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"Poems for Lockdown X: Александр Кушнер", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/poems-for-lockdown-x-%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%ba%d1%81%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b4%d1%80-%d0%ba%d1%83%d1%88%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%80/", "published_at": "2020-04-23T11:41:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbae-cea0-71af-a4a4-e0c3e58f640b", "title": "Poems for Lockdown IX: oт матфеа святое благовествование, Зачала 10-12", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/poems-for-lockdown-ix-o%d1%82-%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%82%d1%84%d0%b5%d0%b0-%d1%81%d0%b2%d1%8f%d1%82%d0%be%d0%b5-%d0%b1%d0%bb%d0%b0%d0%b3%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%81%d1%82%d0%b2%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b8/", "published_at": "2020-04-23T11:40:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbae-cea0-71af-a4a4-e0c3e613a3e0", "title": "Poems for Lockdown VIII: Алексей Муравицкий", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/poems-for-lockdown-viii-%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%ba%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%b9-%d0%bc%d1%83%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b2%d0%b8%d1%86%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9/", "published_at": "2020-04-23T11:38:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbae-cea0-71af-a4a4-e0c3e6fc7948", "title": "Poems for Lockdown VII: Осип Мандельштам", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/poems-for-lockdown-vii-%d0%be%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%bf-%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bd%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%bb%d1%8c%d1%88%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%bc/", "published_at": "2020-04-23T11:36:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb3-c06d-72c0-a720-ab9016739ac3", "title": "Poems for Lockdown VI: Арсений Тарковский", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/poems-for-lockdown-vi-%d0%b0%d1%80%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%b2%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%b9/", "published_at": "2020-04-23T11:35:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb3-c06d-72c0-a720-ab9016e67584", "title": "Poems for lockdown", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2020/04/09/poems-for-lockdown/", "published_at": "2020-04-09T06:55:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb3-c06d-72c0-a720-ab9017424d59", "title": "Reuben Hersh ( Dec 9, 1927 – Jan 3, 2020)", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2020/01/05/reuben-hersh-dec-9-1927-jan-3-2020/", "published_at": "2020-01-05T11:34:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb3-c06d-72c0-a720-ab901835ac30", "title": "How people learn: The case of Dr Brian May", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/12/17/how-people-learn-the-case-of-dr-brian-may/", "published_at": "2018-12-17T07:37:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb3-c06d-72c0-a720-ab9018ff9bf2", "title": "Mathematics under the Microscope", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/11/05/2266/", "published_at": "2018-11-05T19:11:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb3-c06d-72c0-a720-ab901910f571", "title": "Intuitively, what is a finite simple group?", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/11/04/intuitively-what-is-a-finite-simple-group/", "published_at": "2018-11-04T10:02:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb3-c06d-72c0-a720-ab90191c98b4", "title": "Open Book Publishers", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/open-book-publishers/", "published_at": "2018-11-03T11:50:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb3-c06d-72c0-a720-ab9019c6699d", "title": "Back to basics", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/back-to-basics/", "published_at": "2018-11-03T11:24:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb3-c06d-72c0-a720-ab9019d8ffe6", "title": "Confident students do not cheat", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/confident-students-do-not-cheat/", "published_at": "2018-10-14T14:10:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb3-c06d-72c0-a720-ab901a02c8e6", "title": "What are some common gaps in logic that students make in mathematical proofs that lead to inaccurate results?", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/10/07/what-are-some-common-gaps-in-logic-that-students-make-in-mathematical-proofs-that-lead-to-inaccurate-results/", "published_at": "2018-10-07T10:00:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4766-71f5-8c4f-025e13e55003", "title": "Mathematics for teachers of mathematics", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/09/07/mathematics-for-teachers-of-mathematics/", "published_at": "2018-09-07T19:55:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4766-71f5-8c4f-025e147de57d", "title": "UKRI: Accelerating the transition to full and immediate Open Access to scientific publications", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/09/05/ukri-accelerating-the-transition-to-full-and-immediate-open-access-to-scientific-publications/", "published_at": "2018-09-05T20:56:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4766-71f5-8c4f-025e14ab63bd", "title": "Tony Gardiner: Towards an effective national structure for teacher preparation and support in mathematics", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/09/01/tony-gardiner-towards-an-effective-national-structure-for-teacher-preparation-and-support-in-mathematics/", "published_at": "2018-09-01T10:23:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4766-71f5-8c4f-025e14f49c82", "title": "Trigger reflex", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/08/30/trigger-reflex-2/", "published_at": "2018-08-30T20:08:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4766-71f5-8c4f-025e15e9873a", "title": "Trigger reflex", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/08/30/trigger-reflex/", "published_at": "2018-08-30T20:05:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4766-71f5-8c4f-025e1609feb9", "title": "Do mathematicians need funding?", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/do-mathematicians-need-funding/", "published_at": "2018-08-22T21:20:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4766-71f5-8c4f-025e162a09ab", "title": "The effect of domestication on post-conflict management: wolves reconcile while dogs avoid each other", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/08/17/the-effect-of-domestication-on-post-conflict-management-wolves-reconcile-while-dogs-avoid-each-other/", "published_at": "2018-08-17T10:57:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4766-71f5-8c4f-025e16f72dd8", "title": "Understanding Mathematics", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/08/14/understanding-mathematics/", "published_at": "2018-08-14T16:54:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4766-71f5-8c4f-025e1750a00d", "title": "Why it matters that so many people became innumerate", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/07/10/why-it-matters-that-so-many-people-became-innumerate/", "published_at": "2018-07-10T17:18:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-4766-71f5-8c4f-025e1849ede4", "title": "Why does algebra have letters in sums?", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/07/08/why-does-algebra-have-letters-in-sums/", "published_at": "2018-07-08T13:32:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-a0fa-7292-aeae-c1b7f5a16ce0", "title": "No intrinsic gender differences in children’s earliest numerical abilities", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/07/08/no-intrinsic-gender-differences-in-childrens-earliest-numerical-abilities/", "published_at": "2018-07-08T09:12:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-a0fa-7292-aeae-c1b7f69df88b", "title": "What are some real-world uses of the determinant of a matrix?", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/07/08/what-are-some-real-world-uses-of-the-determinant-of-a-matrix/", "published_at": "2018-07-08T08:57:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-a0fa-7292-aeae-c1b7f6dace81", "title": "Mathematics under the Microscope", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/2224/", "published_at": "2018-07-06T11:59:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-a0fa-7292-aeae-c1b7f77fc8df", "title": "What is your favorite visual mathematical proof? Perhaps it is Tennenbaum’s proof of the irrationality of the square root of 2", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/07/05/what-is-your-favorite-visual-mathematical-proof-perhaps-it-is-tennenbaums-proof-of-the-irrationality-of-the-square-root-of-2/", "published_at": "2018-07-05T18:36:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-a0fa-7292-aeae-c1b7f835ed83", "title": "Why do irrational numbers exist? Why does math exist that is only conceptual and not applicable in nature?", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/07/05/why-do-irrational-numbers-exist-why-does-math-exist-that-is-only-conceptual-and-not-applicable-in-nature/", "published_at": "2018-07-05T08:49:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-a0fa-7292-aeae-c1b7f841bc63", "title": "How do mathematicians avoid circular reasoning when proposing a new proof for an already proved theorem?", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/07/04/how-do-mathematicians-avoid-circular-reasoning-when-proposing-a-new-proof-for-an-already-proved-theorem/", "published_at": "2018-07-04T21:20:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-a0fa-7292-aeae-c1b7f8a87b4e", "title": "If you want to build higher, you must first dig deeper", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/07/02/if-you-want-to-build-higher-you-must-first-dig-deeper/", "published_at": "2018-07-02T10:40:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-a0fa-7292-aeae-c1b7f9a5190d", "title": "“Universities are essentially massaging the figures”", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/universities-are-essentially-massaging-the-figures/", "published_at": "2018-06-21T09:26:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-a0fa-7292-aeae-c1b7fa6c7221", "title": "Abstraction is multiple realisability", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/06/17/abstraction-is-multiple-realisability/", "published_at": "2018-06-17T08:10:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbd-a0fa-7292-aeae-c1b7fb2bb8cc", "title": "DIalogue about the augmented matrix of a system of linear equations", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/06/17/dialogue-about-the-augmented-matrix-of-a-system-of-linear-equations/", "published_at": "2018-06-17T06:39:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-2db1-734a-9658-92fec436a2b3", "title": "Providing chocolate cookies earns a better result!", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/06/05/providing-chocolate-cookies-earns-a-better-result/", "published_at": "2018-06-05T08:12:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-2db1-734a-9658-92fec4cffb5a", "title": "Expecting rapid feedback enhances performance", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/05/27/expecting-rapid-feedback-enhances-performance/", "published_at": "2018-05-27T15:34:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-2db1-734a-9658-92fec5371f3b", "title": "Q: What are examples of polar coordinates in nature? A: Bees’ waggle dance", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/05/07/q-what-are-examples-of-polar-coordinates-in-nature-a-bees-waggle-dance/", "published_at": "2018-05-07T15:54:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-2db1-734a-9658-92fec54c6355", "title": "Without stars in the sky, would mathematics exist?", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/05/07/without-stars-in-the-sky-would-mathematics-exist/", "published_at": "2018-05-07T08:54:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-2db1-734a-9658-92fec5d8ea41", "title": "If a quantity is not assigned a concrete numerical value, it does not exist for students", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/04/15/if-a-quantity-is-not-assigned-a-concrete-numerical-value-it-does-not-exist-for-students/", "published_at": "2018-04-15T08:50:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-2db1-734a-9658-92fec6c4548c", "title": "Unreasonable ineffectiveness of mathematics in biology", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/04/14/unreasonable-ineffectiveness-of-mathematics-in-biology/", "published_at": "2018-04-14T15:40:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-2db1-734a-9658-92fec6c49e54", "title": "Perfectionism: Type A and Type B", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/04/14/perfectionism-type-a-and-type-b/", "published_at": "2018-04-14T14:16:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-2db1-734a-9658-92fec73f25d2", "title": "Education is a zero sum game, and it is rigged", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/education-is-a-zero-sum-game-and-it-is-rigged/", "published_at": "2018-04-11T09:25:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-2db1-734a-9658-92fec7dbfae8", "title": "Mathematics under the Microscope", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/2191/", "published_at": "2018-04-11T09:09:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-2db1-734a-9658-92fec8380818", "title": "My Quora answers", "url": "https://micromath.wordpress.com/2017/12/02/my-quora-answers/", "published_at": "2017-12-02T08:34:53+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2025

The tool/weapon duality of mathematicsoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2025
Message by a political prisoner on his birthdayoriginal ↗
21 Mar 2025

2024

My answer on Quora: Can I forget a topic in mathematics even after doing large amounts of practice?original ↗
15 Oct 2024
Tony Gardiner (1947 – 2024)original ↗
28 Jan 2024

2023

Smolny Beyond Bordersoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2023
AI: replacement of robotic humans with pseudo-humanoid robotsoriginal ↗
3 May 2023
No man is an Iland…original ↗
22 Apr 2023
A letter to colleaguesoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2023
A renewed call to the international mathematical community for the support of Azat Miftakhov, who is facing a likely new criminal prosecution of fabricated chargesoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2023
Mathematicians wish Azat a Happy Birthdayoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2023

2022

Are mathematicians gifted people?original ↗
12 Nov 2022
Geoffrey Howson died on 1 November 2022, aged 91original ↗
3 Nov 2022
Which are the procedures you are following to memorize or learn so fast?original ↗
11 Oct 2022
Do the children of math teachers always pass algebra?original ↗
1 Oct 2022
How does category theory relate to other branches of mathematics?original ↗
1 Oct 2022
Is it natural for a mathematician to forget specifics of some parts of math?original ↗
27 Sept 2022
Is it normal that one doesn’t understand a math procedure unless demonstrated by a teacher?original ↗
22 Sept 2022
Why do I need to learn conics in math?original ↗
20 Sept 2022
How do I start studying mathematics from the beginning until I get the gold medal in the Mathematics Olympiad?original ↗
17 Sept 2022
Is pure math hard? What type of people would study pure math?original ↗
16 Sept 2022
A court decision denies Azat Miftakhov early release on paroleoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2022
Why do pure mathematicians keep proving new theorems but don’t know their applications in real life?original ↗
11 Sept 2022
Have you ever gotten answers by intuition in math but don’t know how to explain it?original ↗
7 Sept 2022
If you are an autodidact, do you think you were born that way, or did you get so curious because of the environment you grew up in?original ↗
5 Sept 2022
Is relearning math like relearning how to ride a bike?original ↗
3 Sept 2022
Implementation of the Kid Krypto Conceptoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2022
Azat Miftakhov Days Against the War – Program – July 5-6, 2022original ↗
12 Jul 2022
Azat Miftakhov Days – July 5-6, 2022original ↗
21 Mar 2022

2021

Strong Beard Gameoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2021
From Kant, and applicable to mathematicsoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2021
The Azat Miftakhov Day: Videos are on Youtube.original ↗
17 Jun 2021
The Azat Miftakhov Day: Speech by Cédric Villanioriginal ↗
16 Jun 2021
The Azat Miftakhov Day – Live broadcastoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2021
A white horse is not a horseoriginal ↗
9 Jun 2021
A comment on “Unreasonable ineffectiveness of mathematics in biology”original ↗
2 May 2021
Help Leicester Pure Maths fund Legal Supportoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2021
Tuna Altinel: detained in Turkey for two years noworiginal ↗
13 Apr 2021
David Attenborough: No matter what we do now, it’s too late to avoid climate changeoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2021
How do illogical proofs or answers “feel” to mathematicians?original ↗
21 Feb 2021
My high school math teacher often made rudimentary mistakes in her equations. What does that say about her?original ↗
21 Feb 2021
A look from lockdown at horrors of school mathematicsoriginal ↗
21 Feb 2021
Why is the constructivist theory applicable in teaching mathematics?original ↗
21 Feb 2021
I can’t remember anything but sparse memories here and there from the ages of 7 and below. Can anyone help?original ↗
15 Feb 2021
What are suggestions for patterns in daily lives that deal with mathematics?original ↗
15 Feb 2021
Mathematics under the Microscopeoriginal ↗
15 Feb 2021
What are some unusual ways you’ve applied the math you learned in high school to your life?original ↗
15 Feb 2021
How can one remain a mathematician?original ↗
15 Feb 2021
What are some of your favorite basic math hacks?original ↗
14 Feb 2021
Why is math in school boring? Is it the curriculum’s blind spot?original ↗
14 Feb 2021
Intuitively, what is a finite simple group?original ↗
14 Feb 2021
Why is calculus never used in real life?original ↗
26 Jan 2021
The Numerology of 2021original ↗
2 Jan 2021
Is A level further maths meant to be so easy?original ↗
1 Jan 2021

2020

Unreasonable ineffectiveness of mathematics in biologyoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2020
What is it about mathematics that may change your thoughts?original ↗
29 Sept 2020
The not so coded language of Ofsteadoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2020
Poems for Lockdown X: Александр Кушнерoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2020
Poems for Lockdown IX: oт матфеа святое благовествование, Зачала 10-12original ↗
23 Apr 2020
Poems for Lockdown VIII: Алексей Муравицкийoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2020
Poems for Lockdown VII: Осип Мандельштамoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2020
Poems for Lockdown VI: Арсений Тарковскийoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2020
Poems for lockdownoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2020
Reuben Hersh ( Dec 9, 1927 – Jan 3, 2020)original ↗
5 Jan 2020

2018

How people learn: The case of Dr Brian Mayoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2018
Mathematics under the Microscopeoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2018
Intuitively, what is a finite simple group?original ↗
4 Nov 2018
Open Book Publishersoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2018
Back to basicsoriginal ↗
3 Nov 2018
Confident students do not cheatoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2018
What are some common gaps in logic that students make in mathematical proofs that lead to inaccurate results?original ↗
7 Oct 2018
Mathematics for teachers of mathematicsoriginal ↗
7 Sept 2018
UKRI: Accelerating the transition to full and immediate Open Access to scientific publicationsoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2018
Tony Gardiner: Towards an effective national structure for teacher preparation and support in mathematicsoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2018
Trigger reflexoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2018
Trigger reflexoriginal ↗
30 Aug 2018
Do mathematicians need funding?original ↗
22 Aug 2018
The effect of domestication on post-conflict management: wolves reconcile while dogs avoid each otheroriginal ↗
17 Aug 2018
Understanding Mathematicsoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2018
Why it matters that so many people became innumerateoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2018
Why does algebra have letters in sums?original ↗
8 Jul 2018
No intrinsic gender differences in children’s earliest numerical abilitiesoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2018
What are some real-world uses of the determinant of a matrix?original ↗
8 Jul 2018
Mathematics under the Microscopeoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2018
What is your favorite visual mathematical proof? Perhaps it is Tennenbaum’s proof of the irrationality of the square root of 2original ↗
5 Jul 2018
Why do irrational numbers exist? Why does math exist that is only conceptual and not applicable in nature?original ↗
5 Jul 2018
How do mathematicians avoid circular reasoning when proposing a new proof for an already proved theorem?original ↗
4 Jul 2018
If you want to build higher, you must first dig deeperoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2018
“Universities are essentially massaging the figures”original ↗
21 Jun 2018
Abstraction is multiple realisabilityoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2018
DIalogue about the augmented matrix of a system of linear equationsoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2018
Providing chocolate cookies earns a better result!original ↗
5 Jun 2018
Expecting rapid feedback enhances performanceoriginal ↗
27 May 2018
Q: What are examples of polar coordinates in nature? A: Bees’ waggle danceoriginal ↗
7 May 2018
Without stars in the sky, would mathematics exist?original ↗
7 May 2018
If a quantity is not assigned a concrete numerical value, it does not exist for studentsoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2018
Unreasonable ineffectiveness of mathematics in biologyoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2018
Perfectionism: Type A and Type Boriginal ↗
14 Apr 2018
Education is a zero sum game, and it is riggedoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2018
Mathematics under the Microscopeoriginal ↗
11 Apr 2018

2017

My Quora answersoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2017
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