Republic of Mathematics blog

My colleague Sigal Gottlieb this morning raised an issue with me she found very upsetting. She normally thinks of the bag of mathematical tricks she has acquired as a research mathematician and professor as adding to her understanding. Instead she’s finding it is, in some circumstances,  obscuring her vision to think and making her lazy. […]

This is a true story that I tell my statistics students. When they hear it they tell me to listen to my doctor and my wife, both of whom have my best interests to heart, and to follow their advice. So, here it is. I have had checks on my blood pressure and tests for […]