2016 - 7:40am

What's Your Risk In The Pamplona Bull Run? The Math

During the Pamplona, Spain, "Running of the Bulls" you won't need all of the ambulances that are placed along the route, so how do event organizers know where they should be? Statistics helps know.  Experts have studied the bull runs of the ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2016 - 2:21pm

Was Euclid A Black Woman? Sorting Through The False History And Bad Philosophy Of Mathematics

A false history of science was used to initiate colonial education, in support of colonialism. This false history persists. In a recent article about decolonizing mathematics, for instance, Professor Karen Brodie asserts that, “Much, though certainly not ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 24 2016 - 2:29pm

The Three Cubes Problem

Two days ago, before returning from Israel, my fiancee Kalliopi and I had a very nice dinner in a kosher restaurant near Rehovot in the company of Eilam Gross, Zohar Komargodski, and Zohar's wife Olga.  The name of Eilam should be familiar to regulars ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jan 7 2017 - 5:27am

Lisa Long Leg: Vongehr’s Rational Free Speech Trump Cross For The Alt Right Revolution Of Love

Lovely Lisa Long Leg and Heil Hitler Screaming Nazi once again visit the Stupid Donald Trump Follower’s office in the mathematics department: Lovely Liberal Lisa: Heil Trump! Stupid Donald Trump Follower: Well, that’s better than what we had before, but I ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Apr 30 2018 - 12:52am